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Machine Gun Kelly throws shot at Eminem on a new song

Machine Gun Kelly and Eminem have a history to tell! After trading disstracks back in 2018, MGK announced that his rap project was not well-received because of the beef with Detroit giant and decided to go in different direction musically but that did not make Slim Shady to stop as he continued throwing shade at Cleveland rapper on Music To Be Murdered By album.

After changing the genre and becoming punk-rock artist, MGK seems to be getting back to his roots as he has released couple of rap songs lately. One of the most recent releases is titled “Pressure” where Kelly appears to be throwing a little jab at Eminem.

“There won’t be a day I need a vest under my zip-up ‘Cause every time they tried to send a shot, it always missed us (Doo, drr).” raps Machine Gun Kelly on third verse. After MGK called Eminem’s daughter “hot as f–k” in 2012, the two engaged in a highly-publicized feud that culminated in Eminem’s diss track called “Killshot.”

Despite Eminem being known to end careers with his diss tracks, Kelly thinks “Killshot” missed as he not only maintain his success but also further went on to achieve his first platinum album, Tickets to my Downfall, followed by Mainstream Sellout, both of which reached number 1 on Billboard 200 charts.

MGK has said similar line before on a song called “Floor 13”: “I just spent too many minutes watchin’ little videos of sh–ty wannabe rappers dissing me. I just spent the winter livin’ after someone tried to send a kill shot, missin’ me.”

You can listen to the new song below:

Rakim names best match-up to go against Eminem, Royce 5’9″ reacts

Rakim, the God emcee, has recently shared a picture of Eminem and Black Thought on Instagram, asking fans what they think about the match-up: “Conversation of the day!! Talk about it in the comments. I’ll be watching.” – Rakim wrote in the caption.

Royce 5’9″ was quick to respond in the comments: “They have the words on a string … Like a yo-yo … The two most extreme examples of lyrical overachiever that you could pair together .. We’re not worthy.”

Rakim’s post also divided hip-hop fans into half. One user replied: “Both are èlite lyricist, I’d rather see them collab than go against each other! Em’s storytelling and rhyme schemes with Thought’s lyricism and flow are a deadly combination.” Another commented: “Black Thought, by a convincing margin, only because of the congruence of his bars. Em is extremely skilled and make words rhyme (whole sentences at times), but they don’t always make sense, or have the degree of depth that a Black Thought displays effortlessly…(one man’s opinion)” Someone said: “The mechanics of Em do not offer the nuance, soul, education, or relatability that Thought bestows.. though I would love to hear Em over more soulful tracks, personally I’d still rock with Tariq.”

Check out Rakim’s post below and tell us your opinions about Eminem VS Black Thought in the comment sections of our social media accounts.

Royce 5’9″ talks about early relationship with Eminem, meeting Dr. Dre & more

Royce 5’9″ has recently sat down with Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg on Juan EP Is Life podcast, where the Detroit legend talked about Hip-Hop Shop days with Eminem, how their friendship formed, meeting Dr. Dre for the first time, his career highlights and more.

About Hip-Hop Shop

“After the school graduation, I started going to Hop-Hop Shop. First time I went to Hip-Hop Shop I rapped and I got gonged. I almost was not a rapper. That killed my confidence. I thought I was not ready. I walked in there and I seen Proof, Elzhi, Marshall, all of them killers. Hip-Hop Shop was an open mic slash clothing sore that was owned by Maurice Malone. So what you do is, you stand around in the circle and Proof is like the host, he just passes the mic around. If you get it, you gotta rap. And DJ Head is up top on the ones and twos and if you don’t get reaction fast enough then he puts on gong music and you gotta pass the mic. Proof was known as the best emcee. When I walked in there, I didn’t know anybody. I already heard about Proof. Marshall did not rap that day.”

After Hip-Hop Shop / meeting Eminem

“After I succeeded at the Hip-Hop Shop, I just kept going. Bad Meets Evil the vinyl was probably the first thing that I was a part of. Around ’97. I heard ‘Infinite’ before I met Marshall. ‘Infinite’ and ‘The Slim Shady EP.’ Mr. Porter produced the whole ‘Infinite’ album. Me and Eminem get close as soon as we met. I met him the night my son was born. We have already heard about each other. I was opening up for Usher at the show. He heard me kick the acapella on stage. And he asked me to meet me. So, we met each other, exchanged numbers and we started talking on the phone and that’s how the song Bad Meets Evil ended up happening. Once we did that, he took a liking to me, he got his deal with Dre and the rest is history.

