close
close

Eminem performs with Barack Obama at a rally in Detroit

play

Eminem will introduce former President Barack Obama at today's rally in Detroit in support of Kamala Harris, CNN reported Tuesday.

The homegrown hip-hop superstar “will share his thoughts on the presidential campaign,” the station reported, citing someone familiar with the event planning.

The location and time of Obama's rally were not publicly announced.

Watch live on Tuesday evening: Former President Obama rallies in Detroit for Kamala Harris

An Eminem representative did not respond to a Free Press request for comment, and a Harris campaign spokesperson did not confirm the CNN report.

But it looks to be a busy night of music and politics in Detroit: Stevie Wonder – a close friend of the Obamas – will play Little Caesars Arena as part of his Sing Your Song Tour, an 11-city jaunt. the voting sprint in contested states.

Opinion: Why are Harris and Trump featured on so many podcasts? Because they want to win.

And all this just days after rapper Trick Trick, a former collaborator of Eminem's on songs like “Welcome 2 Detroit” and “Detroit vs. Everybody”, took the stage with Donald Trump at Huntington Place to show his support for the former to demonstrate to the president. Eminem and Trick Trick performed together at the Michigan Central Station reopening concert in June.

Intimacy or “pomp and ceremony”? Trump and Harris are courting voters in Michigan differently

Eminem has been a prominent supporter of Democrats – and an opponent of Republicans – for much of his career, from his anti-George W. Bush song “Mosh” to his viral freestyle bashing of Trump in 2017.

In 2020, the Detroit rapper lent his signature song “Lose Yourself” to a Joe Biden campaign ad just before Election Day.

Watch replay

You can watch here.

You may also like...