In the latest episode of Drink Champs, Tony Yayo joins N.O.R.E and DJ EFN to share his incredible journey in the music industry. From his early days with 50 Cent and G-Unit to his experiences with iconic artists like Jay-Z and Nas, Tony Yayo provides an inside look into the challenges, triumphs, and controversies that shaped his career.
At one point of the interview, he also talked about Eminem.
“The wildest s–t I know about Eminem is ‘Many Men,’ he knew the footsteps in ‘Many Men’ came from poltergeist. Eminem is the type of ni–a who stays in the studio. Eminem is the type of ni–a that has a diss record against you and you won’t even know. And he’s a humble guy. He’s just one of them ni–as who really care about the music.” said Tony Yayo
Then he continued: “We came in the game with beef. We came beefing with The Source magazine. Benzino. So ni–as will say this about Eminem, that about Eminem. This motherf–ker white boy. Culture vulture. But he’s the ni–a that put the ni–as on. You never forget the ni–a who turned the lights on bro. No matter what color or what race he is. I love Eminem.”
“Ni–as be like ‘yo, we do not listen to Eminem in the street club. We don’t listen to Eminem in the car’ but you go to Spotify and he’d still be the number one ni–a in twenty years.” he added.
American filmmaker and studio executive James Gunn, who is best known for moving to the superhero genre with Guardians of the Galaxy and The Suicide Squad, is directing “Superman: Legacy” movie.
“Superman: Legacy tells the story of Superman’s journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent of Smallville, Kansas. He is the embodiment of truth, justice and the American way, guided by human kindness in a world that sees kindness as old-fashioned.” reads the movie’s official synopsis.
Written and directed by James Gunn, “Superman: Legacy” is expected to enter production in early 2024 ahead of its scheduled theatrical release on July 11, 2025.
The movie, which stars David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan as Clark Kent and Lois Lane, will mark the first live-action, big-screen project to be green-lit and produced under Gunn and Peter Safran’s regime as co-heads of DC Studios.
James Gunn has recently answered fans’ questions on Twitter and revealed the songs that won’t be featured in the film, including “Superman” by Taylor Swift, “Superman” by Goldfinger, “Superman” by Eminem, and “Sunshine Superman” by Donovan.
In the latest episode of The Danny Brown show, Danny Brown is joined by Logic! The two jump right into their shared experiences with anxiety while on tour and performing. Logic has always been very open about mental health and Danny finds out more about his philosophy on anxiety, maturing, and the rap game in general. They have a lot of admiration for other rappers in the game, young and old. We get to hear about their thoughts on how hip hop is evolving, in the micro and macro sense. Danny and Logic get into a few Ask Danny questions regarding classical music, relationships, and fan gifts. Logic has some differing opinions on what Danny considers to be white people s–t. At one point, they also talked about Eminem when a fan question came on Slim Shady.
Question: What are your thoughts on Eminem nowadays? Obviously the first three records in Slim Shady EP are instant classics I feel he has moments and decent records since but I feel now he has lost touch in terms of making consistently enjoyable music. There is no doubt he can rap. I was wondering, what is your take on him as an artist these days?
Danny Brown: I think Eminem is having a blast. That’s really what I think. Of course he can quit tomorrow and his legacy is still stamped. But he’s still out here like ‘f–k that, coffee pot.’ He’s still out here like ‘I’mma do what I wanna do, I don’t give a f–k.” I’m pretty sure he knows motherf–kers joking on him and this and that but it’s a fact that he don’t give a f–k. He still keep going. He’s still busting bars. I appreciate that more than anything. People look at this s–t like a young man game and this and that but nah man, let him rock. What if he was caught in the moment of like ‘I gotta make s–t that you all motherf–kers to like.’ I think he’s making s–t that he enjoys. And I feel like he probably was doing that s–t at one point of time in his career where he was like ‘I gotta make a hit song, I gotta do this and that.’ It’s Em. He got a legion of f–king followers. I actually had a pleasure to open for him few times. My biggest show I ever played. F–king Wembley Stadium with Eminem and it was f–king amazing. I can’t never say nothing bad about Eminem. And I got a lot of my style from him. To be honest.
