Rhymefest remarked, “I battled Eminem and that was the first time a white guy ever called me a [racial slur].” He continued with a vivid recount of Eminem’s fierce lines: “I’ll let my razor split you till they have to staple stitch you. This took my facial tissue and turned it into a racial issue.” The sheer intensity of the moment, he said, taught him something profound about the dynamics of race in the music industry, likening it to the humor found in shows like “Family Guy.”