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Moby Calls Eminem Out for Murder

Monday, December 12, 2005
By: Michael Ivey


EminemSinger Moby, clowned by Eminem in his “Without Me” video a few years ago, says the celebrated rapper created a hateful climate that led to murder. A British man was recently convicted of beating a woman to death with a bat and stuffing her body in a suitcase after the reported Eminem fanatic sang his songs in a Karaoke bar.

Though he wrote: “Maybe there's no connection. Maybe there is” on his website (Moby.com), Moby obviously feels Eminem’s music is somewhat responsible for the girl’s death. He vents, “Any employee of a record company or journalist or radio programmer or mtv employee who has promoted and celebrated misogynistic or homophobic music should be ashamed. You have blood on your hands, and you should be deeply, deeply troubled at the culture that you've helped to create.”

He feels it’s hypocritical for record companies and radio stations to promote “music that has lyrics about killing and brutalizing women and gays”, if they don’t encourage racially prejudiced or anti-semetic music.

Moby also targeted Prodigy, another Interscope/Aftermath emcee, for his 1997 song “Smack My Bitch Up.” “2 months after 'Smack My Bitch Up' was released I went to visit a friend of mine who was in hospital after being beaten by her boyfriend. She had brain damage and multiple fractures due to his pushing her down a flight of concrete stairs. Misogyny is not funny. It is not a joke and it should not be treated lightly.” None of the individuals or companies Moby criticized has released a response. Go to Moby.com’s “Journal” section to read the statement in it’s entirety.



