--- title: "Eminem defends collaboration with Kid Rock on new album" description: "Most outlets led with Eminem's defense of his collaboration with Kid Rock on the new faith-based album *Halfway 2 Jesus*, emphasizing the rappers' long-standing friendship as the reason for the partnership despite political differences. Both excerpts noted the release of the album and Eminem’s guest verse, with Geo News adding slightly more context about fan criticism and the nature of their relationship." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/15014-eminem-defends-kid-rock-team-up-amid-fans-criticism site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Eminem defends collaboration with Kid Rock on new album entertainment · updated 19 Oct 2026, 3:08 AM PKT · 16–19 Oct 2026 · 4 articles from 3 outlets over 2 developments ## How it developed Newest development first. Each carries its own coverage and, where we have one, our summary of it. ### 18 Oct 2026 — Eminem defends collaboration with Kid Rock on new album (3 outlets) > Most outlets led with Eminem's defense of his collaboration with Kid Rock on the new faith-based album *Halfway 2 Jesus*, emphasizing the rappers' long-standing friendship as the reason for the partnership despite political differences. Both excerpts noted the release of the album and Eminem’s guest verse, with Geo News adding slightly more context about fan criticism and the nature of their relationship. - **Daily Times** — [Eminem defends Kid Rock team-up amid fans criticism](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1569193/eminem-defends-kid-rock-team-up-amid-fans-criticism/) · 19 Oct 2026, 3:08 AM PKT > Eminem and Kid Rock may not see eye to eye politically, but their decades-long friendship just landed them on the same track. The Detroit rappers have reunited for Rock’s new faith-based album, Halfway 2 Jesus, released Friday. Eminem appears on Heal My Faith, a collaboration that raised eyebrows among fans familiar with his past criticism […] - **The News International** — [Eminem defends artistic decision to work with Kid Rock](https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1420361-eminem-defends-artistic-decision-to-work-with-kid-rock) · 18 Oct 2026, 12:25 PM PKT · 90% identical wording to the newest filing > Eminem has defended his guest verse on Kid Rock's new faith-based album.The rapper explained that the pair's long friendship overshadows their political divide.Rock released his new LP Halfway 2 Jesus on Friday, with fellow Detroit native... - **Geo News** — [Eminem defends Kid Rock team-up amid fans criticism](https://www.geo.tv/latest/687103-eminem-defends-kid-rock-team-up-amid-fans-criticism) · 18 Oct 2026, 11:46 AM PKT · 98% identical wording to the newest filing > Eminem and Kid Rock may not see eye to eye politically, but their decades-long friendship just landed them on the same track.The Detroit rappers have reunited for Rock's new faith-based album, Halfway 2 Jesus, released... ### 16 Oct 2026 — Kid Rock makes surprising confession about Eminem ahead of his album (1 outlet) - **The News International** — [Kid Rock makes surprising confession about Eminem ahead of his album](https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1420215-kid-rock-makes-surprising-confession-about-eminem-ahead-of-his-album) · 16 Oct 2026, 10:49 PM PKT > Kid Rock revealed the story behind his collaboration with Eminem.The longtime pals are said to be reuniting for Rock’s upcoming album Halfway 2 Jesus with Eminem featured on a track Heal My Faith.Recently speaking with... 4 articles from 3 outlets, 16–19 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.