Battle rap legend Murda Mook has recently done an interview on hiphopisreal.com where he talked about Eminem, meeting him first time in Detroit, how much he could relate his music and what Eminem mentioning his name on Cordae’s “Parables (remix)” song meant for him.
“Eminem is my favorite rapper. Nobody rap like him to me. I met that man one time. I never thought I would ever be star-struck in front of somebody. My brother AK brings me Detroit event. I think Shady was throwing it. Em was there. Em was up on the balcony and they were like ‘come upstairs, you gon’ meet Em.’ I’m like ‘WHAAT?!’ I go upstairs, Paul Rosenberg, he was like ‘what’s up Mook.’ I’m like ‘you know me? that’s what’s up!’ He like ‘yeah, he [Em] over there.’ I’m walking up and I feel my legs getting weak. I’m not understanding what’s happening to me. I was like, why the f–k my body is getting like this. The closer I walked to this n–ga, I was getting weaker. He’s like ‘yo, I’m big fan man.’ I said ‘WHAT?! That’s fire.’ I just looked at him and I didn’t know what to say, I looked dumb as hell.” said Murda Mook.
Then he continued: “Peter Garvey put me on Eminem, on the Kim song. I’m hearing this song and I’m like ‘Who is this n–ga?’ My man Peter said, this is white dude. I’m like, how the f–k is he that nice?! It wasn’t that he’s white so he nice, no, he was nicer than everybody before he was white! Rap don’t got no color. He was nice from HI, MY NAME IS. If anybody know rap and rhyming, n–gas know HI KIDS, DO YOU LIKE VIOLENCE?! You can tell immediately this motherf–ker could rap.”
“What happened was, motherf–kers were scared. Cause they seen him was white and they knew he could really rhyme so n–gas were like ‘Nah, we need to campaign against cause we know he nice and we know he on the way.’ Skill don’t got no color bro. N–gas that’s inferior, when they see a n–ga that’s nicer, they get nervous bro and they try to figure out how to make you not appear as nice as you are and that’s what n–gas tried to do to Em. They tried to use him being white but him was just ridiculously nice. Him and Loaded Lux are aliens, alienation, to me.”
“When he mentioned my name in the song with Cordae, do you know what that meant to me, man? I’ve been waiting to hear that n–ga say my name on the song or something since the beginning when I first heard of him. That s–t made me feel so proud. That’s the part of the reason I was like ‘yo, I gotta get clean’. I understand his story too, even though a lot of people say he can’t relate. I always kinda related to him. Me and my mom situation, growing up it was very rocky. When I listened to him to him rhyme, I heard me. I heard a man screaming out, feeling the way I felt. And he was just nice on top of that. So I emulated Eminem. Just to hear him say my name, I could die now. He went though it. I listened to his struggles. I know about what he had to overcome and fight. And he had hundreds of millions of dollars. So, imagine his struggle. People think more money you got, more happy you are but that’s probably opposite. Shout out to Eminem and Royce 5’9″ for being a mentor to me. Shout out to Trick Trick too.” Murda Mook added. You can watch the entire interview below:
NLE Choppa has recently caught up with Billboard’s Kyle Denis at R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players 2024 ceremony where the 21-year old Memphis rapper gave Eminem a shout out.
Interviewer: You recently payed homage to Eminem in your Paper magazine cover shoot. You also have previously named him on your Mount Rushmore for Hip-Hop. Would you ever hop on a track with Slim Shady?
NLE Choppa: With Slim Shady? Yeah, man. Why not. Of course. Hell yeah. He a legend.
Last year, NLE Choppa chopped it up with Nick Cannon and the Daily Cannon crew featuring Courtney Bee, Masononthemic, DJ Abby De La Rosa, and Freeze where he shared his his hip-hop Mount Rushmore: “Tupac, Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne and Eminem. With Eminem, I feel like, a lot of people from my community is probably not preached upon to be an Eminem fan but I don’t think people realize the statistics of how many white people wanted to rap after him. Eminem did that.” – he said.
Hip-Hop icon, LL COOL J talked about his new album, “THE FORCE,” collaborating with Eminem on the track “Murdergram Deux,” crediting Michael Jackson as a writer on the song “The FORCE,” learning to rap again, and much more during a track-by-track album special on his new SiriusXM channel, titled LL COOL J’s THE FORCE Channel.
Featuring LL COOL J’s Rock the Bells Radio host Roxanne Shanté and a live audience, “LL COOL J ‘THE FORCE’ Track-By-Track Album Special” premiered on LL COOL J’s THE FORCE Channel on Friday, September 6, at noon ET and is now available to stream on the SiriusXM app. During the show, LL went through his process working with Eminem.
