Moby Launches Scathing Attack On Eminem And The Prodigy

Moby has launched an attack against The Prodigy and Eminem for their misogynistic lyrics.

In a post on his website journal, the bald vegan says that while he respects both acts as musicians, he hates the culture that they have helped create.

Speaking about The Prodigy’s controversial 1997 smash ‘Smack My Bitch Up’, Moby said: “2 months after 'Smack My Bitch Up' was released I went to visit a friend of mine who was in hospital after being beaten by her boyfriend.

“She had brain damage and multiple fractures due to his pushing her down a flight of concrete stairs. Misogyny is not funny. It is not a joke and it should not be treated lightly.”

He then moved his attention on to the case of the obsessed Eminem fan who recently murdered a woman. Moby continued: “And now we find out that a British man who is obsessed with Eminem killed a woman with a metal baseball bat and stuffed her body into a suitcase. Am I being 'too uptight' for not seeing the humour in this?

”Should I 'relax' and see the comedy in a misogynist beating a woman to death? Before this British man brutally killed this woman he was singing Eminem songs in a karaoke bar. Maybe there's no connection. Maybe there is. It’s disgusting that we even have to ask that question.”

He finished: “I asked a rhetorical question a few years ago, which was: 'if a musician made a record wherein he talked about killing blacks and Jews would he get covered in the press and played on radio and mtv? If the answer is 'no'(as it should be), then why is radio and mtv filled with music that has lyrics about killing and brutalizing women and gays? Is it somehow less offensive when women and gays are brutalized and killed?'

”Any employee of a record company or journalist or radio programmer or mtv employee who has promoted and celebrated misogynistic or homophobic music should be ashamed.

“You have blood on your hands, and you should be deeply, deeply troubled at the culture that you've helped to create.”