"I'm A Hustla" rapper Cassidy responds Dr. Umar’s comments about Eminem.
Cassidy comes to Eminem's defense over Dr. Umar comments: “I feel like Eminem been studying it since he was born”
Dr. Umar’s rant about Eminem came on The Joe Budden Podcast last year in December, where he called the reverence of the Detroit rap legend an “insult” to Black culture.
The rap veteran Cassidy recently appeared on a new episode of the podcast The Art of Dialogue. He gives his honest take on Dr. Umar discredited Eminem as one of the greatest rappers in hip-hop because he's not Black. He contends that since Em is White, he can't be better than a group of people who have created the music and culture.
“No non-African can ever be the best of anything African. It is an insult to the ancestors, it is an insult to the race and it is an insult to every Black person,” he declared.
“We gotta stop naming non-African people as being the best of any aspect of our cultural power because it is an insult … I can acknowledge Eminem’s talent. But for you to put him at the top, that’s white supremacy.”
He added: “I don’t see Eminem building no schools and hospitals. I don’t see DJ Khaled building no schools and hospitals.”
While speaking to The Art of Dialogue, Cassidy said: “I do think Eminem is great. He proved it a lot of times. A lot of classic projects, a lot of classic songs, a lot of classic freestyles.
“He’s been making history over and over again and been doing records with all type of races, all type of different backgrounds. It’s hard to say that he ain’t great.”
“I don’t want to make it based on race. It did start as Black culture; Black and Spanish people started Hip Hop,” he added. “But I feel like Eminem been studying it since he was born.”
“He knows a lot more about the culture than the average Black person so I feel he deserves to get a pass.”