Logic: Eminem is THE S–T bro! I can get what this person just said about his first three albums, like they are instant classics but first of all, they were not instant classics. That motherf–ker was s–t on by everybody. Everybody was s–ting on Eminem. They were like ‘who let the white boy at house party.’ I was there. I remember that. I saw that. I grew up with it. He fought for his place in hip-hop. And I think the music he makes now is grown s–t. He’s talking about real s–t but he’s also having fun. So for this person to be like ‘yo his earliest s–t is the best s–t’ but bro, he’s new s–t now has just billions of streams, all the time, when he drops. If it was not good, people would not listen to it dawg. I love when Eminem…we gotta song called ‘Homicide’. THAT’S THE S–T I LOVE FROM EM. When he’s f–king rapping mannequin! I love it.
Danny Brown: Me personally, I think the second one, Slim Shady, that was instant classic. But I think that was his most commercial attempt. There was a lot of Dre s–t. But to me, my favorite Eminem is the fourth one. Encore! That’s the one I f–king identified the most because he was talking about Detroit, and you gotta think me being from Detroit, Eminem was pretty much our first big rapper. Detroit didn’t have a lot of f–king rappers. When he first came out we were supportive of him all day.
You can watch the interview below. The Eminem talk starts at 38:10.
Detroit rapper Stretch Money has recently sat down on MOGUL STATE OF MIND where he briefly talked about Eminem and Royce 5’9.”
“My top four Detroit rappers… Esham, I throw Marshall (Eminem) in there. I’mma throw Nickel (Royce Da 5’9”) in there and Herk. Esham, Marshall, Royce Da 5’9″, Big Herk! But Esham is over them all. Get f–king clear on that. He’s first. He’s the first of the mutants. Esham is is the top no matter the conversation. Everybody’s opinion is valid but that’s mine.” said Stretch Money.
Then he continued: “I worked with anybody but Marshall. I don’t know why. I never met him. If I had a conversation with Eminem right now what advice would I give? I would not give him no motherf–king advice. Eminem is a lord. He does not need no motherf–king advice from me. For real, for real. That’s real big head man. Let’s be clear who the f–k we talking about. Regardless the stigma and don’t nobody know him, that’s my honest to god answer to that. Why we ain’t never work? Because we ain’t never met. I don’t know that motherf–ker.
“I could work with Royce like I could leave from here today, drive to the studio and be like ‘ey, what’s up’ and sit in that bi–ch all night. You feel me? It’s like that but like I said I don’t know Eminem dawg.” he added.
Nicki Minaj is back inside the top 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts this week with her latest single titled “Barbie World,” featuring Ice Spice, which debuted at number 7.
Achieving this accolade is always a cause for celebration for any musician, but this latest success holds particular significance for Trinidad and Tobago-born rapper. Not only does it mark her return to the competitive region, but it also helps her surpass some of the greatest and most influential hip-hop artists of all time.
With “Barbie World” becoming her 23rd top 10 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts, Minaj has joined a select group of musicians who have amassed such an incredible record. This latest achievement helps Nicki leave behind both Eminem and Jay-Z each with 22 top 10 hits, and now she claims the third place with the most top 10 hits among rappers on the US Billboard Hot 100 history.
While Minaj’s accomplishment is noteworthy, she still has a considerable distance to cover to catch up with the reigning champion of the hip-hop genre, the one and only Drake. Throughout his career, Drake has charted an astounding 68 top 10 hits, not only surpassing his fellow hip-hop musicians but also claiming the title of the artist with the most top 10 hits of all time.
Standing just ahead of Nicki Minaj on the list is her another label mate Lil Wayne who has landed 25 top 10 hits on the Hot 100 charts.
“Barbie World” is the second collaboration between Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice following their collaborative April 2023 track “Princess Diana.” This piece places its spot in Barbie: The Album. It samples the 1997 song “Barbie Girl” by Aqua and was officially released on June 23, 2023.
It was January of 2022, and non-fungible tokens known as NFTs were all the rage. So much so, Eminem decided to buy a ‘Bored Ape’ token for 123.45 Ether — approximately USD 462,000.
