"Bagpipes from Baghdad" is the 5th track off of Eminem's Relapse album, which was released on May 19, 2009.
In "Bagpipes from Baghdad," Eminem makes crude remarks about Mariah Carey and her husband, Nick Cannon. The song started a feud between Carey and Eminem that has continued in the Carey song "Obsessed" and the Eminem song "The Warning."
Eminem and Carey Background
- Eminem and Carey met in 2001People: Eminem Disses Mariah For Denying Relationship (November 6, 2006)
- In 2002, Eminem told Rolling Stone that he didn't "like her as a person"People: Eminem Disses Mariah For Denying Relationship (November 6, 2006)
- In December 2002 Carey told Larry King that she "hung out" with Eminem "probably a total of four times" and said she didn't "consider that dating somebody"People: Eminem Disses Mariah For Denying Relationship (November 6, 2006)
- In 2006 Eminem said he and Mariah did have "a relationship for a good six, seven months" and "it didn't work"People: Eminem Disses Mariah For Denying Relationship (November 6, 2006)
- In the 2006 interview Eminem said "...the fact that she denied we ever had something, that's bad"People: Eminem Disses Mariah For Denying Relationship (November 6, 2006)
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Fast Facts
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5th track off of Eminem's Relapse album
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Relapse album to be released on May 19, 2009
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"Bagpipes from Baghdad" was leaked on to the Internet on May 7, 2009
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Song targets Mariah Carey, who once dated Eminem
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Song also attacks Nick Cannon, who is Carey's husband
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Cannon responded to the song on his blog
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Cannon wrote
"I'm going to make you wish you never spoke my name and regret the ungodly things you said about my wife"Official Site: Nick Cannon: "How Cute" Blog Post (May 8, 2009)
