[4] "Kill You" discusses the controversy that surrounded Eminem's first album, nightmares of "ladies' screams", and being raised by a single mother.

[5] In the song, Eminem also talks of raping his mother, and "notes the irony of magazines trumpeting his mother-raping self on their covers'.

[8] At a United States Senate hearing, Lynne Cheney criticized Eminem and sponsor Seagram for "promot[ing] violence of the most degrading kind against women", labeling him as "a rap singer who advocates murder and rape".

[10] However, Ontario Attorney General Jim Flaherty argued that Canada should stop Eminem at the border.

[11] In 2002, French jazz pianist Jacques Loussier filed a $10 million lawsuit against Eminem and Dr. Dre, claiming the beat for "Kill You" was stolen from his song "Pulsion".