Dr. Umar Johnson Says Eminem Can’t Be Considered The Greatest Rapper Of All Time Because He’s White

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Eminem will always rank among the greatest rappers, in the opinion of many of us.

Many kids of the 1990s grew up listening to Eminem, as we uncomfortably became closer while we rapped along to "Stan."

The 51-year-old's influence on rap music is undeniable, as seen by his tongue-in-cheek schemes and multisyllabic delivery, which have won him many fans.

Dr. Umar Johnson, a motivational speaker, has stated that Eminem "cannot be considered the GOAT of rap" because he is white, therefore it seems that Johnson disagrees.

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During an interview with Joe Budden for his podcast, The Joe Budden Podcast, Dr. Umar became enraged and began to criticize White people for engaging with Black culture.

Declaring that they might engage in it "as a hobby," he continued, saying: “Eminem has all the privileges of a white male and all the privileges of being in the hip hop community, so we got to be careful about letting non-Africans into our community.”

Budden, who has a history of conflict with the rapper, continued: "I don’t like that," before interjecting: "You don't think Eminem is one of the greatest rappers of all time?"

To which Dr Umar said: "According to who?"

And Budden responded: "According to rap fans?”

Umar goes on to express his viewpoint, telling Budden that ranking him first is "white supremacy."

He said: "No non-African can ever be the best of anything African."

"It's an insult to the ancestors. It's an insult to the race and it's an insult to every Black person."

Later, he mentions that he could never visit Palestine or Israel and become the 'best' at anything related to their cultures.

Adding: "So we have to stop naming non-African people as being the best of any aspect of our culture because it’s an insult.”

One of Budden's co-stars intervened, though, saying that "the talent is there."

Furthermore, this is not the first time that a claim of this nature has been made.

Earlier this year, rapper Melle Mel said: "If you were talking about sales, he’s sold more than everybody. If you were talking about rhyme style, okay he [Eminem] got a rhyme style. But he’s white. He’s white."

He continued by questioning if Eminem would have cracked the top five if he was Black, claiming that [number] 35 was the highest ranking Black musician who could "rhyme just as good as him."

"[A rapper] that had records and all that? He’s 35. [Eminem's] white.”

But Eminem has also admitted as much, stating that he was 'absolutely a guest' in the hip-hop culture.

He told KXNG Crooked: "I’m absolutely a guest. I never said I wasn’t. I never said I was king of anything, right?"