{
  "id": 15203894,
  "title": "Kid Rock Drops Christian Music Album with Eminem Collaboration “Heal My Faith”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/kid-rock-drops-christian-music-album-with-eminem-collaboration-heal",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-17T13:28:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Consequence",
    "slug": "consequence",
    "url": "https://consequence.net/2026/10/kid-rock-christian-album-eminem/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kid Rock has recently launched his new Christian music album, Halfway 2 Jesus, featuring collaborations with artists from diverse backgrounds. Eminem, a known critic of President Donald Trump, joined forces with the Trump supporter for this project. In a promotional video, Kid Rock emphasized that the album aims to bring together individuals with differing opinions and backgrounds. \"Not only the special guests — the musicians, the songwriters, the engineers, everybody involved in this record — we all don’t think the same,\" he stated. \"Plenty of us think differently. All different backgrounds, everything, different politics. We’re able to come together and make this beautiful body of work that I’m so proud of.\"\n\nEminem contributed a verse to the track titled \"Heal My Faith,\" reflecting on his early support for Kid Rock when the latter was just starting out. Eminem credits Kid Rock for coming to one of his shows when he was an unknown artist. Eminem then expresses his hope that the friendship between the two artists can inspire others to set aside their political and ideological differences. He reinforces this message in the song's outro, stating, \"Now that I have your attention, I love Eminem. We’ve been friends for, uh, many years. Thinking differently and having the freedom to do so is what makes this country great. God bless the U.S.A.\"\n\nBoth Kid Rock and Eminem addressed the collaboration on social media, emphasizing that the album is about making music with a longtime friend rather than choosing sides in a political debate. Eminem wrote, \"Not about choosing sides, just choosing to make music with my old friend. Praying for all of us.\"",
  "summary": "Eminem says of their track: \"Not about choosing sides, just choosing to make music with my old friend. Praying for all of us.\" Kid Rock Drops Christian Music Album with Eminem Collaboration “Heal My Faith” Alex Young",
  "key_points": [
    "Kid Rock releases Christian music album \"Halfway 2 Jesus\" with Eminem collaboration.",
    "Eminem contributes verse to \"Heal My Faith,\" reflecting on early support for Kid Rock.",
    "Collaboration emphasizes unity across differing opinions and backgrounds."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}