SAN FRANCISCO, December 19, (THEWILL) – Popular American rapper, Eminem, has apologised to fellow singer, Rihanna for “siding” with her ex-boyfriend, Chris Brown, who assaulted her in 2009.
In his just released new song, titled, ‘Zeus’ Eminem, referred to a decade-old song that emerged online in 2019 where he said “of course I side with Chris Brown”.
In the new song, the rapper said: “And wholeheartedly apologies Rihanna for that song that leaked/I’m sorry, Rih, it wasn’t meant to cause you grief.”
He accepted that the original lyric “was wrong of me”.
THEWILL recalls that at the time the track leaked, Eminem’s spokesperson said: “This is a leak of something that’s over 10 years old. After Eminem recorded it, he scrapped it, and rewrote it.”
In 2009, Brown pleaded guilty to the assault on Rihanna and got five years probation and a community service order.
Eminem’s new album features Dr Dre, Ty Dolla $ign, J Premier and Skylar Gray.