I will fully grant that Em is not as culturally relevant as his heyday (20 years ago) but, to me, he is the Godfather (or Patron Saint) of The White Rap Industrial Complex. No, he was not the first white rapper but he was the first white rapper to be "one of the best rappers" and a lot of white rap fans really held on to that.

Before Eminem came around the biggest white rapper was Vanilla Ice! A total joke!

[–] into_highest_invite@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

eminem is the only one of the people in this discussion who has talent; that is true. maybe post malone too, somewhat. maybe that's why i don't associate either one of them as much with the white rap industrial complex. idk i think the only reason to listen to lin-manuel miranda or tom macdonald is for their politics. i certainly wouldn't for their music.