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21st Feb 2019

Eminem refuses to perform Killshot and lays into Machine Gun Kelly on stage

Marc Mayo

Fans chanted for Eminem to perform the hit song during a show in Brisbane

Eminem refused to play diss-track Killshot and launched a verbal attack on Machine Gun Kelly during a concert in Australia.

The song is just one part of a long-running feud between the artists and, as a performance in Brisbane reached its climax with a version of the rapper’s hit Lose Yourself, fans began chanting for the popular single.

In response, Eminem said: “I would, but I can’t give that cocksucker any more fucking light.

“Brisbane, make it home safe. Make some noise for your-fucking-selves and make nothing for MGK.”

The rapper labels MGK, real name Richard Colson Baker, a “weird bitch” whose “beard is weird” in the track that became the most-viewed 24-hour YouTube debut for a hip-hop video when released in September, the third highest music video of all time.

Quick to give his take on the incident, MGK took to Twitter, claiming: “[Eminem] made the right decision, not dropping that weak ass song in concert and putting everyone to sleep.”

https://twitter.com/machinegunkelly/status/1098443895426363392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1098443895426363392&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.altpress.com%2Fnews%2Fmachine-gun-kelly-eminem-killshot-brisbane-2019%2F

Although Eminem has been listed among the Ohio musician’s major influences when listening to rap music as youngster, the pair have been sworn enemies after MGK branded the 8 Mile star’s daughter Hailie “hot as fuck” back in 2012.

Since then, the pair have traded insults and diss-tracks, MGK’s recent Rap Devil track mocking the 46-year-old’s age with lyrics such as “knees weak of old age, the real Slim Shady can’t stand up”, prompting the release of Killshot.