Rihanna On Collabing With Eminem: “I Knew The Song Was Deep But I Also Knew It Was A Hit… Why Not Be On A Hit?!??”

Posted on July 27th, 2010 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: Eminem, For Your Information, News, Rihanna

Rihanna and Eminem on the set of "Love The Way You Lie"

Rihanna sums up why Eminem hit her up to be apart of his jawn “Love The Way You Lie.” If you listen to the lyrics then you definitely know why but just in case you missed it, Rihanna breaks it down for you.

“It’s something that, you know, we’ve both experienced, you know, on different sides, different ends of the table… He pretty much just broke down the cycle of domestic violence and it’s something that people don’t have a lot of insight on.”
Lyrics to “Love The Way You Lie”:
Eminem – I laid hands on her/I’ll never stoop so low again/I guess I don’t know my own strength..

Rihanna – Just gonna stand there and watch me burn, but that’s alright because I like the way it hurts…

“I knew if he sent me a record there must be something to it. It couldn’t just be, ‘Oh, Duh! She was in that relationship so we have to get her. The lyrics were so deep, so beautiful and intense. It’s something that I understood, something I connected with which made me think it was a hit and I want to be a part of a hit, so of course I couldn’t say no to Eminem.”.”

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  • Hello

    Nice

  • Kyki14

    I feel like she’s still talking about it & no one else is. I mean he may have hit her but she had part in that too. She act like he hit her many times in the relationship but really it was vice versa. Either way I love both Rih & Chris. & I love this song.

  • bluekid

    Rihanna has every right to speak up on it as much as she please.

    I will always support Chris Brown and any man who seeks help for their short comings and I’m pretty sure Eminem fans feel the same for Eminem who has a long history of abusing woman. Rihanna seem to have know problem in supporting men who abuse woman and who are repeatedly domestic violence abusers.

    Knowing this why would anybody bring up Chris Brown name in this post. I feel Rihanna, lets move on, and if Rihanna could she would still be with Chris Brown.

  • aries79

    Good for Rih she is taking on 
    great projects.  Way to do you Rih

  • http://bossip Tiki Barber

    I’m not mad at dis chick. Eminem is that dude.

  • Devotee

    She is really really boring…..please go away

  • ?

    Can you say overexposed?

  • bluekid

    Eminem is a (DV) repeater, and Rihanna is giving him support.
    This is why I support Chris Brown.

  • NWO

    Bluekid

    Same here I will always support Chris just like Rihanna is supporting Eminem who is a real DV abuser for many years.

  • jojo

    @blue,you just blatantly contradicted yourself.You stated that you “will always support Chris because he’s seeking help”Isn’t that pretty much what EM has been doing?You do notice the title of the album is “recovery” right?They’re both “re-living” something they’ve been apart of and you cant stand that,because every-time Rhi mentions DV,you feel that its a threat to Chris’s career.smh at these women who protect abusers.It’s no wonder you detest Rhianna so much,you feel that she’s responsible for Chris’s debunked career

  • bluekid

    jojo,

    Eminem is still a repeated (DV) and it matters not what his album cover says, he use to beat the hell out of his wife repeatedly. Rihanna supports Eminem the abuser and I support Chris Brown who is now in Recovery c.l.a.s.s in Virgina. So you are a hypocrite!

    A woman beater is a woman beater and Eminem is a womam beater, so if Rihanna can support him than Chris Brown fan by all means support Chris Brown.

  • Datzher

    Can she stop playin a victim for once…SMDH all everyone kno is dat dere 3 side to every story and we still aint hear da truth and never will…so keep it moving and we should be done talkin about cuz chris paid for his mistake lawful and his career wise…so to still reminding him every since thing he do or she do itz gettin real lame!

  • TMoney253

    I SMELL A LOT OF HATERS AROUND HERE!

  • Ciana

    @Datzher u took the words outta my mouth.rihanna could rip her dress and then will blame it on domestic violence NO TRICK U DID THAT YOURSELF!

  • bluekid

    Eminem was the abuser in the relationship, Kim was the helpless one.

    Rihanna is abuser who got her azz kicked.

    Rihanna is supporting a known woman beater.

    Eminem is a brutal woman beater.

    What woman who has been abuse support a man who is known to beat woman on the level of Eminem, he was a repeated abuser.

    I bet Kim is some where crying her eyes out, while Rihanna supports rapist and women beaters.

    Matt Kemp known rapist and woman beater
    Eminem Known repeated woman beater

    I think Rihanna is trying to tell her fans something
    If you think she is so hot, when that judge let up off of Chris Brown, Rihanna is going to bring him back up.

  • Sharon

    Here go the haters!! Gotta Love them!! LMAO, Let them keep hating Ri and you keep rising, that is going to continue to eat them alive. Haters are people that hate themselves, so they cannot like anything about others. Continue to do you.