The constantly decreasing interest in NFT and the plunge in trading volumes have strongly affected all the celebrities, including Eminem in terms of their digital art purchases.
Eminem purchased Bored Ape 9055 for 123,45 ETH or $462,00 at the time. Fast forward 18 months, the value for said token is now $59,210. Losing more than $400,000.
Moreover, Slim Shady even teamed up with another NFT collector – legendary Snoop Dogg – to create a BAYC-themed song, “From The D 2 The LBC,” from Curtain Call 2 compilation album. The two even dropped music video directed by James Larese. The animated video shows Em and Snoop imagined as NFT-esque avatars in a comic book.
On the day of the single’s release, Snoop Dogg and Eminem performed the song live at ApeFest 2022, a festival held in New York for Bored Ape NFT holders. In summer they also performed the song live at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards in Newark, New Jersey.
After all the promotion, the NFTs world still seems to be struggling.
Eminem has recently narrated the Gatorade’s “Be Like Mike” commercial which featured his 2010 song “Won’t Back Down,” with P!nk from Recovery album.
In the first 30 seconds ad, Eminem says: “You wanna be like greats? First, believe yo are. Greatness requires drip. Not like that, like this! The Greats are not afraid to fail. They fuel by it. Trophies require greatness but greatness does not require trophies because greatness is not about what you have done, it’s about what you do next!”
Two more Gatorade TV Spots have recently been published, narrated by Eminem again. “Being great means turning failure into fuel.” says Eminem in the first TV spot.
“Being great, means the only expectations that matter are your own.” says Em in the second TV spot.
“Being great, means learning from the legends, so you can write your own legacy.” says Eminem in the third TV spot which also features living legend, Lionel Messi, who is going to join Inter Miami next season.
To celebrate the 50-year anniversary of hip-hop and demonstrate the genre’s impact over the music industry, Spotify shared the list of top 50 most streamed rap albums of all-time.
The metrics show that Drake, Eminem, Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar have utterly dominated the platform. Atop the list is the late XXXTentacion’s 2018 album ?. Drake (Scorpion at No. 2 and Views at No. 3), the late Juice Wrld (Goodbye & Good Riddance), and Travis Scott (Astroworld) round out the top five slots.
Drake makes the most appearances on the list with his albums Scorpion, Views, More Life (No. 9), Take Care (No. 19), Certified Lover Boy (No. 22), Nothing Was The Same (No. 26), If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (No. 35), and Dark Lane Demo Tapes (No. 48), all finding a home in the top 50.
Eminem is the second most placed rapper on the list thanks to his albums The Eminem Show (No. 11), Recovery (No. 24), The Marshall Mathers LP (No. 28), The Marshall Mathers LP2 (No. 29), Music To Be Murdered By (No. 30), Kamikaze (No. 36.) landing on the list.
Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West tied for the third most-placed rappers, with three albums each making the list. Lamar’s DAMN. (No. 8), Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City (No. 17) and Black Panther: The Album (No. 23) were listed. While Ye’s The Life Of Pablo (No. 18), Graduation (No. 20), and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (No. 34) were credited.
Dr. Dre‘s 2001 album also made the list at No. 25. Check out the full list of top 50 most streamed rap albums of all time below:
? – XXXTENTACION
Scorpion – Drake
Views – Drake
Goodbye & Good Riddance – Juice WRLD
ASTROWORLD – Travis Scott
17 – XXXTENTACION
Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon – Pop Smoke
DAMN. – Kendrick Lamar
More Life – Drake
Legends Never Die – Juice WRLD
The Eminem Show – Eminem
Luv is Rage 2 – Lil Uzi Vert
Death Race for Love – Juice WRLD
2014 Forest Hills Drive – J. Cole
Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight – Travis Scott
Invasion of Privacy – Cardi B
good kid, m.A.A.d. city – Kendrick Lamar
The Life of Pablo – Kanye West
Take Care – Drake
Graduation – Kanye West
The Heist – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
Certified Lover Boy – Drake
Black Panther The Album: Music From and Inspired By – Kendrick Lamar
Recovery – Eminem
2001 – Dr. Dre
Nothing Was the Same – Drake
Get Rich or Die Tryin’ – 50 Cent
The Marshall Mathers LP – Tour Edition – Eminem
The Marshall Mathers LP2 – Eminem
Music to be Murdered By – Side B (Deluxe Edition) – Eminem
Eternal Atake (Deluxe) – LUV vs. The World 2 – Lil Uzi Vert
Culture II – Migos
Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial – Roddy Ricch
It has been a decade since the iconic rapper LL Cool J dropped his last full-length project, titled “Authentic” back in 2013, and for the past few years, the Bay Shore, New York-born legend has been teasing the release of a new material.
