Eminem, a die-hard Detroit Lions fan, jokes that he shelved Ben Johnson’s diss track after the offensive coordinator stayed in place.Eminem proved he bleeds Honolulu blue, dark steel grey and white. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame rapper repeatedly showed up during the Detroit Lions run to a heartbreaking NFC Championship loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, showing beyond a doubt that he is a lion for life.
This added to the humor of his X post from Tuesday, January 30, in when he said that he was scrapping a planned diss track directed at the team’s offensive coordinator, Ben Johnson. Slim Shady claimed that Johnson holstered his microphone when rumors surfaced that he had declined head coaching jobs in Seattle and Washington in order to remain in the Motor City.
It seems like I should quit recording this garbage music! Eminem tweeted, “Lol!!” “@ Ben Johnson I’m grateful you stayed! This team is unbreakable, especially with me on it! We adore you, Coach Campbell, my brother! Let’s do it again the following year!I’m prepared! I swear to you that I will make it to the Super Bowl!
The Lions enjoyed a spectacular season that put them in position to make their first Super Bowl appearance after years of moping around as an also-ran. But that ambition was dashed when they had a historic collapse against the 49ers, losing 34–31 on Sunday despite trailing by 17 points at one point.
Eminem made a reference to his previous social media posts praising his favorite ballers in his joke about being on the squad. When the Lions won their first NFC Championship game in thirty-two years two weeks ago, he was seen in a skybox as the big screen displayed a September tweet from the rapper that said, “Let’s f–king go!!!! Detroit.” As his famous 8 Mile pump-up anthem, “Lose Yourself,” played over the stadium speakers, it got the spectators excited.
Then, as the Lions defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the cameras captured Slim Shady, all out in Lions regalia, bouncing up to flex and yell before hitting his chest. “Can’t believe I did it again!!! @Lions,” Em said in response to a meme at the time that showed his 8 Mile persona B-Rabbit driving around town. The post said, “[Lions QB Jared] Goff and the Lions pulling up to the NFC Championship game.”
Eminem had tweeted the previous week that he was prepared to play and end the Lions’ three-decade playoff drought. That tweet was a follow-up to that one. Hey Dan, I’m here to report. I will submit a report. Third quarter, says the five-foot-eight, 150-pound rapper. “Offensive line, eligible receiver, here I am reporting. I’ll be the quarterback and the offensive line as a whole. I’ll toss it to myself as the receiver and score a touchdown. throughout the third quarter. Give me a uniform, please. or simply a helmet, at least.Bleeding blue clearly runs in the family, as evidenced by a family pic post from the rapper’s daughter, Hailie Jade Scott, from Sunday’s loss. Though Em was not in the shots, the 28-year-old Just a Little Shady podcaster shared pics of herself in a custom Lions jacket, as well as one of her with fiancé Evan McClintock, Em’s half-brother Nate, her sister Alaina Marie Scott and Alaina’s husband.