„I have grown up loving eminem and his music but i was extremely triggered to the point of tears,“ social media star Andrea Russett tweeted<\/b>
\nEminem may (or may not) want to rethink his use of realistic gunshot sound effects in his live performances.
The rapper is under fire for his performance at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, Saturday night, which frightened several festival-goers due to its use of the loud blasts. Less than a year ago, a mass shooting at the Route 91 country musical festival in Las Vegas left 58 people dead and 851 injured.
According to Billboard, several members of the audience screamed and ducked when the sound effects rang out during Eminem\u2019s performance of \u201cKill You,\u201d a track from his 2000 album, \u201cThe Marshall Mathers LP.\u201d
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Social media star Andrea Russett was one of the concertgoers attending the festival who took issue with Eminem\u2019s use of the gunshot sound effect.
\u201cI hate to be the one to say it, but being someone who suffers from very mild PTSD, it was EXTREMELY irresponsible and distasteful to end songs w the shot gun sound effect,\u201d Russett wrote in a since-deleted tweeted. \u201cI have grown up loving eminem and his music but i was extremely triggered to the point of tears.\u201d
\u201cTo hear a gun shot sound effect and see the entire crowd drop to the floor out of instinct is not funny, cute, or amusing,\u201d she continued. \u201cthis is the sad reality that we are living. this is not funny or even something to be joked about.\u201d
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However, not everyone is against Slim Shady \u2014 fans on Twitter point out the musician has used the gunshot sound effect during performances in the past.
\u201cEminem has ended Kill You with the gun shot effects for (at least) 6 years now and this is the first time someone ever complains,\u201d one user tweeted.
\u201cNot for nothing this isn\u2019t the first festival Eminem has performed this year,\u201d another wrote. \u201cNo one cared\/complained about the gunshot sound effects until little miss princess andrea russett and her friend did. LMAO.\u201d
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A representative for Eminem did not immediately respond to TheWrap\u2019s request for comment.
See a video of the performance, in which you can hear the gunshot sound effect below, and reactions below.<\/p>\n

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