The song "Criminal" by Eminem features the line, "My words are like a dagger with a jagged edge/
That'll stab you in the head whether you're a fag or les...Hate fags?/The answer's yes."
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) condemned his lyrics and criticized the album for "encourag[ing] violence against gay men and lesbians".
However, writing for the LGBT interest magazine The Advocate, editor Dave White writes:
"If he has gay-bashed you or me, then it logically follows that he has also raped his own mother, killed his wife, and murdered his producer, Dr. Dre. If he's to be taken literally, then so is Britney Spears' invitation to 'hit me baby, one more time'."
At the ceremony [2001 Grammy Awards], Eminem performed "Stan" in a duet with openly gay artist Elton John playing piano and singing the chorus, as a response to claims by GLAAD and others who claimed his lyrics were homophobic.
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