  • bluekid

    It’s not even about Rihanna, it’s about her hating fans. How are you going to hate on Chris Brown, when Rihanna is supporting a woman beater that is way worst than many. Eminem is a repeated woman beater. It’s apparent that Rihanna and her fans don’t see eye to eye, because Rihanna has know problem with men who beat woman.

  • Dirty Diana…Let Me Be ♪

    good marketing strategy is all i see.

  • bluekid

    gossipjacker.net/2010/06/poon-and-gossip.html

    Bird of a feather flock together I bet this white boy does drugs too?

    O’ yea that’s right he does do drugs.

  • Sadness

    why is she wearing a cross

  • jessica

    they make a cute couple

  • NWO

    Chile

    You know what I don’t and will not believe nothing you Rihanna fans say. Matt & EM are both women beaters. Call it what you want.

  • bluekid

    Eminem beat poor Kim nearly to death, beat her to a blood pulp.

    Kim really experienced (DV) she was beat repeatedly for years.

    My heart and blessing goes out to “KIM”!

  • HoneyT

    Ummm….I’m just confused because if Rhi was really dealing with DV (and not being an abuser herself to Chris Brown)why would she sing a song that basically says its okay for you to beat me, lie to me, etc. because it feels good to me! She says she likes the way it hurts?! Umm i don’t know but if a man beat me I’m not going anywhere talking about its okay cuz it felt good! Not even for some money. But that’s just me I guess

  • Oh Well…

    This was a genius marketing strategy for Eminem. Rihanna was the PERFECT fit for this song. lyrically (because of her own situation) and vocally (because her voice is very unique)and her fans pretty much love and buy anything she touches…now Em has thousands and thousands of new fans thanks to Rihanna’s fanbase. and the strategy worked. the song is very deep, beautiful and went straight to #1. good for both of them. I love this collaboration and hope it’s the 1st of many for these two.

    btw, didn’t Em’s worthless wife cheat on him, get knocked up by some other guy and then crawl back to Em who took her back and supporterd he bastard child too? I don’t know what happened in their marriage but just from an outsider’s point of view he doesn’t sound like an abuser to me…besides I don’t remeber ever seeing pictures of Kim all bruised up and disfigured.

  • are you serious??

    Once again in a article where chris browns name DOESN’T come up, commenters make it about chris brown…

  • coco

    Oh Well enjoy it now, untel Eminem makes hating on Ri Ri his agenda. He can flip it so easy because that could make money too, shes already been beaten down, she’s dumb and he will stay rich. I could have respected him if he’d written a song with Chris Brown, both batterers right?

  • Wow

    Some of you are total ****ing idiots.

    Eminem never even TOUCHED Kim. The only legal battle between the two is how Eminem DEPICTED killing her in one of his songs. In other words, it never happened.

    You kids need to stop taking what you here in people’s songs and in weak *** gossip girl tabloids so seriously.

  • Wow

    ^and I obviously wasn’t talk about this site lol this is the ish, just those fake other ones, you probably know the ones.

  • coco

    @wow, Why did Rihanna say they are at opposite sides of the subject, she was battered, he is a batterer! Period. The only dummies are the ones who follow him blindly and act like his raps are so deep and touching. He laughs at his mindless fans all the way to the bank LOL

  • Wow

    @coco

    because he obviously has issues with women. He’s a self-stated misogynist. I wasn’t trying to say he was some women respecting role model or anything.

    He also has serious anger issues, which is where I think the song is coming from. I’m sure he wanted to punch/beat up/strangle a woman many times, which isn’t normal or healthy by any means, but that doesn’t mean he physically laid his hands on someone that way.

  • coco

    @wow,gotcha, but rihanna still make herself look like a nut acting like its all good for a hit song, but last month she was repping for all the abused girls. flip flopping and sending wrong messages to girls who think that mess is cute and that hitting means love. SMH

  • Million $$ Girl

    This song is stupid….Chris Brown came harder with DEUCES.

  • prettydarkskin

    bwoy she jus milkin that chris brown beating eeh? she needs to thatnk chris brown for slappin her down…white ppl didnt kno who rhianna was before it happened…

  • KC

    Listen to all you aruguing about who’s a hypocrite and hating on these musical artists. Yes, they all have their history with DV, however, that’s not the point of the song. Eminem and Rihanna aren’t expressing their exact memories with what they did or delt with. They’re just doing their job and it happens to be on a controversial subject that they can relate to. The song is meant to create awareness and create a connection with listeners. Also, for those who are hating on Rihanna for so-called still talking about what happened between her and Chris Brown cuz of the song, so what. She needs to vent in someway beacause DV is something that should never be tolerated.For those who don’t know what it feels like, it is something you never fully get over because of both the physical and emotional trama given by someone you thought you can trust.

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