Eminem Grants Music to Abdul El-Sayed After Collaborating with His Vocal Critic Kid Rock

It’s election day here in America, and Eminem seems to have granted use of his music to Abdul El-Sayed for the US Senate candidate’s final get-out-the-vote message to Michigan. This comes just weeks after Em collaborated with one of El-Sayed’s most vocal critics, fellow Michigan native Kid Rock. El-Sayed is running against ex-congressman Mike Rogers to succeed Gary Peters, who has held the seat since 2015. El-Sayed’s final video of the 2026 campaign (at least as of publication) includes Eminem’s 2010 comeback song, “Not Afraid,” fondly remembered for a banging beat as well as a newfound cheese to accompany his newfound sobriety. Over the last 16 years I have thought about “Fuck the world, feed it beans, it’s gassed up if it thinks it’s stopping me,” more than I would like to admit. Feed it beans. Matching Em, El-Sayed gets right to the bad puns, and in tandem with the lyrics, the ad boasts that he’s “doing this for MI.” Eminem has long occupied a unique place on the dirtbag left: willing to take a knee during the Super Bowl Halftime Show, less willing to stop using the f-slur, “old friends” with Kid Rock, but personally supportive of El-Sayed. As for Kid Rock, he recently compared ...