About Bad Meets Evil deal

John Schechter, he’s a good friend of mine but he was introduced me through Paul Rosenberg who’s Em’s partner. I already had friendly relationship with Paul Rosenberg. I can’t remember exactly all the particulars but Paul wanted to set it up to where Em can do things outside of his deal. Also to help build me. So we just kept doing s–t together. And at that time, I also became Em’s hypeman for a minute. We were just together all the time. We were just building.

Meeting Dr. Dre

I remember sending out my demos to Marshall when he was out in Cali so he can listen to the songs. I get the call one day, my dad comes into the room and says ‘Ryan, It’s Dr. Dre on the phone for you.’ I answered the phone like ‘hello’ and he’s like ‘Yo what’s up, it’s Dre.’ I’m like WOW. So, Marshall basically played my s–t for him and he was feeling my s–t. So he was like ‘would you be down to come out here and work with us?’ I said ‘hell yeah.’ So I went out to Cali and we started working on The Chronic two (2001). From there, I ended up signing a deal with Tommy Boy where my album was executive produced by Marshall.

Check out the full interview below:

Tony Yayo to Melle Mel: “Eminem would never be on the list if he was not f–king lyrical tyrant”

Tony Yayo has recently sat down with DJ VLAD where he briefly talked about Eminem and Benzino situation and shared his opinion on Melle Mel saying Eminem is on Billboard’s top rappers list just because he’s white.

“Eminem really never say nothing. Eminem is the type of ni–a that could watch you, he will make a diss record to destroy you and then just chill in the crib. Shout out to Eminem.” said Yayo.

Then he continues: “We were called House Ni–as for f–king with Eminem. The Source, they would take it to whole another level. That’s when the disrespect for me was like. Damn, what does color have to do with music. What does the color have to do with people. I don’t care what color or religion you are. We from New York, we grew up with all kinds of people. I don’t give a f–k what color you are. I don’t look at you as a culture vulture because you are white. That could be somebody else’s opinion. It’s not mine.”

“Melle Mel said something about Eminem. That’s his opinion. My thing is, Em and Fifty did more for me than anybody has ever done in my career. I’mma always shout out Eminem. Eminem would never be on no list if he was not f–king lyrical tyrant. If he was not f–king nice with it. No disrespect to Melle Mel, I know he’s a legend in the game but at the end of the day, Eminem is lyrical.” Tony Yayo added.

You can watch the interview below:

Jelly Roll talks getting inspired by Eminem, calls him GOAT

Country singer Jelly Roll has recently gave an interview to Detroit Free Press where he revealed that he was inspired by Eminem and called him the greatest of all time.

The 38-year-old Tennessee native made an underground name in the 2010s with a series of hick-hop releases, forging a music career after spending much of his teens and early 20s in prison. He began his country transition in 2020, winning fans with soul-baring, therapeutic music that has been celebrated for honest rawness.

Friday in metro Detroit, he knew he was near the stomping grounds of a personal musical hero and influence, Eminem, who emerged from similar tough family circumstances to find his own redemptive arc.

“Eminem is the greatest of all time. There’s no denying that. I grew up feeling the same way. He inspired kids like me. He was early to infuse rap and rock, and I remember early on thinking you could mix genres based solely on what Marshall did. So he’s always been a big pivotal thing on what we’ve done. Plus, being a white-trash kid, you can’t help supporting another white-trash kid. I hope he feels the same about me.” Jelly Roll said.

“I think his music has always been cathartic because even when he was in his addiction, he was constantly crying for help out of it when you listen back to those records. Once he got past his first album, he just opened up the super-emotional side of him, and I think it changed the game for everybody. And he was one of the first rappers who did that.” he added.

You can watch the interview below:

Yelawolf shows love to Eminem during Welcome To Rockville fest

Coupe of days ago, Yelawolf performed at the Welcome To Rockville festival in Daytona Beach, Florida where the former Shady Records artist performed some of his biggest hits, including “Best Friend,” from “Love Story” album which originally features Eminem.

Before performing the song, Yelawolf gave shout out to Eminem for changing his life forever: “This song is special to me because it represents the part of my career where it really changed my life so if everyone one time could just make some noise Marshall Mathers! One time, please. Thank you! This song is called Best Friend!”

“Best Friend” was released on April 14, 2015 as the fifth single from his second studio album “Love Story” via Shady and Interscope Records, and was later released on Eminem’s second greatest hits album “Curtain Call 2” in 2022, with Shady, Interscope, Marshall B. Mathers III, and Aftermath Entertainment.

The song reached top charts in several countries, including Belgium, Canada and the United States. “Best Friend” is certified platinum in US for selling more than 1 million units in the country.

