Well durr, Eminem is sick as fuck. His skin color just contributed to the attention he got. Negatively also though. He became the target for white america. He was a "safe" target to attack because he's white, so he became like the representive for rap music. Like a million rappers have misogynist lyrics, but he got in trouble for it because he's white. Plus people felt comfortable listening to him because you won't be called a wigger for buying his albums. Not to mention him being on rock radio stations and being classified as "rock/rap" everywhere.