“This next song is a joint I did with Eminem, it’s called ‘Murdergram Deux.’ I had a song on ‘Mama Said Knock You Out’ called ‘Murdergram’ so I said, you know what? We gon’ do a song together and when Q-Tip made the beat, I was sitting there and he was playing that beat and I was like ‘yo, Tip, this is crazy, me and Em would be crazy on this.’ He’s like ‘YEAH! Definitely big bro.’ So, I called Em and I’m like ‘yo, I think I got a joint.’ He’s like ‘sent it to me’. I sent him the song just to hear the beat, once he heard the beat and he agreed to do it then we went to the studio and what we actually did was, me and Em actually went to Dr. Dre’s studio and recorded it out in LA.” said LL Cool J.
Then he continued: “We went together in the studio. And the way the process was: I would write my rhyme. Then I would lay it. He would come in, he would hear it, I would leave. He would write his rhyme. He would record. And we went back and forth in the booth without seeing each other record until we did the very last thing together, where I kinda come together with him a little bit.” You can watch the interview below:
50 Cent cover story has recently appeared on Haulte Living. In the interview, Fiddy revealed what he told to Eminem during Hailie’s wedding, which brought him to tears.
“I wish I had a daughter. I do. I wish I had a daughter. I wish I had that father-daughter relationship. For female children, their dad is the first man they fall in love with. Male children go to their mom; I’m a mama’s boy myself.” said 50 Cent during Haulte Living’s June Zoom session.
Then he continued: “Hailie’s wedding was unbelievable, the wildest thing for me, period. I was like, ‘Yo, bro, this is crazy. We’re getting old. Your baby is grown. What the f–k is going on?’ I was having a moment myself over there. I told Em, ‘You said it was OK to cry, because I’m crying.’ I couldn’t believe it went that fast.”
Then he explains that he’s been trying to get Eminem on tour for years, but the Detroit-born rapper was adamant that he couldn’t until Hailie had grown up: “That was the difference between my experience and Em’s. I could always go out on the road, but with Hailie, it was different. Like if she’s looking at you and she doesn’t want you to leave and you go ‘no, I’ve got to work.’ And she says but really, do you have to go?’ ‘OK, maybe I don’t have to go.’ If that was the case, things might have changed for me.”
“Em was saying that he didn’t want to go everywhere in the world where I went. I would say to him that people would pay a gazillion dollars to see us on tour together, all kinds of money to see him perform. And he still did not care about that, because the most expensive thing that we have is time, and he was conscious of being there for Hailie growing up. But now that she has officially fled the nest, it’s time. We should be on the run now; the kids are grown.” 50 Cent added.
Fif also talked about his success after signing to Eminem’s Shady Records: “I had the largest debut hip-hop album in history as I came in. I sold 13 million records, and then the Em heated up. I was blessed to have him around, because while I’m selling 13 million records of Get Rich or Die Tryin’, he’s selling 23 million records of The Marshall Mathers LP.There was always a possibility for growth, a way to tap into something that could be even bigger. When your head gets so big that it can’t even fit through the door, you have someone around that can help balance that because they’ve had even greater success. Like, we had Dr. Dre around, and he had even more success than both me and Em long before we came in, so it kept everybody in our crew level-headed.”
Hip-hop icon LL Cool J is finally back. The legendary rapper has released his first new album in 11 years. Not only that, but LL has aggressively promoted the album by doing interviews and podcast appearances. It feels like the New York spitter has more passion harnessed into The FORCE than he did his previous effort, Exit 13. He certainly has more guest features. The FORCE has a staggering lineup of artists from multiple eras of hip-hop. It’s a testament to LL Cool J’s reputation that he could take a decade off, then come back and secure features from the likes of Nas, Snoop Dogg and Eminem.
LL previously dropped the lead single “Saturday Night Special,” featuring Rick Ross and Fat Joe, which remains a standout track, alongside to “Murdergram Deux,” featuring Eminem, which about the have a music video too.
“I just filmed a video of me and Eminem for Murdegram Deux, which is Murdergram part two. And one of the things, there’s a mural in it, and on the mural it says ‘death to the ego.’ Murdergram Deux, death to the ego. Cause it’s really about MCing of it all. It’s not about the ego, it’s not about who’s got money, nothing wrong with money, I like it a lot, who’s got business success, it’s not about any of that, death to the ego! It’s about rhyming, skills, bars, beats.” said LL Cool J during a recent interview.