On the song Yela calmly approaches the instrumental with a more spiritual tone, while Eminem goes into full aggressive mode spitting more than 16 bars as he usually does. This is also the only song on the album with a feature, and marks Em’s first musical release in 2015.

Yelawolf and Eminem have previously worked together on several occasions that include: “Best Friend,” “Psychopath Killer” by Slaughterhouse, “Twisted” with Skylar Grey, “2.0 Boys,” also featuring Slaughterhouse and “Throw It Up” also featuring Gangsta Boo.

Watch Yelawolf’s tribute to Eminem below:

Conway The Machine regrets Griselda & Shady Records comments

During the conversation on Math Hoffa’s My Expert Opinion podcast, Conway The Machine denied rumors of a rift in the Griselda camp, and wants to clear up comments he made last year regarding his previous contract with Griselda and Shady Records. He also made it clear for the audience that he, Westside Gunn and Benny The Butcher have always been a “family,” despite having their own separate things going on with albums and labels from the start.

The Buffalo, New York native clarified that neither Westside Gunn nor Eminem’s Shady Records cheated him out of money. “It wasn’t nothing there, it just looked like it on the surface. I think fans just ran with certain d–khead s–t I done said and did in interviews. Certain fan theories that just led to the assumption that them boys is fighting and at odds.” said Conway.

The he continues: “Honestly, I operated out of my feelings. My brother ain’t deserve that s–t, man. West ain’t deserve that, none of that s–t that I was doing, saying in them interviews, man. I want to just be very clear: nobody owes me a penny, nobody stole nothing from me. West and them, Shady Records, nobody, all my business was on the up and up.”

“When I was saying in The Breakfast Club interview, how I didn’t read the contract and all that s–t, it wasn’t coming from a place of idiocy. It was out of loyal that I didn’t read that s–t. That’s my brother. I ain’t gotta read nothin.’ I know we good. That’s what that was.” Conway added.

Last year, Conway The Machine did an interview on The Breakfast Club and admitted that he never read the contract he signed with Griselda: “When we did that s–t in the beginning, I really wasn’t all the way — man, I’ma keep it a buck, I ain’t even read that contract, bro. I just signed that s–t and moved on, but unfortunately the contract wasn’t in my favor. I didn’t get no money. Shady gave me some pocket change. I did three contracts with Shady, Interscope and Griselda.”

You can watch the new interview below:

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Kxng Crooked responds Eminem retirement speculations

Although Eminem has made it clear that he’s always working and Mr. Porter has claimed that they are not even close to done, lots of fans on social media are speculating about Slim Shady’s retirement and rightfully so: More than 1200 days have passed since Eminem released a full body of work.

“Do you know if Eminem is retired?” One of the fans on Twitter asked Kxng Crooked on which he replied: “I don’t know if that’s a possibility.” One of the fans responded: “Thank you Crook. we’re losing hope out here.” Another commented: “He told LL he ain’t ever stopping until he loses it. I don’t think that happened.” Other said: “Em fans are weird let the dude get his rest, he’s literally said on his last album and Paul has said since the curtain call 2 eminem isn’t done putting out music.”

One of the users expressed his desire to see another collaboration between Detroit icon and West Coast legend: “Really hope you’re on his next s–t bro, you two on a track is definitely one of my favorite things.”

Kxng Crooked and Eminem have previously jumped on the track in several occasions: “I Will,” also featuring Royce 5’9″ and Joell Ortiz, “Welcome To Planet X,” featuring The Observer and Slaughterhouse tracks “Psychopath Killer,” featuring Yelawolf, “Asylum,” “Our House,” featuring Skylar Grey, “Throw That,” “2.0 Boys,” featuring Yelawolf, “Loud Noises” and “Session One.”

Check out Crooke’s tweet below:

I don’t know if that’s a possibility https://t.co/cRw3mUtAx7

— Crook 🏴🏳️🏴 (@CrookedIntriago) May 22, 2023

Conway The Machine shows love to Eminem during Math Hoffa interview

Conway The Machine has recently sat down with Math Hoffa and MECC, CHAMP and GAT where the crew talked about Conway’s “Bang” single which has two versions of Eminem’s verse. The leaked, original version features a shoutout to deceased rapper, Mac Miller, and shots at rappers whom Eminem has beefed with in the past, including Machine Gun Kelly and Ja Rule. One highlight of this version was the diss aimed at Revolt, a music cable network founded and owned by Sean “Diddy” Combs.

Math Hoffa: That verse from Em. He’s going mad at people. He’s brining up a lot of past situation. Did it ever cause friction for you?

Conway The Machine: Naah, not friction. It never caused no friction. I was just happy to get the verse man. There are two versions of his verse and when I heard it…Em is crazy man. Em is different. Stay out of his way!

