"The Ringer" is a song by American rapper

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from his album ''

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'' (2018). The track's opener, it was not released as a single but debuted in the top 10 in Australia, Canada, Finland, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the US. It contains an interpolation from "

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", written by Matthew Jacobson and Katorah "Young M.A" Marrero, as performed by the latter.

In the song, Eminem attacks the contemporary hip hop scene, mainly artists who perform mumble rap. A few rappers he calls out on the track are

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, NF and

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. He also attacks the critics who gave his previous album, '' Revival'', negative reviews. Finally, he sends shots at U.S. president

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, similar to the presidential critiques on ''Revival'', calling Trump "

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" and referencing Eminem's

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"The Storm" from the 2017

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Secret Service interview

On the song, Eminem references the

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visiting him in response to lyrics on ''Revival'' perceived to be threatening towards Trump.

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filed a

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request with the Secret Service to find out if this was true. In October 2019, the agency revealed to BuzzFeed that, in response to an email from a

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employee pressing the Secret Service to investigate Eminem for his "threatening lyrics" about

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(on " Framed"), they had conducted a

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and arranged an interview, in which the interviewers read the verse out loud to Eminem—and he rapped along. The agency subsequently decided against referring the case to a federal prosecutor.

Personnel

– lead vocals,

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* Illa da Producer – production * Luis Resto –

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– production

Charts

Certifications

References

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Contents

Secret Service interview

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

References