Then he continued: “It’s pure hip-hop. Pure hip-hop and Em is a fan of pure hip-hop, as am I. So, us working together on that record, it was dope. And the fact that me and him have that song on vinyl, it’s just so dope. But it comes from, like you said, death to the ego, the mural is amazing, it’s dope and I think the video was a lot of fun. You know, hip-hop, baby!”
This week, hip-hop icon LL Cool J will release The FORCE album, his first project in 11 years. Fellow Queens rap legend Q-Tip serves as the album’s executive producer, and it’s got guest features from heavy-spitters like Nas, Busta Rhymes, and Snoop Dogg. LL already dropped the lead single titled “Saturday Night Special,” with Rick Ross and Fat Joe. Few days ago, the Eminem collaboration arrived.
Eminem has always been a huge, vocal LL Cool J fan, and their new song “Murdergram Deux” is their first-ever collaboration. Slim Shady co-produced “Murdergram Deux” with Q-Tip, and the song is explicitly positioned as a sequel to “Murdergram,” the fast-rap workout that appeared as a deep cut on LL’s classic 1990 album Mama Said Knock You Out. On the new song, LL and Eminem take turns displaying athletic rap feats over the nervously jittery beat. At the very end of the song, Eminem quotes LL’s old song “Going Back To Cali.”
During a recent interview, LL confirmed that they already shot a music video too: “I just filmed a video of me and Eminem for Murdegram Deux, which is Murdergram part two. And one of the things, there’s a mural in it, and on the mural it says ‘death to the ego.’ Murdergram Deux, death to the ego. Cause it’s really about MCing of it all. It’s not about the ego, it’s not about who’s got money, nothing wrong with money, I like it a lot, who’s got business success, it’s not about any of that, death to the ego! It’s about rhyming, skills, bars, beats.” said LL Cool J.
Then he continued: “It’s pure hip-hop. Pure hip-hop and Em is a fan of pure hip-hop, as am I. So, us working together on that record, it was dope. And the fact that me and him have that song on vinyl, it’s just so dope. But it comes from, like you said, death to the ego, the mural is amazing, it’s dope and I think the video was a lot of fun. You know, hip-hop, baby!”
Later in the interview, LL confirmed that they didn’t record the song in Detroit in Eminem’s studio: “Me and Em actually did a song in Dr. Dre’s studio in LA. We went to Dre’s studio. Shout out to my man Dre, that’s my man.” You can watch the interview below:
Tony Yayo has recently sat down with DJ VLAD for an interview where the two talked about many things, including Dr. Dre saying Eminem is the greatest rapper of all time.
“Eminem is in my top 5. I don’t give a f–k what anybody says. I love lyrics and he has lyrics. And I like numbers too. Numbers don’t lie. They say “I don’t listen Eminem in the car,” well, somebody do! He’s one of the GOATs.” said Tony Yayo.
Then he continued: “I agree to Dr. Dre saying Eminem is the best MC ever. Let’s go back to what Eminem and G-Unit did as a rap label. We had a dream team. In the hip-hop world, he’s the biggest artist in the worldwide.”
50 CENT has recently invited Million Dollaz Worth of Gamedown to Shreveport for Humor and Harmony Festival. Gillie shut down the celebrity basketball game, while Wallo watched from the bench. After the game, the guys linked up with 50 to sit down and talk. The trio chopped it up in the kitchen of a pop up Sei Less. They talked about 50’s come up, what did to further his career despite being black balled, and how he broke into Hollywood.
At one point of the interview, 50 Cent talked about first time meeting Eminem and signing a deal with Shady Records: “It was wild. It felt like…Remember that show Punk’d on MTV? I thought they had cameras and it was going to come out and said ‘you’ve been punk’d’. I was in California, he flew me to LA. I was so bugged out from the experience that I had my vest on. The lawyer that I had with me that took me to him, I get there and he’s like ‘let me hug you. Yo, this is going to be the biggest s–t.’ He’s so excited that it made me question whether what was happening was right cause it felt so good that it couldn’t be right.”
Then he continued: “When I left that meeting, I didn’t want him to feel like he bought a problem so I wouldn’t say anything about Ja Rule. When I met him, the first night I met, it was, he had event, it was The Marshall Mathers LP just came out and first week he sold 1.7 million records and he was so excited about me, I’m looking like ‘you serious?!’ And by the time I got back and I would never say anything about Ja until the first time I said something about him, Ja made a mistake and said something about Hailie. When he said something about Hailie, they thought they made some sort of connection when they were getting high. And Em was like, ‘what the f–k made him think like this.’ It was a Friday. Him didn’t record that Friday. I recorded that Friday, that Saturday, that Sunday. He came back, I had a full CD “Automatic Gunfire.” The whole mixtape was done Monday morning. He was listening like ‘yo, when did y’all get the chance to..’ All this s–t was this weekend. I was dying to do that. I just didn’t want him to feel like he bought a problem because I know he didn’t understand the severity of who I am in this. Consequences is you dead, nig-a. There’s nothing else to talk about. He was listening to the material and that s–t was hot.”
