Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park talks battling & collabing with Eminem Posted on February 1, 2024 By Remy Gelenidze Mike Shinoda, the co-founder the rock band Linkin Park and is co-lead vocalist, as well as rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, primary songwriter and producer for the bad, has recently done a question and answer session on Twitch with the fans. During 1-hour long conversation, Shinoda briefly talked about Eminem too.During the livestream, one user commented: “Imagine Mike Shinoda having a rap battle with Eminem. Maybe they should go on epic rap battles of history as themselves!” On which, Mike Shinoda replied: “You mean imagine me like a toddler getting blown up by a nuclear weapon? Eminem is the greatest freestyle rapper, greatest battle rapper of all time. I don’t give a s–t what anybody says.” Someone asked: “If not a rap battle, please do a collab with Eminem, we all grew up listening to both Linkin Park and Eminem.” On that, Mike replied: “Am I gonna collab with Eminem? Probably not. I think Eminem is incredible but it’s not on to-do list.”You can watch the video clip cut out from the livestream below: RECENT RELATED ARTICLESLinkin Park’s Mike Shinoda plays Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” in DetroitAugust 15, 2025Jake Bass teases Linkin Park & Eminem collaborationApril 5, 2024Anthony Vincent covers Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” in style of Linkin ParkApril 26, 2022YouTuber mashes up Eminem, Linkin Park, Slipknot into one track & it sounds incredibleMarch 31, 2021Benny Blanco Talks How Rihanna’s “Diamonds” Almost Went to Eminem and Kanye WestApril 2, 2026Eminem And Complex Troll Fans on April Fools DayApril 1, 2026 EminemLinkin ParkMike Shinoda