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Big Daddy Kane talks about Eminem on Drink Champs, comments about Melle Mel & Eminem situation

Big Daddy Kane sits down with N.O.R.E and DJ EFN for an in-depth conversation on one of the latest episodes of Drink Champs. They discuss his origins getting put on by Biz Markie, his role in helping launch Biggie’s career, reminiscing on the Juice Crew days, and Kane’s new documentary ‘Paragraphs I Manifest’ focused on lyricism.

He also gives his thoughts on the current rap game, shares backstories behind many classic songs, talks beef with MC Shan, and reveals performing recently in Queensbridge with Kool G Rap. It’s an insightful interview highlighting Kane’s iconic career and impact on hip hop. At one point of the three hour long interview, Big Daddy Kane talked about Eminem too.

“When we heard ‘Straight Outta Compton’ and what N.W.A. was talking about, we got an experience of what the streets was like in LA. When Geto Boys came out, we had a chance to experience what the streets was like in Houston. Even with Eminem, because not only is that Detroit hood but it’s not our hood. He talking trailer park s–t. So, you get to hear about the white hood. Eminem gave us what it was like in his hood growing up. So, the way the ghetto expression can be it’s beautiful. It’s out there in all types of different regions. It just don’t have to end at the Yankee Stadium. Those up in Atlanta. Those up in Detroit. Those up in LA.” said Big Daddy Kane.

Then he continued talking about Eminem’s part in his documentary called “Paragraphs I Manifest“: “Em showed love when we reached out. He said yeah. He showed love and the crazy story is, he told me stuff about myself that I never even thought about. I mean, you as an MC, you writing but you are not sitting there thinking ‘I gotta add something that does this,’ you just writing what comes in mind. That’s what I’m doing. And he pointed out stuff that I did and I’m sitting there listening him talk and the whole time I’m looking at him but in my mind I’m like ‘for real? I did that? Oh s–t.!’ Now I’m sitting there and when I’m finished I had to go back and listen to the records from mid eighties, early eighties like ‘there had to be someone that did it before me.’ Like damn! I never thought about that. He said some deep stuff man.”

Then the crew continued talking about Melle Mel and Eminem situation: “That’s just Mel. The bottom line is that, rather he’s right or wrong, I feel like myself, you, Eminem and so many others would not be here or would not be gifted at this if it was not for Mel.”

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Nas shouts out Eminem on a new song from “Magic 3” album

To celebrate his 50th birthday, iconic hip-hop artist Nas releases his 17th studio album, Magic 3.

Arriving just under eight weeks after Nas’ previous album, Magic 2, Magic 3 is the final volume in an album-trilogy collaboration between the New York legend and producer Hit-Boy. The duo first teamed up for 2020’s King’s Disease, and have since collaborated on four additional albums, including the first two entries in the Magic series. The first Magic record dropped in 2021.

Spanning 15 tracks, the new Magic 3 is lush with elements indicative of the duo’s partnership, as well as highlights, like the track “Never Die,” which features Lil Wayne.

In the outro of the 15th track of the album, titled “1-800-Nas&Hit”, Nas thanked few people who contributed to his six album run, including Eminem:

“Shout out Big Des and Knight
It’s all about the next generation
That’s what we here for, the next generation
Of course to Jung, the crew, the family
Big Lef, Modo, Jav Kevinsky
My geysers, Che, what up?
All my peeps, yeah
Haz, I said, Haz, yeah, let’s hear it back
Hazimoto
Too many to name
Em, The Company
Exit, what up?
Mass Appeal
Annie, everybody, thank you
Peace.”

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Signed & sealed copy of Eminem’s “Infinite” album sells for $62,400 at auction

A signed, factory sealed first-pressing copy of Eminem’s 1996 debut album “Infinite” sold at auction for $62,400 on Wednesday.

The auction closed more than a month’s worth of bidding through Goldin Auctions, the high-profile collectibles marketplace.