“I got 1 million dollar in cash for my first deal. The only person that pointed out that million dollars was no money was Dame Dash. He said ‘after you get watch, chain, look out for the homies and do this and that, it’s nothing.’ And I was like ‘ni-ga, I’m from 134th street, million dollars is a lot of money. I think I hit the lottery.'” 50 Cent added. You can watch the interview below:
Big Sean has returned with a new album, titled Better Me Than You. The Detroit rapper’s sixth solo studio album features NASAAN, DJ Premier, The Alchemist, Gunna, Bryson Tiller, Kodak Black, Charlie Wilson, Eryn Allen Kane, Larry June, Cash Cobain, Ellie Goulding, Syd, Teyana Taylor and Thundercat. It marks his first solo studio project in 4 years, since 2020’s Detroit 2 album, which has since been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
To celebrate the release, Big Sean has also unleashed a music video for the song titled “Who You Are (Superstar).” The video clip stars Amine, Dylan Patel, Jazz Cartier, Mark Phillips, and Taye Diggs. On Friday, August 30th, a conversation with Big Sean at the Grammy Museum brings the rapper to the Clive Davis Theater to discuss the new release, his creative process, and much more.
Eminem, who has recently collaborated with Big Sean on “Tobey” alongside Detroit youngster BabyTron from The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grace) album, showed support to Sean Don’s latest project by posting the link of “Better Me Than You” on his Instagram story with the caption: “Big Sean album out now! Check it out!”
Check the screenshot of the Eminem’s Instagram story and Big Sean’s new album below:
After receiving 6 traditional nomination at the 2024 MTV VMAs, Eminem get two more social nominations: VMAs Most Iconic Performance and Song Of Summer.
Eminem’s legendary performance of “The Real Slim Shady” and “The Way I Am” from the 2000 show is nominated for VMAs Most Iconic Performance. Em began the performance outside Radio City Music Hall and continued as he strode into the theater followed by a hundred Eminem lookalikes. Em is the only male artist that is nominated in this category. Another nomination comes for “Houdini” for Song of Summer.
MTV also announced a “bonus week” of voting across general categories, now closing Sept. 6 at 6 p.m. ET. Fans vote for their favorites across 15 gender-neutral categories, including video of the year, by visiting MTV’s website. 24 hours of fan voting for VMSs Most Iconic Performance that celebrates some of the most memorable VMAs performances from the history of the show begins Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 11 a.m. ET on @MTV Instagram Story (one round, tap to vote); concludes Sept. 11 @ 11 a.m. ET. Fan voting for all-round favorite summer 2024 hit will launch Friday, Sept. 6 at 11 a.m. ET on @MTV Instagram Story (three rounds bracket-style face-off, final round tap to vote); closes Sept. 10 at 11 a.m. ET.
With nominations in these four social categories added in, Taylor Swift maintains her lead as the year’s top nominee (12), followed closely by Post Malone (11), Eminem (8), Ariana Grande, Megan Thee Stallion, Sabrina Carpenter and SZA (7 each).
The 2024 MTV VMAs are set to air live on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 8 p.m. ET/PT from New York’s UBS Arena. Megan Thee Stallion is set to host the show. Katy Perry will receive the Video Vanguard Award and also perform. The 2024 show will be held just three days shy of the 40th anniversary of the inaugural VMAs at Radio City Music Hall. Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, Camila Cabello, GloRilla and Rauw Alejandro were the first artists slated to perform at the awards; they were announced on Aug. 12. Benson Boone, Halsey, Lenny Kravitz and LISA were added to the lineup on Aug. 21. Shawn Mendes, Anitta, Karol G and LL Cool J were added on Aug. 27.
