Roth: 'Eminem comparisons are lazy'

Asher Roth has insisted that it is lazy to compare him to fellow white US rapper Eminem.

The 23-year-old 'I Love College' star told the BBC that it is "absolutely" lazy to point out similarities between the two stars.

Roth said: "It just comes to a point where that's the reference point - there aren't that many white rappers that have broken through to the mainstream and that is how people make sense of the project.

"I understand the comparison but as soon as my album comes out and I stick around for a little bit people will start to understand who I am, and just allow me to be me."

He added that the praise he has received from fellow musicians Jay-Z, Kanye West and Outkast's Andre 3000 has been "humbling".

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