The auction opened in early August and started at $25,000. Bidding held steady at $43,000 through Wednesday, when a series of bids pushed it to its closing price in the auction’s final minutes.

“Infinite” had a small initial vinyl run of 500 copies, according to language tied to the auction. Of those 500, 250 were issued to press and radio, and 250 were made available to the general public.

The copy sold through Goldin was sourced from Eminem’s manager and long-time friend Paul Rosenberg. The record was classified in “excellent” condition by Audio Media Grading, a Florida-based music authentication and grading firm, which graded the record an 8 out of 10.

Today, “Infinite” is out of print, and only its title track is available on streaming services. The album was released through Web Entertainment and was executive produced by Mark and Jeff Bass, the Bass Brothers.

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Cardi B to Eminem: “I love you! You are amazing! You are so sickening”

During his 10th episode of season 1 of Whoo’s House Podcast with DJ Whoo Kid, Cardi B expressed her admiration to Eminem.

DJ Whoo Kid: We love you. Your new song will be aired today at least 80 times on Eminem’s channel. And hopefully, my goal is, one day to see you and Eminem. That’d be kind of cool.

Cardi B: I love him. So, you could like just…Not even like, it goes with the music s–t, I just really like to tell him ‘I love you.’ I love you! You are like, amazing! You are so sickening! Thank you guys for supporting my record. It means a lot to me. I’m around. I’m across the f–king bridge. I live in Jersey. Motherf–kers thing that I live in Atlanta. No. I live in Jersey. Wait…I thought we could cuss. How we are on Eminem’s station and we can’t cuss?!

Cardi B has released a new song with Megan Thee Stallion called “Bongos.” Their collaborative single, and first track together since 2020’s “WAP,” arrives with a colorful, Casamigos-drenched visual directed by Tanu Muino.

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Kxng Crooked gives his honest opinion on Eminem VS Melle Mel

KXNG Crooked stops by On The Line Podcast and shares his thoughts on the Eminem and Melle Mel back and forth.

“At first I was like…Melle like to get on all these different podcasts and talk s–t. It was funny to me cause he’d be like ‘man, this motherf–ker would be easy to destroy. That motherf–ker ain’t s–t.’ I was like ‘okay, that’s just Melle Mel.’ Melle Mel wrote ‘The Message.’ His name, his contributions are in concrete when it comes to hip-hop. He’s forever in the books . You can’t move that.” said Kxng Crooked.

Then he continued: “I was talking to Eminem’s fans, they hit me up on Twitter sometimes and they talk to me and one of them was talking about Melle Mel, he just made a big mistake, he’s about to disgrace hip-hop. I’m like ‘ are you crazy?’ That will never happen. I don’t care what kind of song my homeboy Marshall Mathers made. Melle is in concrete, His legacy is straight. With that being said, I knew that there was not really a way that he could outclass Eminem lyrically. Not at this point of time. Em is one of the greatest wordsmiths to ever put words together into every rap. I already knew that was not gonna happen.”

“When we talking about technical tools, the writing tools, metaphors, punchlines, cadences, syllable rhyming, all these different tools that’s in the writer’s box, Eminem has commanded great craftsmanship over the tools in the MC’s box. He has downloaded the art of rhyming. And he represents that. Melle is a pioneer who did the same thing in his day and I would even say it was harder for Melle to get where he was at because his was an original thought. He didn’t have nobody to build off. Em came just straight from him. We all got him to look at and say ‘alright, that’s how you did your sixth floor now I know I could do mine better cause I see how you did yours.’ We could build off of that.”

“Melle Mel issued an apology. I thought that was a classy move. He made a diss song and that diss song didn’t have the impact that he wanted to. So he came back and apologized and he said ‘iT’s 50 years of hip-hop, I was wrong to come at him like that. he has real fans. I’ve always said that he’s dope’ and bla bla bla. And I just felt like, that part, that competitive MC in me, I don’t want to see Melle Mel apologize. You said what you said!” Kxng Crooked added.

