In a shocking new video, rapper Eminem fantasizes about assaulting pop star Lana Del Rey in a freestyle rap for his greatest hits compilation and, in the same line, he refers to disgraced Baltimore Ravens NFL player, Ray Rice — who was caught on camera knocking out his girlfriend and dragging her limp body out of an elevator — to describe the scene.
"But I may fight for gay rights, especially if the [bleep] is more of a knockout than Janay Rice.
Play nice? ... I'll punch Lana Del Rey right in the face twice," Eminem raps in the video.
"Like Ray Rice in broad daylight in the plain sight of the elevator surveillance. 'Til her head is banging on the railing, then celebrate with the Ravens."
Here's the video. The Rice lyrics begin about 3:55. WARNING: Extreme profanity and obscenity.
The rapper's lyrics opened up the Twitter floodgates with everyone from angry Lana Del Rey fans to Eminem fans who found nothing wrong.
Shocking that Eminem, who made a name for himself as a violent misogynist rapper, is again in the news for being a violent misogynist rapper
— Jill Filipovic (@JillFilipovic) November 11, 2014Eminem is literally a god, if you haven't watched the new shady cypher you are trippin the greatest rapper to ever live past and present
— RonnieRadke (@RonnieRadke) November 11, 2014The video was released just a day before news broke that Rice would end his silence on the incident and do an interview with Matt Lauer on the "Today" show.