People aren’t “hating” on Eminem because he has a huge fan base that buys his albums. People just don’t like the fact that someone who has no discernible accomplishments, outside of sales, is placed amongst, and even above, some of the greatest MC’s of all time. Dude has ZERO universally accepted classic albums, some of the corniest tracks over the past decade and has had one of the biggest fall offs, talent wise, in hip hop history. And Mac Miller, Asher Roth, Action Bronson, etc. don’t sell, or has the appeal to white people like Em, because they are not as talented as Em is (or was) and they don’t have the official black hip hop co-sign like Em (Dr. Dre) and they came after Em.
Also, white boys, like the threadstarter, are perpetuating this falsity that he had some type of huge, game changing impact on hip hop. His impact is that he was white, with skills and had a co-sign by the legendary Dr. Dre. That’s it. Nothing more.
Bottom line, if this dude was black he would be Redman or Canibus. Period. Even Eminem himself has said it on several occasions. Dude has skills but whiteboys, and c00ns, putting him above, or at, the level of cats like Nas, Jay-Z, Scarface, Ghostface, Biggie, Pac, etc. is one of the most disturbing things I’ve witnessed in hip hop history.