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DJ Whoo Kid says Michael Jackson still respected Eminem even after “Just Lose It” video

Michael Jackson’s son Prince Jackson has recently sat down with DJ Whoo Kid and Mike Tyson on Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson and when the conversation got to Eminem, Whoo Kid recalled the phone call with Michael Jackson where they talked about Slim Shady.

“I actually put 50 Cent together with Michael Jackson when I was in Bahrain. He was shooting a movie in Morocco with some Army movie so I knew he was on that side of the world. I really got him upset. He was pissed off. I have Mike the phone and I said ‘yo, 50, I found your lost brother.’ He was like ‘the f–k you talking about ni–ga. I f–k you up man.'” said Whoo Kid.

Then he continued: “The fact that he messes with Eminem, cause, you know, Eminem did the videos mocking him and stuff like that, so I didn’t really wanted to let him know I work with Eminem cause I thought he was gonna kill me and stuff. But he really respected the fact that…That’s when Eminem retired, so the first thing he said ‘yo, what’s up with this retirement with Eminem? He really retired?’ I was like, ‘yah, he retired. He’s out.’ But he’s like, really respected him.”

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Akon says he plans to go back to Detroit to finish two unreleased songs with Eminem

Akon has recently sat down on Impaulsive podcast with Logan Paul where he talked about how he met Eminem and how they ended up making the “Smack That” hit song.

“Eminem would definitely do an interview with you. Have you guys reached out to him? Em would definitely do that show. I’mma reach out to him. This is the type of s–t, Em would love this s–t. I honestly believe Em will do this show. Without a doubt.” said Akon.

Then he continued: “Working with Eminem was amazing. I got to Em through Obie Trice actually. Real name, no gimmicks. I reached out Paul Rosenberg first, his manager. And Rosenberg was like ‘no problem, we make it happen.’ Everybody knows Rosenberg, he’s like bulletproof vest, you gotta go through him to get to Eminem. I said ‘yo, I need this s–t fast.’ So I called Obie and said Obie where you at? He said I’m in Detroit. I said where is Em. He said, he’s probably in the studio. I said I need to make an introduction for me. He said ‘yeah, when you coming down?’ I said I’m gonna book my flight right now.”

“So I get there. Obie picks me up at the airport and takes me to this strip club. We had an amazing time. The morning before he takes to to studio. I said what time we have to get there. He said be ready at 08:30. I’m like that’s early as f–k. He said bro trust me, if you ain’t there at 08:30…Just be there. So we get into the studio around 09:00. Em is in the studio. I’m ready to walk in and Obie is like ‘wait, he’s working on something.’ So I wait. Then Em comes out. Yo yo what’s up what’s up. Obie says ‘peace, I’m out’ and he goes.”

“I played Em some records. Then I said to play me some stuff. He said, I produce. He said I got beats. So he played me beats and I’m sitting here listening to his beats and I’m like all this s–t sound like Eminem beats. If he rapped any one of these beats, the s–t would be a hit without a doubt. Then he played Smack That beat. And I’m like ‘THIS IS IT!’ In my mind I’m like, this would be even doper if he produced the record, so I’m like this gotta be Eminem record, I just want to be a feature on this motherf–cka.”

“He goes to lunch. By the time he comes back, the song was done. He heard it and he’s like ‘oh f–k, this is a hit.’ I said, it would be bigger if you jumped on it. He said you are right. Alright cool, I see you tomorrow.”

“He leaves. He comes back next day. He has a verse on it. That motherf–cka. And I’m thinking, whose record this gonna be, is it gonna be mine or his? So he plays me the verse and I’m like this is the best s–t you ever do. I said we should put it on your album. He said, nah, I thought it was for your album. This is your s–t. I said, cool, and in my mind I’m celebrating.”

