Eminem

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛmɪˈnɛm/

Noun

Eminem (plural Eminems)

1. (colloquial) A talented rapper, on the same level as the rapper Eminem.
   • 2002 February, Hyun Kim, “Head of the Class”, in Vibe, volume 10, number 2:

     Of her husband, now a successful attorney, she says: "He's no Eminem, but he's not a buck-toothed, tractor-driving white boy either. He's a cool, worldly dude.

   • 2007, Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu, Mimi Thi Nguyen, Alien Encounters: Popular Culture in Asian America, →ISBN, page 56:

     In an early song that did not end up on his album, I Don't Know, he responded to critics who compared him to the white rapper Eminem. I'm no Eminem / but I'm not wack either / The only reason you compare me to him / Is because I'm not black either.

   • 2011, Morris Berman, Why America Failed: The Roots of Imperial Decline, →ISBN:

     This is the entry point for all the Eminems, and for all the Eminems to come

   • 2015, Narinder Dhami, Bhangra Babes, →ISBN:

     Rocky was no Eminem.

   • 2016, Allison Glock-Cooper, T. Cooper, Changers, Book Two: Oryon, →ISBN:

     All I know is: I'm no Eminem, and I want nothing to do with a cypher, even though all of these guys (and one chick) are looking at me expectantly like, Why wouldn't dude want to join in?