Eminem burst onto the scene in 1999 with the Slim Shady LP and The Marshall Mathers LP that was released a year later. Eminem became excessively popular because of his catchy and controversial tunes, that storied his his family, friends, and enemies. Over time, America and the World has gotten to know Eminem more and more. The people he dislikes are his mother and twice ex-wife Kim. On the other hand, Eminem has good relationships with his daughter Hailie and rap legend, Dr. Dre.

The vast majority of Eminem's songs are biographical, which often bash any celebrity that made a comment about him in the media. Eminem thrives on controversy, which contributes to his album sales. In the past Eminem has bashed or impersonated: Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Fred Durst, Carson Daly, Micheal Jackson, Marilyn Manson, Limp Bizkit, Chris Kirkpatrick (N'Sync), Moby, Lynne Cheney, Tipper Gore, President George W. Bush, MC Hammer, Pee Wee Herman, Kimberley Anne Scott (ex-wife), and his mother, just to name a few.

The most recent bashing has been targeted at Mariah Carey and her husband Nick Cannon. The feud began with Eminem's lyrics on "Bagpipes from Baghdad" on his recent "Relapse" album. In this song he talks about Mariah Carey's excessive wine collection and their break-up. Interestingly, Mariah denies that she ever had a "romantic" relationship with Eminem.

Mariah Carey's recent single titled "Obsessed," targets Eminems obsession with the singer. The music video features Carey dressed up as Eminem with a hoodie and goatee. Carey claims that Eminems comments about their relationship are false and that drugs must be getting to Eminems mind. She also states that Eminem has a Napoleon Complex, which describes why he overcompensates aspects of his life due to his short stature.

In a very short time, Eminem's comeback surfaced on the radio waves. On July 31st, Eminem released "The Warning" which bashes Mariah once again, but on an all new level. This time Eminem means business, and this is conveyed through expletive after expletive which smatter the radio edit with "bleeps" and other censorship. Only after listening to the un-edited version of the song, will you be able to catch an entire sentence without interruption. Since this song is very R rated, I wont go into details. Throughout the song it is very obvious that Eminem is pissed about how his relationship with Mariah ended, but is even more pissed that she denies that they ever dated at all. At the end of the song Eminem frankly tells Mariah to shut her mouth, although Eminem was the one who opened it in the first place.

We will have to stay tuned to see how this feud will elapse. Will Mariah release a rebuttal? Will Eminem blackmail Mariah? or Will this feud simply fizzle out? We will just have to see. Whether this is just a marketing tool for the two artists is also unknown. One thing is for certain, for an artist to release a rebuttal like this in a very short time is something I have never seen before. For me it's hard to side with either artist. Mariah Carey and Eminem have had enormous success and are extremely talented despite how different their styles of music are.