What is the song by Eminem " like toy soldiers " about ?

Answer 1

Like Toy Soldiers" is a song by rapper Eminem on his worldwide hit album Encore, that tells the story of his feuds in an attempt to settle down the rap community. He speaks his heart about problems with The Source magazine and its editor Benzino, as well as Murder Inc. Records. He explains the beef between Ja Rule and 50 Cent. He finishes off the song by offering a truce to his enemies. The song reached the top 40 in the US, and #1 in the UK. It samples heavily on the chorus from the song "Toy Soldiers" by Martika.

The song's video, which depicts Eminem's fellow D12 member Proof being gunned down in a drive-by shooting, took a prophetic turn in the early hours of April 11, 2006, when Proof was actually shot and killed at the CCC nightclub on Detroit's 8 Mile Road. Rapper 50 Cent & rap group D12 make cameo appearances in this video.

Deceased rappers Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Big L and former D12 member Bugz are also shown at the end of the music video to show the fatal consequences of rap wars.

Eminem leaves out a word in this song when referring to Dr. Dre's beefs. This word is believed to be "Suge", a reference to Suge Knight with whom Dr. Dre had problems.

Answer 2

To me the title is suggesting that people act tough but in reality we all have our fears since toy soldiers represent combat but they are still just toys with no human abilities.He speaks his heart about problems with The Source magazine and its editor Benzino, as well as Murder Inc. Records. He explains the beef between Ja Rule and 50 Cent. He finishes off the song by offering a truce to his enemies. The song reached the top 40 in the US, and #1 in the UK. It samples heavily on the chorus from the song "Toy Soldiers" by Martika.

The song's video, which depicts Eminem's fellow D12 member Proof being gunned down in a drive-by shooting, took a prophetic turn in the early hours of April 11, 2006, when Proof was actually shot and killed at the CCC nightclub on Detroit's 8 Mile Road. Rapper 50 Cent & rap group D12 make cameo appearances in this video.

Deceased rappers Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Big L and former D12 member Bugz are also shown at the end of the music video to show the fatal consequences of rap wars.

Answer 3

Toy Soldiers was about Big Proof (Deshaun Holten) who was killed outside of a club along 8 Mile about 2 years ago. Hailie's Song and When I'm Gone was about his daughter Hailie Jade Scott Mathers. Ja Rule made a song a while back and he mentioned Hailie's name in his song, and Eminem and Kim both were furious with Ja about it.

Answer 4

This samples the 1989 hit Toy Soldiers by Martika.
This is about feuds in the rap community. It is common practice for rappers to sling insults at each other in their songs, and this often leads to violence. Eminem compares the rappers to toy soldiers, who are being controlled by someone else, which in many cases is a record company that sells albums and profits from the controversy.
To make the point about the danger of rap feuds, Tupac Shakur, Notorious B.I.G, Big L and former D12 member Bugz are shown at the end of the music video as examples of rappers who were killed by violence. (thanks, Donovan Berry - El Dorado, AR, for all above)
When Eminem says, "I heard him say Hailie's name in a song I just lost it," he's talking about how Ja Rule and Benzino talk about his daughter in their songs. One Ja Rule song says, "You say your mom's a crackhead, Kim is a known slut, so what's Hailie going to be when she grows up?" Benzino says, "Hailie's in a coma I can smell the aroma." (thanks, madee - culver, CA)

Answer 5

The ludicrousness of rappers walking around with their chests puffed up, pretending to be "gangstas" and throwing themselves into meaningless "beefs" unneccesarily, and eventually getting someone else - if not themselves - killed, just as Proof did last April. Ironically, Eminem is guilty of this himself. It's just childish, and they all need to grow up and start acting like adults, instead of poverty-stricken delinquents in the 'hood. They're rich, successful, and famous - there is no reason for the criminal situations they put themselves into.