--- title: Eminem Condemns NRA, Talks Gun Control at iHeartRadio Awards description: Eminem took the NRA to task on Sunday night when he added a blistering new verse to his song 'Nowhere Fast' that called out the NRA. canonical: https://time.com/5195505/eminem-on-out-nra-iheartradio-awards-2018/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-12T15:09:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:18.875Z og:title: Eminem Condemns NRA in His iHeartRadio Awards Performance og:description: "They love their guns more than our children" og:url: https://time.com/5195505/eminem-on-out-nra-iheartradio-awards-2018/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f1b0038127013ed/69892a78bc6cfcaddf3e54f4/eminem-calls-out-nra-iheartradio-music-awards-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards - Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Eminem Condemns NRA in His iHeartRadio Awards Performance twitter:description: "They love their guns more than our children" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f1b0038127013ed/69892a78bc6cfcaddf3e54f4/eminem-calls-out-nra-iheartradio-music-awards-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'They Love Their Guns More Than Our Children.' 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(Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia) INGLEWOOD, CA - MARCH 11: Eminem performs onstage during the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards which broadcasted live on TBS, TNT, and truTV at The Forum on March 11, 2018 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia) Kevin Winter—Getty Images for iHeartMedia  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 12, 2018 3:09 PM UTC Rapper [Eminem](http://time.com/5021634/eminem-walk-on-water-emas/) called out the NRA in his iHeartRadio performance on Sunday night, adding a blistering new freestyle verse to his song “Nowhere Fast,” where he attacked gun owners for “loving their guns more than our children.” The sobering performance was introduced by Alex Moscou, a survivor of [the fatal school shooting in Parkland, Florida](http://time.com/5193937/nikolas-cruz-dylann-roof-online-white-supremacy/) where 17 students died. Moscou said that he and other Parkland survivors were “tired of hearing politicians sending their thoughts and prayers to us, and doing nothing to make the necessary changes to prevent this tragedy from happening again.” When Eminem took the stage, he reiterated the call, pointing to the funding that the NRA has provided for politicians in the past: “This whole country is going nuts, and the NRA is in our way/They’re responsible for this whole production/They hold the strings, they control the puppet/And they threaten to take donor bucks/So they know the government won’t do nothing and no one’s budging/Gun owners clutching their loaded weapons/They love their guns more than our children.” Eminem’s call for gun control and policy reform follows other politically charged performances that the rapper has recently given; in the past year, Eminem has been vocal about [his displeasure with Donald Trump and his administration](http://time.com/4985439/eminem-trump-meme/) in the White House. 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