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Moby get a life bro.... U do have retards out there that beat up on their girl or wife but that got nothing to do with a eminem record, that's a societal problem...reco'nize
Posted by prettylou
I am so tired of people trying to blame music, video games, and movies for peoples actions. People have been killing people for years, who did they blame before there was t.v. And music. Look at ted bundy he did not have rap, video games or violent movies to blame and he still was a stone killer.
Posted by SHANU_5
That was a very low super cheap shot by moby or whoever this person may be.
Posted by Black Congress
Wut do these songs have to do with the songs because its rap everybody tryna make rap look like a bad thing to do just like the nba with dat stupid rule david stern dont understand cuz he use to havin a silver folk in his mouth
Posted by lilname
When they said moby was also talking about prodigy i dont think he was talkin about prodigy of mobb deep but prodigy the guy that had the hit record fire starter some techno trance music dude.
Posted by eXtRa MiC
Music is ment to entertain fansso if i were to lock people in a room n k!ll then will u blame the movie saw? no u would blame me because i'm a grown a$$ man n can tell da difference between tv n reality.
Posted by Dipset4ever
It's ridiculous man it don't make no sense everything always come back to eminem, eminem was not the first rapper to fck people it's been done for yrs man
Posted by pierre
They got that wrong surely, it was prodigy the uk act that released smack my Bia'ch up not mobb deep's prodigy. And whoever knows anything about that song it was an extremely socially consicous song, and this was reflected in a video, where it is in 1st person perspective throughout doing things like goin to a strip joint n gettin chucked out throwing up afta drinking too much etc. And then at the end jus as the person busts a nut they look at the mirror and they see a reflection of a woman. N e 1 else sin this video?
Posted by Bushkin
Yo....that's just bullsh*t.... Aiight i get what he's saying about the whole misogynistic lyrics and all that and what not, but to blame the people who create the music for the crimes that other people commit. That's bullsh*t... Everyone is responsible for their own actions, and the fact that he was probably drunk as hell, singing or rappin' all off key in a karaoke bar, probably suffering from a pyschological disorder which in turn led him to his random act of violence, is probably to blame. Could eminem's song have been a catalyst? perhaps...but the fact remains, eminem didn't put the bat into that guy's hand and said go attack that woman... All i'm saying is...moby is jumping to conclusions since once again nobody jumps off the deep end as much as him... Granted...eminem expressed his views towards homosexuals and how he felt towards certain females in his life... Aiight...but when did eminem ever say go and beat the living sh*t out of a woman, just because it feels good... Or bash s till you're tired... Jail the person who did the crime, not the person who made the music... For if that was the case, marilyn manson would be on trial for influencing the kids involved in the columbine shooting...
Posted by GGX2
Thanks for pointing out that it wasn't mobb deep, i seen the other video (not my type sh*t) and your right about that too....and can i just say that who ever this clown was that killed his girl after being out at a karaoke bar has way bigger issues then listening to em......some people are just mentally ill and have problems with their mental health....so it didn't matter if he was listening to sesame street or n.w.a., that girl had it in for her.....we can't blame any one artist for any of that.....what we should do is try to help our sick instead of letting them become victims of their own disease....but what the hell do i know....
Posted by Spiltmilk
For moby to say this is completely insane. How can anyone who is of sound mind think that b/c someone listens to certain music they are more likely to commit certain crimes. Music does not create monsters , they already exist in the minds of these sick people. I think that moby is dumb and should think b4 he talks b4 he speaks. It reminds me of the high school killings in columbine, when people tried to blame the actions of sad and depressed kids on the lyrics of marilyn manson, as sad as the shootings were i really don't think that it should be thought of as a political ploy to rid the world of what is deemed offensive music, the beauty of our country is the choice to listen to what we want and say what we feel it is up to parents to teach their children about decent morals.
Posted by semireality
Eminem...hiphop...isnt the problem...hip hop imitates life...its the truth...weak, confused cats put the blame on the music makers
Posted by MADDMAX
A yo mobys jus a little Bia'ch yo who says sh*t like dat
Posted by swyecso
Fuk moby he aint talkin dat sh*t 2 anybody n hip hopz face iz he weak azz Bia'ch
Posted by naptown3176
most n*ggas in the hood dont even know who this moby is ? who is he?
Posted by shaddai71
Ahah moby's still pissed about obie jumping all over his effigy in "without me". I agree that it's a really cheap shot...
Posted by Phanyxx
I agree with phanyxx moby can't come up with a diss against em so he's making em out to be responsible for a murder.
Posted by England lad
Moby needs to sit down and relax....em's album came out a very long time ago first off....juat because em rapped about it doesn't mean it hadn't been done before...... Btw it was a rock group named prodigy...i think they were british.....
Posted by B2SKETCHY
Naptown is the punk moby can run up on you you aint sh*t
Posted by andrew2626
Come on man,youre in the music business,you know whats up with all these wack accusations,dont be a part of it you F*ck*n loser(didnt think he was a loser before i read this)
Posted by fait du bruit
Moby is a queer. I will smack him in da face when i see him in public next. Nobody listens too techno!!!!!!!.
Posted by ClintDogg
Tell me, moby, have you ever heard of an eminem track called "stan"?
Posted by Mittens2317
Who cares, both are lame and weak, fu*k both of them, who gives a sh*t
Posted by samthaman
Pointless!!!!!
Posted by Armyartilleryman13
"[...]people have been killing people for years, who did they blame before[...]" people have been killing people since there were more than two. Moby is that kind of guy who sued his neighbour for being a witch so he can occupy her bigger house after she's been burned. Wait... Who's moby anyway? wasn't he doing techno and stuff? why's he talking about eminem like that? does he know how much people died of drugs while listening to the music his kind produced in the '90s? hell, let's burn moby. I bet he's a witch who sells drugs to kids. Just kidding to show how stupid he acts. My prior comment should nearly match his in stupidity. By the way. I read in a carcrash on a highway not far from where i live there was a guy involved who had chocolate in his trunk. In my opinion chocolate should be forbidden. Its smell influences our concentration. The crash has more than proved it. Get a brain moby!
Posted by Taliesin2
Mua F*ckas needa get off eminems tip 4 real
Posted by CLEVSJR
Eminem is tha sh*t but who is moby
Posted by jeri1869
Moby sucks.
Posted by kobayashi
Soft P*ss* nice n pink
Posted by thaniceone11
"i grew up listening to 2 live crew and n.w.a. And i never went out and shot nobody." words from the man eminem himself, and hes got a point! grow up moby, u jus mad coz ppl got love 4 em and sum ppl, like jeri1869, dnt even no who u r!
Posted by Bigg Legg
I think that moby is being a baby, eminem is just messin around and he likes to piss people off. There is nothing wrong with eminems music! it rocks!
Posted by TellItLikeItIs
They always got to blame a persons death on music he probaly watched the fantom of the opera or natural born killers the night before
Posted by waksta
I like eminem he's the best
Posted by anthony
Yo first off music dont create murderers. People like moby do. They piss peeps off an they come at em an kill the Bia'ch. So F*ck that an F*ck you moby
Posted by bob
Ya i agree wit bob. It aint musics fault that these mother F*ckers hit they wives or girls. So moby go F*ck yourself before ya get yo Bia'ch ass shot. An plus em isnt the only rapper rappin bout killin an sh*t so why dont ya F*ck off an think bout sh*t. Ask those F*cks why they did it an it wont be anythin to do wit music. People get murdered everyday. People hit they girl everyday so F*ck*n think bout that Bia'ch
Posted by ted
And moby you cen git stomped by obie you thirty six year old bald headed fag blowme
Posted by stan
Wutz my n*gga
Posted by johnny
Moby is a f@g his music is a joke anyone who listens to his music can suck it he is a bald ugly queer and and i f*cked his mom up the azz which is the very same hole he crawled out of ; that piece of sh*t......... I would not pis$ on fire to put him out (you shouldnt pis$ on sh!t like that anyway.) if he ever comes to my town in concert i will buy tickets just to rip his arms off and stick them down his throat and if anyone gets in my way i will skull fu(k them and thier mothers. P.s. Fu(k moby ..... Fu(k him right in the ear.
Posted by Jasons-nutsack
Pointless comments will be deleted what the f**k, how come you always blame eminem for everything he did make someone murder a girl, that person chosed that path, you should blame people for someone elses mistakes, what if i said you raped me or something like that and you didn't right!!! so what makes you think eminem make a guy murder someone who gives a flying f**k at least it was you
Posted by celine francis
Is it just me or are all the comments on this page written by complete idiots.
Posted by rayray

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