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Eminem Dissed By 98 Degrees & 'N Sync 98 Degrees singer Nick Lachey and 'N Sync singer Chris Kirkpatrick have spoken out about the recent antics of rapper Eminem. The chart-topping rapper has expressed opinions about his dislike of "boy bands" and "pop music" both in song and in interviews, and now Lachey and Kirkpatrick have expressed their respective opinions about him. Lachey told LAUNCH that he believes that it is primarily the pop music fans who are responsible for Eminem's success. "Well, I think it's somewhat ironic in the sense that Eminem is becoming everything that he's bashing; he's becoming a pop act. I mean, if you're Number One on TRL, these aren't all hip-hop rap fans. These are all young kids -- young pop kids voting for you and buying your album," Lachey said. "I do like him though, and I congratulate him." Eminem's latest release, The Marshall Mathers LP, surpassed all others in its fourth week of release; it sold more than 519,000 copies, down slightly from the prior week's sales of 598,000, but still enough to land at Number One, according to industry sources. Eminem slammed 'N Sync in his hit single, "The Real Slim Shady." In TV Guide's upcoming July 1 issue, the group's Kirkpatrick offers his view on the recent turn of events, in which the rapper was arrested for gun possession and assault. "[His arrest] is karma," he said. "It's really sad when people have to put everybody else down to make themselves look good. The guy's digging himself a grave, and pretty soon he's not going to have any friends." |