Taylor Swift Covers Eminem in Concert and the Audience Loses It!

Posted on Aug 5th 2011 2:45PM by Marina Galperina

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Young Taylor Swift has just strummed a rare beast of a hip-hop to country crossover... and cuddly one, too! Performing in Grand Rapids recently, T-Swizzle launched into a cover of Eminem's 'Lose Yourself,' adding a bit of guitar twang and teenage-ish angst to the Michigan native's hit. The crowd went wild.

This was not the first time Taylor Swift lent her pipes to hip-hop, rapping a few lines from her beloved Nicki Minaj's 'Super Bass' for Nashville's 107.5 The River radio station, not to mention her pre-taped all-out 'Thug Story' video with T-Pain for CMT Music Awards. "I'm so gangster you can find me baking cookies at night," she rapped. "You out clubbin' but I just made caramel delights!"

All self-parodying kitsch aside, could T-Swizzle give the hip-hop game a try? Eminem's 'Lose Yourself' lyrics aren't MC-exclusive and Swift's delivery of "this opportunity comes once in a life time" feels pretty heartfelt ... but did she pull it off?

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Betty

i thought it was kinda cool and does anyone listen to the lyrics any more...loose yourself says alot by it's self she is staying true to herself she just threw a lil mix in. btw I'm not a taylor swift fan but some of you people are just closed minded

August 08 2011 at 12:14 AM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down Reply

icastfuturestars

SHe still can;rt REALLY sing WELL....And her song writing is still amateurish lyrically...she is not? Take Joni Mitchell who COULD sing, play and wrote amazing songs when she was just 19.....compare the world scope and soul searching lyrics and complex worldly msic of Joni (Both Sides Now, Circle game, Woodstock) to Taylor's silly teenage angst and we see a selfish silly girl.

August 07 2011 at 11:09 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply

Al Hook

Its music, good are bad why does it have to be complicate and the jackass spouting about blacks idiot it takes all colors to make a rainbow your comment show how ilertrate, obtuse, uneducated poor excuse for a human being

August 07 2011 at 10:29 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

steph0730

Wow. Nice job AOL, way to edit out the ignorant, racist comments. How did those even get through?? s83jhnftr, you're a pathetic mess. It depresses me to know you exist. I hope you make the wrong comment to the wrong person one day, and they are able to teach you some manners. You don't belong here in 2011 with the rest of us tolerant people.

August 07 2011 at 9:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Sheila

For those of you that think she can't sing. Well she's laughing all the way to the bank.

August 07 2011 at 9:35 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply

s83jhnftr

niggerz are colored like sh1t for a reason. look world wide and find a niggar that isnt a piece of sh1t some other race needs to coddle. niggarz are half ape !

August 07 2011 at 9:20 PM Report abuse Permalink -7 rate up rate down Reply

Ellas Mommy

I think she can write songs. I like a lot of her lyrics but if a girl can't pull off singing live then she isn't a singer. Shes a radio singer. And you can't be a contradiction in playing the good girl but do a cover of eminem. You have to stick to who you are if you want people to buy it.

August 07 2011 at 9:05 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply

s83jhnftr

She is talented but if she goes negro like amy winehouse she will end up where she belongs.

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auramac

You belong in Hell for being a dumb, sick, racist bigot. What an asinine comment. Look in the mirror- and don't forget to flush. Your words smell like the garbage they are.

August 07 2011 at 9:12 PM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down Reply

s83jhnftr

She is a talented singer, however she sounds like your typical negro girl singing with all the backup singers and eloctronically changed voices coloreds have to do to sell their negro music.

August 07 2011 at 8:48 PM Report abuse Permalink -6 rate up rate down Reply

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BABY IT'S YOU

Unfortunately, your'e racist!

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s83jhnftr

and tell us all what race isn't racist genius ! only America is brainwashed with political corectness in the entire world !

August 07 2011 at 8:57 PM Report abuse Permalink -3 rate up rate down

auramac

Thank God for you- the sickos are out tonight. Let's see if they have the guts to take their hoods off.

August 07 2011 at 9:13 PM Report abuse Permalink -3 rate up rate down

bluetimestwo

Is there anyone more obnoxious than Eminem on this planet? OK...I forgot about Kathie Lee Gifford. But Eminem is a very close second.

August 07 2011 at 8:38 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply