Although it still remains to be seen who will become the next president of the United States, with the votes cast during the 2020 election still being counted, Joe Biden's apparent electoral gains in Michigan are now being, at least partially, attributed to a certain rap star.
Previously, the Biden campaign released an ad featuring "Lose Yourself" by Eminem, with Variety pointing out that the rapper "rarely licenses, let alone for political causes", that particular song.
And though it would probably be hard to gauge the exact effect Eminem's influence had on support for Biden during the election, quite a few social media users went on to praise the musician for his contribution.
Eminem winning the #Elections2020 for Biden https://t.co/U5YdvZwWAI
— Oskar Górzyński (@OskarGie) November 4, 2020
I'd like to think Eminem allowing the Biden campaign to use "Lose Yourself" led to this. https://t.co/oCDRtV5rJI
— DON CORLEONE | عمر (@omarTH3DON) November 4, 2020
Eminem endorsed Biden in Michigan. Made him win. pic.twitter.com/lWsVDSYgH0
— CH4MP (@realCH4MP) November 5, 2020
Both the media and common people couldn't help noticing that perhaps a key role in giving the final push in the key state of #Michigan to #Biden was played by the endorsement #Eminem officially made to the Dem candidate, by granting the use of #LoseYourself for an #Election2020 ad pic.twitter.com/UqgG4hjqHr
— Eminem Italia (@italia_eminem) November 5, 2020
Some netizens, however, appeared more reserved about that matter.
While I do believe that Eminem might have been a factor in Biden winning Michigan, I do not believe that he was the only reason for that. Eminem is famous and loved all across the US and Biden didn't win every state or had higher numbers than expected. Still great job Eminem!
— Eminem & Shady News (@ShadyFansite) November 5, 2020
Eminem himself merely shared the aforementioned ad on Twitter on 2 November, urging people to vote.
One opportunity... #Vote https://t.co/sCUhq4dvAN
— Marshall Mathers (@Eminem) November 2, 2020
This development comes as Trump's campaign announced that they filed lawsuits to halt ballot counting in Michigan, because they allegedly had not been given access to counting locations to observe the counting process.
