In the latest episode of Mavericks, Tyler, The Creator sits down with Mav Carter to discuss his unique approach to art and music, what he loves and hates about internet culture and why he owes Detroit hip-hop icon, Eminem, an apology.
“Eminem put out his album called Recovery in 2010. I was big Eminem fan when that album came out and I f–king hated it. Hated it publicly like ‘this s–t is whack.’ I didn’t like it. And after watching that show [Netflix’s ‘Painkillers’], I felt so bad about those tweets because thinking from his perspective, someone like me publicly saying that stuff and him getting off drugs and being clean and getting to a point in his life that’s behind him, he probably felt like I was attacking him.” said Tyler, The Creator.
Then he continued: “I thought I was just like I don’t like music. He was in the different part of his life and probably felt like I was attacking him. And now I feel so bad about saying that stuff because my perspective was so limited. I love him. That dude taught me how to rap. I learned how to put words together in rhythm because of some of the Eminem stuff I was hearing, storytelling and things like that. So after watching that show, I felt so terrible about some of the things I said about that Recovery album cause I realized that was a big step and meant a lot to him and my f–king young stupid a-s is like ‘ughh, I wanna hear Same Song & Dance. And I loved The Eminem Show.’
“I felt terrible. If I ever see him I wanna tell him that in person.” Tyler, The Creator added. You can watch the interview below:
