Category: Eminem

We bring all the latest and exclusive news for Eminem for the fans around the globe.

James Gibson reveals DMX & Eminem was supposed to star in sequel of “The Crow” movie

Journalist Jason Jenkins and screenwriter James Gibson have recently dive into the movie The Crow: Lazarus, which was intended to be the 4th theatrical installment in The Crow franchise before the series went fully straight-to-video with Lance Mungia’s 2005 sequel The Crow: Wicked Prayer. To have starred rappers DMX and Eminem, Lazarus was intended to have a larger budget and markedly different approach to the series’ core story of undying love and violent retribution, elevating the title back to theatrical prestige after the previous follow-up’s scant single-cinema release.

Mr. Gibson says: “We wrote a draft. DMX loved it. They were trying to figure out who they were going to get to play opposite him. I think they were approached by Eminem’s people. And Eminem was just as picky as DMX then. 2000, 2001, he was blowing up huge. He said if DMX was going to be in the movie, he wanted to be in the movie. So we decided, ‘Okay, yeah. Let’s have him play Stone.’ Obviously, in that draft, it hadn’t been tailored to him yet. I think having that guy be white was going to change the dynamics somewhat. But it was nothing that couldn’t have been done with a few tweaks here and there. But he read the script, even though the character was written as black, he knew it was gonna be tailored to him and he agreed to do it. They had made a deal with him, they were going to pay him like $4 million or something to be in it. And this is like two years before 8 Mile.”

“So he hadn’t been in a movie yet. This was going to be his motion picture debut. So it was going to be DMX as the good guy, the most badass guy in the world with a lot of heart. Eminem playing a mustache-twirling bad guy, the most villainous guy in the world. Obviously a gigantic, huge soundtrack. You’ve got the two biggest rappers, you know? It just seemed to me like it can’t lose, right? It just seemed like a no-brainer. We were all really excited about it, we were in pre-production, and … Miramax had this weird thing, where they were involved, but they weren’t involved.”

“They got a call from either Harvey or Bob Weinstein. It might’ve been Bob, because he was in charge of Dimension. ‘Nobody wants to see a movie with two rappers,’ was what he said. ‘Nobody wants to see a movie with two rappers.’ No one’s going to pay to see a movies with two rappers? Okay. They’re the two biggest f**king pop stars in the world at that point! Eminem was going to get even bigger, X was at his peak right then. And 8 Mile, when it came out a year and a half later, had like a $35 million opening weekend or something. And that was a drama. I mean, it kills me because I probably would have bought a house with the money that we’d have made, you know? [laughs]”

“What they then decided to do, and at this point I was no longer involved, was they decided – ‘Okay, what if we make it not a Crow movie?’ They would just make it a movie set in the music business. A guy gets killed and gets revenge, have the same thing, but take out all of the crow elements and make it some other kind of supernatural origin story.”

“They did manage to get it set up for awhile at another studio under that guise. They took The Crow out of the title and just called it Lazarus, but it ended up not going anywhere. At that point, I think Joseph got offered Torque and he bowed out to do it, and then the movie just kind of fell apart. At that point, I don’t think they were going to be able to keep Eminem, so it just fizzled. Just one of the things. It could have happened, but it didn’t. It’s a drag. But it was fun to write it, you know?”

For the full story, visit here.

Real-life ‘White Boy Rick’ reacts on Eminem portraying him in 50 Cent’s “BMF” TV Series

Richard Wershe Jr., also know as “White Boy Rick,” who became FBI informant at the age of 14 and later was sentenced 30 years in prison, says he is honored that Eminem will be portraying him in 50 Cent’s upcoming TV Series, “Black Mafia Family.”

“Of course, it’s Eminem so that’s an honor to have him portray me in a series. He was actually one of the first people that was looking at doing the movie about me so it’s pretty cool that later down the line, he gets to take on this role.”

When asked what kind of advice he would give to Eminem for the role, Rick said that he doesn’t think he needs to give the Detroit legend any tips, claiming that he’s a professional: “I don’t think I have to tell him anything at all. He is professional. Everything he does, he does very well. His music, it speaks for itself. He is an icon, he is a legend. This, for him, will be a small thing. I think he will kill it whatever he does. I’m a fan. It’s an honor to have him do it. He is a Detroit legend. I have a huge name here, so from one Detroiter to another…just kill it!” – said Wershe.

You can watch the interview below:

Math Hoffa details Benzino reaching out to him to diss Eminem

In one of his latest episodes of Expert Opinion, Math Hoffa details the story of Benzino reaching out to him to record a disstrack towards Eminem.

