Eminem mentions Bitcoin in his new song “Not Alike” – Remember everybody used to bite Nickel, Now everybody doin’ Bitcoin
Remember everybody used to bite Nickel,
Now everybody doin’ Bitcoin
Yes, Bitcoins gets a mention in the new album of Eminem “Kamikaze” where Royce da 5’9” said the aforementioned words. This is the tenth album by the top rapper. The mention of bitcoin clearly shows the significance of bitcoin. He says everybody is doing bitcoin and is not something to get rich quick or to buy bad things online.
Here is the song,
The lyrics are bit coarse so clearly not safe for work (NSFW). Bitcoin gets a mention at 2 minute mark.
All this is an important sign of pretense of bitcoin in mass culture and realization that cryptocurrencies have use beyond buying drugs online and doing criminal activities.
This is not the first time bitcoin has been mentioned in songs. There have been many but none of the artists are of Eminem’s caliber and fame.
Here are few more songs that are about bitcoin / cryptocurrencies.