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Eminem’s 'Killshot' video breaks YouTube record for hip hop debut

"I'd rather be 80-year-old me than 20-year-old you."

By Unknown AuthorPublished Sep 19, 2018
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The video for Eminem’s Killshot generated 38.1 million views on YouTube in its first 24 hours.

According to the platform, it’s the biggest debut by a hip-hop video, and third biggest overall in YouTube’s history.

Part of the video’s click success is that, as a diss to Machine Gun Kelly and a response to MGK’s Rap Devil, features Kelly’s face with both a target and a giant X over his eyes.

Kanye West and Lil Pump, meanwhile, both broke their own all-time 24-hour view records with the debut of the collaboration I Love It.

The video generated 13.9 million views in its first 24 hours.

MGK’s Rap Devil entered the US Top 100 at #13.

It was a response to Eminem’s Kamikaze track Not Alike.

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The video is sitting at 74 million views on YouTube and is #1 trending at the time of writing.

Killshot makes fun of MGK’s hair and compared him to nine-year-old social media phenomenon Lil Tay.

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