Eminem just delivered an emotionally charged anti-Trump freestyle takedown

Shady's back, and angry as hell at Donald Trump.
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Shannon Connellan
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Eminem just delivered an emotionally charged anti-Trump freestyle takedown
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Shady's back, and angry as hell at President Donald Trump.

Eminem just dropped one heck of a freestyle at the 2017 BET Hip Hop Awards, aimed at Trump.

Playing off Trump's "calm before the storm" tweet, "The Storm" is four and a half minutes of emotionally charged lines directed at Trump among others, including Steve Bannon.

Eminem, aka Marshall Mathers, places significant emphasis on Trump's stance on the #TakeAKnee protests, and Colin Kaepernick gets a mention.

Watch it below:

Afterwards, T-Pain offered up some sage words:

Kaepernick showed some love:

And LeBron James, got there:

Eminem has recently decided to up the ante when it comes politics, lending an anti-Trump verse to Big Sean's "No Favors" from his just-released album, I Decided.

This recent freestyle comes ahead of his long-awaited new album, rumored for a November release — and undoubtedly pretty anti-Trump, if this is any indication.

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Shannon Connellan
UK Editor

Shannon Connellan is Mashable's UK Editor based in London, formerly Mashable's Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives in the Creel House. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about entertainment, tech, social good, science, culture, and Australian horror.

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