“We did three records that day. That was the record that he ended up jumping on. The other two, to this day, I still got them. I still got those two records I have not released them yet. Eminem is not on them yet. It’s Eminem-produced beats. And in my mind I’m like ‘okay, I wait to further down the line maybe album number four or five and then I come back to him and replay this records for him so he not gonna forget about it. I gotta go back to Detroit and remind him those records. Those three records was out of here!” Akon added.

Watch the interview with Akon below:

Warren G chooses Eminem over The Game & explains why Eminem is one of the best rappers ever

Warren G has recently sat down with NORE and DJ EFN on Drink Champs where he spoke on his come up alongside Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.

Warren shares crazy unheard stories about the creation of his smash hit “Regulate” and The Chronic album. He also opens up about beefing with Suge Knight, Witnessing the East Coast vs West Coast rivalry, and narrowly avoiding getting shot on multiple occasions. Throughout the interview, Warren keeps it real about his decades-long career and reflects on the loss of his dear friend Nate Dogg.

At one point of the interview, DJ EFN asked Warren G to choose between Eminem and The Game. Here is what Long Beach, California-born rapper replied:

“Eminem. Eminem is dope. I ain’t saying Game ain’t dope but Eminem is…You gotta look at what motherf–ker wrote. Things just ain’t the same for gangstas. He wrote that for Dre! That’s one of my favorite f–king songs. How the f–k can you write this for this ni–a and the s–t sound like it’s him. And that motherf–ker went diamond plus, diamond plus, diamond plus and all that s–t. He’s talented. I ain’t taking s–t from Game, Game is dope too. But they different. The Game is also student of the game, it’s just Eminem…I promise you that motherf–ker wrote that s–t like he was inside Dre’s body in his head. That s–t was so mothef–king hard.”

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Warren G chooses Eminem over The Game and explains why Eminem is one of the best rappers ever 👀

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Jacksonville mass shooter wanted to kill Eminem & Machine Gun Kelly

A number of other prospective targets, including Eminem and Machine Gun Kelly, were mentioned in the writings of the man who shot and killed three Black individuals at a Dollar General in Jacksonville on Saturday.

In his chilling writings, Ryan Christopher Palmeter listed a slew of his potential targets, including Slim Shady and MGK, according to Rolling Stone, reports aceshowbiz.com.

In two chilling passages from writings that Rolling Stone has reviewed, Ryan Christopher Palmeter writes: “Eminem (aka Marshall Mathers, aka Slim Shady aka Ken Keniff, aka the white guy from D12): Stared the abyss (being ni–dly) and the abyss stared back (becoming a ni—er). Walks the edge of n****r lover and honorary n****r. Fell off not because his new stuff sucked but because the lyrics were gay annoying liberal s**t. ROE for Total N****r Death is to include Eminem (aka Marshall Mathers, aka Slim Shady aka Ken Keniff, aka the white guy from D12) as a valid target and he is to be killed on sight.”

Similar to Eminem, Ryan wanted MGK “to be killed on sight” and he may have been close enough to assassinate the “Bloody Valentine” hitmaker. “Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly): Honorable n****r. To be killed on sight like Eminem because I didn’t get a shot at him up in Ohio,” so he claimed.

Neither reps for both artists nor FBI have commented on the chilling writings.

Ryan opened fire at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday, August 26. He shot and killed himself after he barricaded himself in an office.

Candace Owens calls Eminem loser & gayer for blocking Vivek Ramaswamy from performing “Lose Yourself”

Under the description of her latest podcast, Candace Owens writes: “Eminem has hit Vivek Ramaswamy with a cease and desist letter for rapping his song on the campaign trail and this really only begs one question… Eminem, why are you gay?”

After performing his rendition of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” at the Iowa State Fair, Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has been asked by the Real Slim Shady to stand down.

