--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Went To Coachella To Nail Eminem's Mean Tweets description: “Remember when Eminem was actually dope?” read one mean tweet provided by Jimmy Kimmel canonical: https://time.com/5241435/emimen-jmmy-kimmel-mean-tweet/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-16T15:09:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:17.541Z og:title: Eminem Really Nailed the Response to His Mean Tweet og:description: “Remember when Eminem was actually dope?” read one mean tweet og:url: https://time.com/5241435/emimen-jmmy-kimmel-mean-tweet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Eminem Really Nailed the Response to His Mean Tweet twitter:description: “Remember when Eminem was actually dope?” read one mean tweet twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Jimmy Kimmel Stopped By Coachella So Eminem Could Totally Nail His Response to a Mean Tweet > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-brief-2026q3/newsletters?i=da81ccb2-265b-4e4d-8984-366c0b7b9b27&cr=time-nl-brief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: How Much It Costs to Go to Coachella [Watch (HLS stream): How Much It Costs to Go to Coachella](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Pt4SjY2G.m3u8) (1:35)  _Published 2018-04-12. How Much It Costs to Go to Coachella_ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 16, 2018 3:09 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 16, 2018 3:09 PM UTC Jimmy Kimmel went to Coachella this weekend to let [Eminem](http://time.com/4985439/eminem-trump-meme/) respond to a few [mean tweets](http://time.com/4957107/jennifer-lawrence-mean-tweets/). The late night talk show host showed up for the rapper’s headlining performance via screens on Coachella’s main stage. “I love Eminem but not everyone does,” Kimmel said, introducing one of his infamous segments where celebrities read mean tweets about themselves, this time focused entirely on Eminem. [According to _The Guardian_](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/apr/16/eminem-at-coachella-review-career-spanning-set-is-a-perfect-nostalgia-hit), the rapper’s on-stage emcee read the tweets aloud for the crowd. “No one’s been paying attention to you since 2003,” read one. The rapper took the criticism surprisingly well. “He kinda has a point,” Eminem replied in response to a tweet that asked, “Remember when Eminem was actually dope?” While not every celebrity gets a chance for a rebuttal to the [mean tweets](http://time.com/4503496/ryan-gosling-mean-tweets/) highlighted on Kimmel’s show, [Eminem](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1899935%5F1899964%5F1853089,00.html) jumped at the chance, asking the crowd, “Coachella, can I take you back to a time when I was actually good?” He then launched into a set that took fans on a trip down memory lane, complete with throwback hits like “My Name Is” and “The Real Slim Shady.” When he hit the line, “Dr Dre’s dead. He’s locked in my basement,” Eminem brought the legendary rapper on stage. “Y’all know who that is?” says Eminem, pointing at Dre. “I know y’all did not forget who this man is.” Dre, the rapper-turned-Beats mogul, joined his protégé for hits like “Still Dre”, “Nuthin’ But a G Thang” and, of course, “Forgot About Dre,” in a set that wouldn’t provide fodder for any more mean tweets. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5241435/emimen-jmmy-kimmel-mean-tweet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5241435/emimen-jmmy-kimmel-mean-tweet/"},"headline":"Jimmy Kimmel Stopped By Coachella So Eminem Could Totally Nail His Response to a Mean Tweet","datePublished":"2018-04-16T15:09:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:17.541Z","description":"“Remember when Eminem was actually dope?” read one mean tweet","url":"https://time.com/5241435/emimen-jmmy-kimmel-mean-tweet/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Eminem","Jimmy Kimmel","jimmy kimmel live","Late Night Comedy"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5241435/emimen-jmmy-kimmel-mean-tweet/","name":"Jimmy Kimmel Stopped By Coachella So Eminem Could Totally Nail His Response to a Mean Tweet"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"How Much It Costs to Go to Coachella","description":"How Much It Costs to Go to Coachella","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Pt4SjY2G/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-04-12T18:35:09.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Pt4SjY2G.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5241435/emimen-jmmy-kimmel-mean-tweet/","duration":"PT1M35S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5241435/emimen-jmmy-kimmel-mean-tweet/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```