“You know, years ago, when I was still youngster, Benzino called me up to be a part of that mixtape dissing Eminem. I agreed because this was the way to skip the shiny suits. This is pre-DMX. DMX came through and saved us from the shiny suits. Once I got the opportunity, I was like ‘yo I could skip that’ and everybody will know who I am.”

“I got in studio. I thought he was going to fall back and let me handle it. He had a response ‘Die Another Day.’ After that, he played Huddy’s response. After that he played LO’s response. Then after that he was like ‘yo I got these Spanish guys, they are dissing Eminem in Spanish.’ I think their name was Uno Dos or something like that. At that point, I was like ‘bro what you doing?!’ He was like ‘yo, I’m making whole mixtape and I’m going to drop it on Source.’ And then I was like ‘Naah, this ain’t it’ cause in my mind I was like ‘Em is better than you man’ [Laughs]. Benzino had his ways and I was not feeling it.” – said Math Hoffa.

You can watch the podcast below:

Kxng Crooked shares his thoughts on Nas, Eminem & EPMD’s “EPMD 2”

Kxng Crooked has recently shared his thoughts on Nas, Eminem and EPMD’s news song “EPMD 2.” Here is what the Slaughterhouse emcee has to say:

“About Em… A lot of people were like ‘why he had to go so hard’. His fans tweet me all the time and they say ‘if he does not do that, then they say oh he didn’t kill it this time he should have killed it or he laid back or he took his foot off the gas pedal’ and I feel like those people need to be more open-minded and be educated on different ways that you can kill a beat.

“If they think that the only way to kill the beat is aggressively attacking it and butcher knife it to death, just those people who feel like that, be a little more open-minded because there are lots of slow flows that have killed beats over time. We talk about Rakim, BIG, King Tee, Ice Cube, Scarface. They have all killed beats with slow flows.”

You can watch the full thing below:

Nas, Eminem & EPMD’s “EPMD 2” debuts on Billboard Hot 100

According to Billboard, Nas’s “King’s Disease II” album lands at No. 3 on US Billboard 200 chart with over 56,000 total album-equivalent units sold.

This numbers are improvements compared to the first King’s Disease album, which debuted at No. 5 on the US Billboard 200 chart with 47,000 total album-equivalent units sold.

KD II chart debut marks Nas’ highest charting album since his 2012’s album, titled Life Is Good, which debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 chart with the sales of 149,000 copies.

The song “EPMD 2” which features Eminem and EPMD, debuted at No. 79 on this week’s Billboard Hot 100. It earned EPMD their third career entry on the chart and first since “The Joint” in 1997.

BREAKING: Eminem to play ‘White Boy Rick’ in 50 Cent’s “Black Mafia Family” TV series

Detroit legend Eminem will play Richard Wershe Jr., known as “White Boy Rick,” in 50 Cent’s upcoming Starz drama TV Series, based in Detroit.

The show, ‘BMF,” (Black Mafia Family) is based on the story of two brothers, Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory and Terry “Southwest T” Flenory, who came from Detroit and led one of the most influential crime families in the United States in the 1980s.

Eminem will be playing Wershe Jr. also known as White Boy Rick, who was an FBI informant in Detroit during the 80s. Unfortunately, he will be in only one episode.

50 Cent confirmed the news via his social media accounts! You can check out the announcement and the trailer of the show below:

Asher Roth talks on Eminem comparisons & getting dissed on “A**hole”

In one of their latest episodes, N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN chopped it up with Asher Roth, Mickey Factz and Blu on Drink Champs.

At one point of the interview, Asher Roth was asked about Eminem comparisons and getting dissed by Eminem on The Marshall Mathers LP 2 back in 2013.

“Comparisons with Eminem is tough. At the end of the day, it’s banter, it’s media. It’s like people have to talk about something. Em is generational as far as an appeal, the numbers he was doing and there is kinda like white rapper quota. When you bring up Beastie Boys, part of the culture but also a visitor at the same time, especially a kid coming from burbs, I’m a product of hip-hop and rap music and what it’s been able to accomplish. And the voices that been able to put on platform and inspire kids like myself and Em was part of that. The group of people that you listen to like ‘cool I guess I can rhyme too,’ even just who I am as a person, rhyme style and everything like that. For me it was kinda like in one ear and out the other that was for other people to discuss.”

“Em threw shots at me before, not really but yeah. It kinda felt like compliment. It’s like a benchmark. But my focus is so much on education and even where I’m at in Philadelphia. It was never about getting into beef with somebody and sell more records. If I was more into entertainment industry and little bit more understanding like ‘let me beef with this and it will put me on little bit more of a pedestal so I can sell more records. That was never really my goal so I actually shied away from the entertainment side just to be able to do what I was focused on.” said Asher.