BMI, a performing rights organization, has informed Ramaswamy’s campaign at Eminem’s request that it will no longer license the rapper’s music for use by the campaign. In a letter to the campaign dated August 23, BMI says it “received a communication from Marshall B. Mathers, III, professionally known as Eminem, objecting to the Vivek Ramaswamy campaign’s use of Eminem’s musical compositions,” according to a copy of the letter obtained by CNN.

American conservative political commentator, author, activist, and television presenter, Candace Owens seems to be pretty upset about Eminem’s decision as she dedicated her whole podcast to Slim Shady.

“Some people say when we get older we get wiser. And I hope that’s true. Also, we get older we get grayer, we know that’s true. But for Eminem, the once hardcore rapper, it seems that he’s getting older and gayer. Yes. Eminem might be gay.” Candace Owens opened the podcast with the following statement.

Later she continued: “He dissed Trump and that does not make sense. An album that he released thereafter, I guess that was going to be his great comeback and it turns out that all of the poorer white kids who supported Eminem throughout his entire life decided not to buy his trash music anymore cause his album flopped after this. Eminem has become a loser over the years. Those are the facts.”

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Eminem demands Ramaswamy to stop using his music after ‘Lose Yourself’ performance

After performing his rendition of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” at the Iowa State Fair, Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has been asked by the Real Slim Shady to stand down.

The letter, which was first reported by the Daily Mail, was sent more than a week after Ramaswamy concluded an appearance alongside Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds at the Iowa State Fair with an impromptu karaoke performance of the popular Eminem song, rapping along with the song’s first verse and chorus. Ramaswamy told Reynolds at the event that “Lose Yourself” was his preferred walkout song for a campaign event.

Ramaswamy campaign spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said the campaign will comply with the request to stop using Eminem’s music.

“Vivek just got on the stage and cut loose,” McLaughlin said, referring to a lyric from the rapper. “To the American people’s chagrin, we will have to leave the rapping to the real slim shady.”

Ramaswamy joked about the letter on social media Monday, responding to a post that praised him for appearing to “look cool” compared with Eminem.

“Will The REAL Slim Shady Please Stand Up? He didn’t just say what I think he did, did he? @Eminem,” he said on X, formerly known as Twitter, referencing another one of the rapper’s songs.

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Boldy James talks what Eminem showing support meant to him & possible collaboration with him

The prolific Detroit rapper Boldy James has recently talked about Eminem showing support after his car accident and possible collaboration with Slim Shady.

“It was under some weird circumstances because I was in hospital in critical condition so when I got the tweet it meant the world cause I do music and I look up to Em and what he did for the city and just hip-hop in general… The Eminem shout out, wishing me a speedy recovery, it definitely meant a lot because a lot of people that was close to me didn’t even wish me well in my situation so that meant the world to me.” said Boldy James.

Then he continued: “I have not spoken to Em since then but I’m sure my brother have. You know, Allen [Alchemist], that’s his bro bro. I’m just tied in through Paul. I’m a proud Detroiter. I’ve been doing hip-hop for a minute. I’m definitely familiar with Eminem. It just feel good to know that he actually is familiar with me as well. That’s what I do it for. I met Jay-Z, I met Nas, Eminem wishing me speedy recoveries, what more can I say?!

“I would love to work with Eminem. I’m never against working with greatest of all times. In my world, me being from the hood, Jay-Z is my favorite rapper but me being from Detroit, Eminem is one of the best to ever do it. Nobody ever put on for the state of Michigan and up north Detroit like Em. Nobody reached the peak that Em touched. Em the one! I would love to work with Em. That’s a no-brainer.”

“It’s about if Eminem wants to work with you or not and if its conducive to what he got going on because one wrong move in this game, you know, a lot of stuff for diminishing started declining so maybe if he admire the type of works you are putting out, I’m a wordsmith just like him, so, I know he can appreciate the people that’s like-minded in that sense so when it comes to just creating, growing up, Eminem influenced me a lot so like I said that’s a no-brainer to work with him, that’s a dream.” Boldy James added.

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