Couple of months ago, LL vented his frustrations on Twitter, writing that his next project is not “worthy of being released.” As it turns out, it was a marketing trick. In the deleted tweets, Cool J said he was “really trying” to figure it out but he’s “not feeling like this album is worthy of being released.” He did leave one tweet up where he simply states he’s “not dropping it.” But later he posted a video on Instagram, explaining how he trick the hip-hop world: “Everybody’s been asking me about the new record and my decision. And, I was considering putting this record out because IT’S TOO F–KING GOOD! Q-Tip, you are genius baby. Yo, that’s my favorite album I ever made. I can’t wat for you all to hear this. Date and tracklist coming soon!”
Earlier this month, during an interview with E! News, LL spoke highly about his new album: “I know all the tricks. I got this covered. I think honestly and sincerely that Q-Tip as a producer is unbelievable and what he did on this record for me, I think is amazing. So the world will decide. The album, I think, is really, really special. I think it’s something it’s modern without chasing. It’s a whole new thing. I can’t wait for the people to see it.”
Eminem has named LL as his biggest influence numerous times. The two have recently performed at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony. LL and Slim Shady also have a song in vault that has never seen the light of the day. In 2014, LL spoke highly about the track: “Me and Em, we have a song, he just recently let me listen to his verse and it is just crazy, he is chainsaw and s**t. It is good! I think people will be pleasantly surprised when they hear me and him rapping together. It is the first time we did something together and shout out to Em and Rosenberg and to his whole crew, staff, everybody… This is a record that I think people gonna be excited… What I did with Em is super HOT!”
In May, 2023 93.5 KDay radio scheduled an interview on their official YouTube channel but it was not aired for some reasons. In the description of the video, we read that Eminem is featured on LL’s upcoming album.
Today a snippet of Eminem and LL Cool J song has surfaced online. You can listen to it below:
Iconic hip-hop artist Eminem shares his private reflections, drawings, handwritten lyrics, and photographs in his New York Times bestseller titled “The Way I Am.”
Fiercely intelligent, relentlessly provocative, and prodigiously gifted, Eminem is known as much for his enigmatic persona as for being the fastest-selling rap artist and the first rapper to ever win an Oscar. Everyone wants to know what Eminem is really like-after the curtains go down. In The Way I Am, Eminem writes candidly, about how he sees the world. About family and friends; about hip-hop and rap battles and his searing rhymes; about the conflicts and challenges that have made him who he is today.
Illustrated with more than 200 full-color and black-and-white photographs-including family snapshots and personal Polaroids, it is a visual self-portrait that spans the rapper’s entire life and career, from his early childhood in Missouri to the basement home studio he records in today, from Detroit’s famous Hip Hop Shop to sold-out arenas around the globe. Readers who have wondered at Em’s intricate, eye- opening rhyme patterns can also see, first-hand, the way his mind works in dozens of reproductions of his original lyric sheets, written in pen, on hotel stationary, on whatever scrap of paper was at hand. These lyric sheets, published for the first time here, show uncut genius at work. Taking readers deep inside his creative process, Eminem reckons with the way that chaos and controversy have fueled his music and helped to give birth to some of his most famous songs (including “Stan,” “Without Me,” and “Lose Yourself”).
Providing a personal tour of Eminem’s creative process, The Way I Am has been hailed as “fascinating,” “compelling,” and “candid.” You can shop the book below:
The Game wishes he had handled a not-so-nice remarks he made about Dr. Dre in a 2022 interview differently, but he still stands by what he said.