If Eminem wins one award, he will break out of tie with Peter Gabriel as the man with the most VMAs in history. The Rap God also extends his record for most ‘Video of the Year’ nominations in #VMAs history (8). He has yet to receive the Michael Jackson Vanguard Award. Check out all the 8 nominations that Eminem is nominated for at 2024 MTV VMAs below:
Taylor Swift once again dominates MTV Video Music Awards nominations list by getting 10 nods, including eight for her Post Malone collaboration “Fortnight” and its video. Post Malone got one extra nomination (Best Collaboration, for “I Had Some Help,” with Morgan Wallen), putting him in second overall, followed by Eminem, Ariana Grande and first-time nominee Sabrina Carpenter, who got 6 nods each. Close behind them are Megan Thee Stallion and SZA, with five each, and Blackpink’s Lisa, Olivia Rodrigo, and Teddy Swims with four nominations for 2024 MTV VMAs.
Eminem is one of the most nominated artist in the history of the MTV VMAs. The Detroit legend has been nominated for 66 times and won 13 awards, including 6 is now pending. The first win came in 1999 in “Best New Artist in a Video” category for “My Name Is” music video. The last nominations was in 2022 when his joint with Snoop Dogg, “From The D 2 The LBC” was nominated in Best Hip-Hop category but lost to Nicki Minaj’s “Do We Have a Problem?” featuring Lil Baby.
The 2024 VMAs return to New York live on the East Coast from UBS Arena on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The show will be held just four days shy of the 40th anniversary of the inaugural VMAs at Radio City Music Hall, where Madonna stole the show.
If Eminem wins one award, he will break out of tie with Peter Gabriel as the man with the most VMAs in history. The Rap God also extends his record for most ‘Video of the Year’ nominations in #VMAs history (8). He has yet to receive the Michael Jackson Vanguard Award… Check out the list of nominations for 2024 MTV VMAs below.
VMAs Most Iconic Performance
Beyoncé – “Love on Top” (2011)
Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Madonna, Missy Elliott – “Like a Virgin” & “Hollywood” (2003)
Eminem – “The Real Slim Shady” & “The Way I Am” (2000)
Katy Perry – “Roar” (2013)
Lady Gaga – “Paparazzi” (2009)
Madonna – “Like a Virgin” (1984)
Taylor Swift – “You Belong With Me” (2009)
Song Of Summer
Ariana Grande – “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” – Republic Records
Benson Boone – “Beautiful Things” – Night Street Records, Inc. / Warner Records
Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather” – Darkroom / Interscope Records
Chappell Roan – “Good Luck, Babe!” – Amusement Records / Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
LL Cool J and Eminem‘s collaboration called “Murdergram Deux” has finally been officially released after an unfinished version previously surfaced on the internet.
The song if from from LL’s upcoming The FORCE (an acronym for Frequencies of Real Creative Energy) fourteenth studio album. The track sees the two Gods of Rap trade fast-paced bars over a manic Q-Tip beat with Slim Shady also providing additional production.
The two GOATS use the song to showcase their lyrical abilities with LL spitting: “Do you remember first time you heard the legend in leather? / The career ender with the road-killer stuck to his fender / I’m on another bender, drunk off the power that make a coward surrender as I devour contenders.”
Eminem also offers up some of his trademark wordplay: “I can’t understand a single word you’re saying / I think you have syrup brain, ’bout to finish you like polyurethane / All that molly probably sure to drain your spinal fluid from your vertebrae.”
Last month, Eminem released his chart-topping, 12th solo studio album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), which includes a song “Temporary,” featuring Skylar Grey, produced by Skylar Grey and Eminem themselves.
“Temporary” is a song made for Hailie (Eminem’s only biological daughter) for her to listen to after Eminem dies. In this heartfelt track, Eminem reflects on his fears of not being able to communicate his feelings to Hailie once he’s gone. He recalls their close relationship, his struggles, and the guidance he wants to leave behind. Eminem emphasizes the importance of staying strong through tough times and assures Hailie that heartbreak is temporary. The song includes personal and candid moments, such as a childhood recording of Hailie, adding a layer of authenticity and intimacy. Throughout the song, Eminem balances expressing his deep love and concern for his daughter with his signature raw and unfiltered lyrical style.
Last week, Hailie shared her reaction to the song during the latest episode of her Just A Little Shady podcast, saying: “I audibly sobbed, I think for both songs [Somebody Save Me and Temporary], but especially ‘Temporary. I feel like my parents did such a good job, growing up, where I didn’t realize how bad things were. But now, as an adult, in hindsight, it’s so scary to think about and I think that’s why I get emotional so much.”
Yesterday, one of the fans shared his hand tattoo of “TEMPORARY” with backwards E merged to M, like an Eminem logo. Skylar Grey reshared the photo on her Instagram Story with the caption: “First tattoo I’ve seen of this title…What an honor! It looks so good!” Check out the screenshot of t he story below:
