"So where are kendricks fans?": Internet reacts as Eminem wins Favorite Male Hip-Hop Artist category at the AMAs 2025

The Stans have officially made Eminem the winner of the Favorite Male Hip-Hop Artist award at the AMAs 2025. The Rap God rapper was nominated in two categories, including Favorite Hip-Hop Album and Favorite Male Hip-Hop Artist.

Along with winning the award for favorite hip-hop artist, the Without Me singer also won the Favorite Hip-Hop Album award for his 2024 album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce).

American Music Awards winners are chosen based on fan votes, which means that the audience has all the power to decide who wins the award. The rapper winning both categories he was nominated this year shows how strong and loyal his fandom is.

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The internet reacts to Eminem winning the Favorite Male Hip-Hop Artist category at the AMAs

The news of Eminem winning the award didn't take much time to gain attention on the internet. While many fans were happy to see him win, some were disappointed that Kendrick Lamar, another nominee in the same category as the rapper, didn’t win the award.

A user, @QueenRaelynR6, tweeted,

"fan voted... ...... so where are kendricks fans?!"

Another user, @ladidaix, wrote,

"Makes sense when you think of the demographic that votes. Y’all sleep on his fanbase 😭"

Another user, @SGxTS_abhay, added,

"Being in this industry for so many years and still winning the fav hip hop artist is kinda iconic"

One more user, @miamac4sure, posted,

"Congrats Eminem! I know you don’t care about these awards but heck, fans do."

A user, @corneil_ri, expressed,

"Kendrick was robbed"

Another user, @JabulaniMn69658, commented,

"I don't understand why people are unhappy that Eminem won. Fans voted."

One more user, @SirTopiano, wrote,

"Eminem still sets the bar no one else seems close to reaching."

Overall, most of the comments showed strong support for the rapper's win.

While the Mockingbird rapper didn't attend the award show, he sent a video to the AMAs, which was played after he won the award. In the video, he said,

"Thank you. I appreciate that. Think it's been twenty-three years since I won my first AMA, and I'm twenty-four years old. That's crazy. Seriously, man, thank you to the fans, thank you to everybody who voted for me."

While Kendrick didn't win this award, he still had a reason to celebrate was awarded Favorite Hip-Hop Song for his song Not Like Us.

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The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce) was released in 2024 and has nineteen songs. The album was also nominated at the Grammy Awards for Best Rap Album.