The initial comment arrived during an appearance on Drink Champs while discussing Kanye West, who at the time had just teamed up with The Game for his single titled “Eazy” – which netted the latter his highest-charting Billboard Hot 100 song in nearly 15 years. “It’s crazy that Ye did more for me in the last two weeks than Dr. Dre did for me my whole career,” he told N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN.
During a recent interview with Amazon Music, The Game admitted he was a bit drunk when he said that and that he should have been more grateful that Dre did anything for him at all.
“So basically I was hollering at N.O.R.E. and them a little inebriated and I said some things that I meant. I’m not gon’ take it back – I ain’t no sucker. But having Dre do anything for your project, anything in your career, touch any part of anything you’re doing in life is such a blessing that I shall not ever s–t on that again.” said The Game
Then he continued: “And I haven’t talked to Dre since. And it don’t really matter if we talk again in life. Like, I’m a standup Compton, L.A. ni–a and it is what it is. I said what I said, I’m not going back on it. It’s just that I should have actually gave him more grace for what he did do and that was actually mentoring me and doing things that nobody could have done for me in my career.”
“When I was talking on there, I was speaking in terms of what Ye was doing right at that moment which was life-changing for me in that moment last year. And then I based it on Dre’s lack thereof because I took the business part personal and I should have left it business. But Dre is Dre, bro. We all know what Dr. Dre do.” The Game added.
From there The Game talks about his beef with 50 Cent and G-Unit: “What was the center of frustration? I felt like… Dre found Eminem and let him flourish to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Eminem found 50 and brought him to Dre and let that ni–a go ten times platinum and be the greatest ni–a that he could be. When it came to G-Unit, I felt like 50 was trying to suppress us and keep us like soldiers when I was never a soldier. I didn’t put myself in the group. I did not ask to be in a group. I’m thankful for the opportunity. Jimmy Iovine would always say some s–t like ‘Why’d you guys have to go and break up The Beatles, you are the Black Beatles!’ At 24-25 years old I was not thinking about that. I was just thinking I wanted that ni–a to die. Because what he was trying to do to me, we had just did to Murder Inc. So I was like ‘I’m not about to get Ja Rule.’ At that time, we were just young.”
Then he continues: “I hollered at 50 in LA one time in the club. We were on my side and we exchanged few words, nothing violent or anything like that. We both could not figure out where the young us went wrong. 50 is a real d–khead. He get back to New York, a little time passed and for some reason he want to bring me up and say some s–t. You know 50, he’s a troll. At the end of the day, the older 50 and 50 now, he’s like a teddy bear. He cool. We good. Ain’t no drama. I ain’t gonna see 50 and whoop his a– at 40 years old. Ni–a got a star on Hollywood Walk Of Fame. I ain’t gonna blood walk on it or nothing like that. That’s not bad idea [laughs]. But we ain’t trying to go viral for that. We were just young and disconnected. A lot of money involved. A lot of ego and just youth. Biggie and Pac didn’t make out of that. They didn’t get to have another sit down. They both died in that. Me and 50 had shootouts and it could have ended the same way but by the grace of god he’s alive and I’m alive. And we are here today.”
Bow Wow was caught by HipHopDX’s Jeremy Hecht at BET Awards 2023 red carpet where he talked about Eminem inspiring him, his friendship with Chris Brown, dealing with fame and more.
Interviewer: You’ve got some underrated bars. Even in your mixtape era, is there a verse that stands out in your mind where you are like ‘nah, this the hardest s–t I’ve written.’?
Bow Wow: The new s–t that’s coming. When I drop it, it’s gonna be a lot of blogging, a lot of talking about the lyrics. It’s very Eminem-ish.
Interviewer: Do you have a favorite Eminem verse growing up?
Bow Wow: Eminem is hard! I don’t even have a favorite in particular. Every verse is hard for me. He’s so diverse. So talented. I can’t lie, I’m influenced by him in a lot of ways when it comes to rapping, taking me time like how I dissect my bars, wordplay, changing the pitches in my voices. That’s why I can’t wait to drop this record.
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