Ludacris, Eve, Ashanti, Dixie Chicks have also dealt with the issue in their clips. By Gil Kaufman Rihanna in Eminem’s “The Way You Lie” music video Photo: Danny Mayer/ Eric Ford/ On Location Photos The shocking images of domestic violence in the new Eminem/Rihanna video for “Love the Way You Lie” have sparked a heated debate online about the depiction of an abusive relationship in a music video. And though Slim Shady has chronicled his contentious relationship with twice-ex-wife Kim Mathers throughout his career, the “Lie” video is certainly not the first time the topic has been dealt with in a video. The clip for Ashanti’s 2003 song “Rain on Me” also depicted the seesaw battle between intense love and physical violence, as the singer moved from hugging and holding hands with her video boo to using makeup to cover the bruises and scars after their altercations. Similarly, Ludacris’ collabo with Mary J. Blige on 2006’s “Runaway Love” showed teenage runaways who fled their homes after abuse at the hands of their stepdads and mothers’ boyfriends, who also laid hands on their mom. The topic has been ripe for other rappers, including Eve , who released “Love Is Blind” in 2000, which chronicled her anger at the abuse suffered by one of her friends from an abusive boyfriend and her plot of revenge against the abuser. The topic has also been ripe for country artists, including the Dixie Chicks , who took a kitschy, “Thelma & Louise” approach to the subject in their “Goodbye Earl” clip, in which the battered woman gets her revenge for landing in intensive care after a beating. In the video for 2002’s “Family Portrait,” Pink and her childhood doppelg