Math Hoffa: Do you think that’s the direction that he was trying to lead you all?

Conway The Machine: I’m not sure. I don’t know man. I’m not sure if that was his motives.

Then the crew continued discussing The Game’s “The Black Slim Shady” track, which is supposedly a diss towards Eminem. Check the whole thing below:

Tee Grizzley & Skilla Baby talk Eminem’s impact on Detroit’s rap scene

Detroit rappers Tee Grizzley and Skilla Baby has recently sat down for an exclusive interview with HipHopDX to talk about everything from Eminem‘s “8 Mile” movie to “First Day Out” to their new project, toxic lyrics, Big Sean, Nipsey Hussle, Taylor Swift, Tee Grizzley’s gaming and much more.

At one point of the interview, the two started talking about favorite verse from each other. That’s where the Eminem-talk started.

“I walked in there nervous as hell. That’s why I was trying to play it cool. I mean, I’m with Tee Grizzley! So, I’m out here with T, I gotta throw my hardest punchline. Cause, you get one shot, palms sweaty, mom’s spaghetti.” said Skilla Baby.

Then interviewer asked if they ever had any interaction with Eminem while growing up.

“I don’t know nobody that really seen Eminem but Trick Trick. I heard he still live around where we are from, he just live far out. I never seen Eminem. I know he had restaurant downtown.” Skilla Baby replied.

Then Tee Grizzley continued: “I love Royce. I never talked to Eminem before. I definitely want to cook something with Royce in future but 8 Mile movie though, that is legendary.”

“We don’t wanna take nothing from Em though. He’s big where we are from. We just have not seen him. 8 Mile was big for us and all the Marshall Mathers s–t. All that s–t was hard. I ain’t saying I ain’t listened to his music. I banged his music. He’s big cultural impact.” Skilla Baby added.

You can watch the interview below:

Tony Yayo reveals what it meant for him when Eminem wore “Free Yayo” shirt at Grammys

Tony Yayo has recently joined Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson and DJ Whoo Kid to discuss his early beginnings, growing up with 50 Cent, being in G-Unit, what it was like growing up and more. The South Jamaica, New York-born rapper also revealed that Eminem wearing “Free Yayo” shirt at the 2003 Grammy awards ceremony was one of the greatest moments in his career.

“That was my biggest moment in hip-hop. Shout out to me, for me.” Tony Yayo replied when Whoo Kid asked what it meant for him when Eminem wore that t-shirt.

Last year, during the interview with VLAD TV, Yayo talked vastly about the same topic: “Eminem has always helped me in my career. He’s on my first album. He wore a Free Yayo shirt at the Grammys. So, I’m always gonna show him respect and love and salute him.”

“Nobody every did anything in my career besides Eminem and 50 Cent. And I always say, him doing Free Yayo while I was in jail, I only had to do about two years and they kept my name alive. They started putting my name in the videos and Free Yayo shirt was selling. I’m always gonna salute him…Being attached to Eminem was the best deal, without Eminem and Dr. Dre we would not have that much of a success.”

You can watch Tony Yayo’s recent appearance on Mike Tyson Hotboxin’ below:

Today, 23 years ago, Eminem released “The Marshall Mathers LP”

On this day, 23 years ago (May 23, 2000), Eminem released his third solo studio album The Marshall Mathers LP under Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. The album was produced mostly by Dr. Dre and Eminem, along with The 45 King, the Bass Brothers, and Mel-Man. Featured guest appearances include Dido, RBX, Sticky Fingaz, Bizarre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Nate Dogg, and D12.

Criticism centered on lyrics that were considered violent, homophobic, and misogynistic, as well as a reference to the Columbine High School massacre. Future second lady Lynne Cheney criticized the lyrics at a United States Senate hearing, while the Canadian government considered refusing Eminem’s entry into the country. Despite the controversies, it received acclaim from critics, who praised Eminem’s lyrical ability and considered the album to have emotional depth.

The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, staying atop for 8 consecutive weeks. A significant commercial success compared to the release of The Slim Shady LP just the previous year, the album sold 1.78 million copies in its first week, which made it among the fastest-selling studio albums in the United States. The album produced mega hit singles like “The Real Slim Shady”, “The Way I Am” and “Stan”. Among other publications, Rolling Stone named it the best album of 2000.

The Marshall Mathers LP has been included in numerous all-time lists and is widely regarded as Eminem’s greatest album. It has sold 30 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time, and is certified Diamond (11x platinum) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was nominated for Album of the Year and won Best Rap Album at the 2001 Grammy Awards, while “The Real Slim Shady” won Best Rap Solo Performance.

You can revisit the classic below: