Jack Harlow Says He's The 'Hardest White Boy' Since Eminem on New Album 'Jackman'

Jack Harlow claims he's the "hardest white boy" since Eminem on "They Don't Love It," a new track off the Louisville rapper's new album 'Jackman.'

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Nearly a year after dropping his sophomore album Come Home The Kids Miss YouJack Harlow returned on Friday with his latest full-length offering Jackman.

The second song on the 10-track project, “They Don’t Love It,” sees Harlow boast about his status as the best white rapper since Eminem.

“Ya boy’s strivin’ to be the most dominant ever/The hardest white boy since the one who rapped about vomit and sweaters,” Harlow raps on his first verse, referencing an iconic line (“there’s vomit on his sweater already, mom’s spaghetti”) from Em’s 2002 hit single “Lose Yourself.”

“And hold the comments ’cause I promise you I’m honestly better than whoever came to your head right then/They ain’t cut from the same thread like him/They don’t study, doin’ work to get ahead like him/They don’t toss and turn in the fuckin’ bed like him,” Jack spits in the next few lines.

Harlow has never shied away from citing Eminem as one of his biggest influences, as the Louisville rapper opened up about idolizing the Detroit MC in a November 2020 episode of GQ’s “Actually Me” video series. 

“I grew up listening to Eminem,” Harlow shared. “I idolized Eminem, big influence of mine while growing up. I mean he’s so dope. But also obviously… I remember when I was ten or eleven, I would wear like a toboggan, and hoodie and headphones around my neck. Cause I wanted to feel like him.”

A year later, during an interview with Billboard at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards, Harlow shed light on a phone call he had with Em following their collaboration “Killer.”

“We didn’t get to meet, but we had a phone call that meant the world to me,” Harlow said. “I haven’t shared it with the world yet, but I can’t wait until the world hears it. He gave me a lot of props that any artist would love to get. Sometimes, the best gem is just somebody you admire, letting you know who you think you are. He let me know, ‘You’re that. You’re dope.’ I’ve waited a decade to hear that. So it was special.”

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