You can watch the interview below:

Royce 5’9″ reveals Eminem’s favorite battle rapper, talks potential Shady & Cassidy battle

Royce Da 5’9″ has recently set down with Mikey T of Report Card Radio, where he talked about meeting Eminem at Usher’s concert, Bad Meets Evil, signing Slaughterhouse to Shady Records and the potential rap battle with Cassidy.

“I will say this, Cassidy will have a better shot at Em responding to him with a diss record. Then we would be getting him to come to the battle rap stage and commit to 3 rounds on camera and give somebody ownership of his likeness and that content. But, I do not see him doing that, I do not see a scenario where that would even make sense, somebody of his magnitude. He would be better off just doing it on his own platform and then who would he single out to battle and what would be the purpose.”

“But Eminem is definitely tuned in, he loves Murda Mook. I think Mook is his favorite right now, but he definitely tuned in, definitely love the battle rap scene. I am sure he fantasizes about that s**t. It is a whole bunch of s**t that he can not do no more that he used to be able to do that he wish he could still do but he just can not because he is just too larger than life.”

“Battle rap is what what he knows. I mean, it was obviously different when he was actively doing it but there is some truth to a lot of the anecdotal things that everybody regurgitates. I guess if any pivot into any space, its going to require some adjustments, but you know man, the pen is the pen.” says Royce.

You can watch the interview below:

[VIA]

 

Eminem overcomes Drake to set another record on Spotify

Eminem’s classic album from 2000, “The Marshall Mathers LP” has surpassed 2 billion streams on Spotify which makes Eminem the first and the only artist in history to have 7 albums with over 2 billion streams each.

The Marshall Mathers LP, The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Recovery, Music To Be Murdered By, Kamikaze, The Eminem Show, Curtain Call: The Hits have all surpassed the 2 billion mark. Another album that is close to the milestone is Revival with 1.6 billion streams.

Drake comes on second place as he has six albums to reach that accolade.

You can revisit MMLP below:

Benny The Butcher’s new EP includes two features with Conway The Machine

Benny The Butcher dropped new EP, titled Pyrex Picasso, featuring Elcamino, Rick Hyde and Conway The Machine.

Benny says he recorded these tracks in one day three years ago. “Pyrex Picasso out now…Tracks I did 3 years ago, recorded the whole album in one day. Had to let that be known go cop that s**t,” the Buffalo’s finest wrote on social media.

Tracklist

1. 1st Name Basis
2. Flood The Block
3. PWRDRL ft. Elcamino
4. Pyrex Picasso ft. Rick Hyde, Conway the Machine
5. ’73 ft. Elcamino, Rick Hyde
6. The Iron Curtain
7. Fly With Me ft. Conway the Machine

Stream the new project below:

Tory Lanez stands up for Eminem after Charlamagne’s comments about Verzuz

Couple of days ago, on The Brilliant Idiots with Andrew Schultz, Charlamagne Tha God talked about Eminem’s chances in Verzuz battle and said the Detroit legend ‘gets washed’ by 6ixN9ne, Future, Young Thug and many more:

“Future washes Eminem in Verzuz. 6ixN9ne would wash him too, depending on the generation. Em don’t got nothing that slaps like GUMMO to these kids. Young Thug washes Eminem in a Verzuz. I can name twenty rappers that washes Eminem in Verzuz.” said the radio personality.

In the comment section on “Rap” Instagram page, Tory Lanez didn’t agree to Charlamagne and showed support to Eminem: “Stan, My Name Is, My Band, Purple Pills, Lose Yourself, Just Lose It, Guilty Conscience, Don’t Push Me, Superman and etc. Cuz trippin’.”

Tory Lanez comment has collected 35,000 likes! You can check out the screenshot below:

 

Ed Sheeran reveals what him & Eminem were talking about four hours when they first met

In a new interview on Apple Music, Ed Sheeran talked about first time meeting and working with Eminem.

“It was in Detroit and I was playing a gig in Detroit. And yeah, I arrived at his studio. He has got loads of games consoles there. He loves games. I actually bought him a Nintendo 64 with GoldenEye on it as a gift. Yeah. I just stepped in there.”

“Actually, the first time we met, we did not make music. I hung out there for about four hours, and we just spoke Marvel and Avengers for about four hours and then the next time I went back, we made a tune. The first tune we made, I was in Mexico and his producer flew to Mexico, and I did the hook there and stuff.” – said Ed.

Sheeran and Eminem have done three songs together, “River” and “Those Kinda Nights” for Em’s albums and “Remember The Name” for Ed’s album, which also features 50 Cent.

You can watch the interview below:

Exit mobile version