Juelz Santana and Jim Jones have come to 21 Savage’s defense after the young Atlanta rapper came under fire for questioning legendary Nas’ relevancy in today’s rap game when live on Clubhouse.
In a recent sit-down with No Jumper, the Diplomats duo brought some perspective to the ongoing debate and argued 21’s controversial comments, which were made on Clubhouse earlier this month, were misconstrued.
“You can’t even have no opinions out here nowadays. And they’re so quick to misconstrue everything you say. I don’t believe he was trying to say it in a malicious way. I’m just looking at what 21 Savage was saying. I don’t think he meant it as what people were taking it as. In today’s society, in the younger generation, these kids are very lit out here and they put ‘lit’ and ‘relevant’ in the same thing when it’s two different things.” said Jones.
“They feel like because 21 ain’t Nas, he don’t got a right to talk about Nas and that’s the f—ed up thing in the world we live in. We all have a right to our opinion because we all do it every day from the comments we make.” Santana added.
At one point of the interview, the crew also talked about Eminem while discussing 21 Savage’s opinion.
“Now go to the question of the best rapper. When you get into that, that’s a lot of technical, especially now in this day, because you got all the South dudes who may not be lyrical but… Alright, yes, Eminem is lyrically great but I get into the car and I listen to Jeezy more.” said Juelz Santana.
“18 year olds that were listening to Eminem ain’t 18 years olds listening listening to Eminem this year. This 18 years olds listening to somebody else that is dope as Eminem. They listen Drake, they listen 21 Savage, they listen to Lil Baby. These are the people who are gonna be considered the greatest rapper ever because these people tell us their story.” Jim Jones added.
On November 5, 2022, Eminem was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame after his first year of eligibility.
Slim Shady celebrated his induction with a career-spanning medley featuring several special guests. The Detroit legend opened the show with brief snippet of his signature 1999 smash, “My Name Is,” before abruptly jumping to 2013’s “Rap God,” with its plethora of lyrical acrobatics.
Eminem then welcomed Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler to the stage, enlisting the frontman to belt the “Dream On” hook that anchors his 2002 The Eminem Show track “Sing for the Moment.” Ed Sheeran was the next guest on stage, who played guitar and sang the hook for “Stan” (the original song samples Dido’s “Thank You”).
As his performance came to an end, Eminem delivered his verse from the 2009 all-star cut “Forever” (which also features Drake, Kanye West, and Lil Wayne), then closed things out with his own 2010 smash, “Not Afraid” from Recovery album.
Prior to his performance, Eminem thanked his myriad hip-hop heroes in his induction speech, where he also touched on the still conspicuous lack of rappers in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
It seems, Rock fans are not entirely happy with rapper getting inducted into Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame as many stormed into the comments of Rock Hall’s Instagram post.
One commented: “The fact Iron Maiden isn’t in but rappers are is just disrespectful.” Other commented: “Putting Eminem in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame is like having a rap hall of fame and inducting Willie Nelson.”
Another commented: There is absolutely nothing rock about Eminem. They might as well go all the way and start inducting stand up comedians next. RICHARD PRYOR 2023!!!!!!!!” followed by another comment: “Duran Duran, Pat Benatar, Eurythmics, Judas Priest; they are a truly Rock Legends. But not this guy…”
One user commented: “Not rock n roll. What’s next for him, the country music hall of fame?” Other one commented: “why are rappers being put into the ROCK AND ROLL hall of fame.”
Jedi Mind Tricks’ Vinnie Paz has released new album, titled Tortured in the Name of Gods Unconditional Love, featuring Method Man, M.O.P, Kurupt, Rass Kass, Thirstin Howl The 3rd and more.
Wu Tang Clan’s legendary Method Man comes into the picture for the unsettling “Invisible Ether” song, produced by Stu Bangas, rapping about what happens when they start to flow. During his verse, Meth shouts out Eminem with the following lines:
Staten in the buildin’, ain’t no accident We might take a knee, amen, Kaepernick I’m dope but I ain’t traffickin’ Nah, ain’t no comparison Babblin’ rappers imaginin’ they battlin’ Eminem usin’ them bars, embarassin’ Everytime I ate I turn my passion into passionate You hazardous and half of my Mobb Deep ain’t having it Master this music, I ain’t Harriet But still I took the underground road with no swing loose from chariots…
After “Mockingbird” conquering TikTok, another song from Eminem is now trending on the platform.
“Big Weenie,” another song from Encore album, seems to be the new favorite of TikTokers. The song is produced by Dr. Dre and is considered one of the weakest joints the two ever made.
“Mockingbird” has recently reached its peak on Spotify charts and is currently the most streamed song from the 00’s on the platform. It is also second most streamed rap song this week on Spotify.
Most streamed hip hop songs this week on Spotify 📈
30.7m – Rich Flex
16.6m – Mockingbird
12.3m – Just Wanna Rock
11.1m – Pussy & Millions
11.1m – Down In Atlanta (new)
10.6m – Jimmy Cooks
10.6m – Major Distribution
9.9m – Super Freaky Girl
9.4m – On BS
“Mockingbird” by Eminem was released as the fifth single from Encore album in 2005. It peaked at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100, and number four in the United Kingdom singles chart. It received a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Solo Performance, but lost to “Gold Digger” by Kanye West. “Mockingbird” was later included on Eminem’s greatest hits compilation album Curtain Call: The Hits. The song is certified 4x Platinum for selling more than 4 million units in the United States.
In a recent interview with Brian J. Roberts, 50 Cent explained how he found himself in a number of legal situations over the years. That means legal fees, and when the rapper learned just how much he’s paid in legal fees since coming to fame with Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ in 2003, the number shocked him. “I spent over $23 million legal fees since I’ve had success in 2003. Over $23 million in legal fees. So when you say you successful or that you rich in a different way, that money was just written off as expenses of business. You in it and I’m going, ‘What?’ When I’m looking at it myself, ‘That’s how much you really spent on that?’ I was like, ‘Wow!’” said Fifty who also talked about many topics, including Eminem and 2Pac.
“I put two hip-hop artists right that are really profound, have been really prolific within our culture, that have very similar topics with different responses. Eminem’s mom, the drug usage was part of it, and he would do ‘I’m sorry mama, I never meant to hurt you, I never meant to make you cry but tonight I’m cleanin’ out my closet’ and then 2Pac’s mom, also has some drug usage involved, and he said ‘even though you was a crack fiend, you always was a black queen mama.’ And I think the tones of anger and the difference between in two of them as an artists are…Em’s anger is coming from things that where supposed to be right and Tupac’s statement is almost like a terms of endearment, because it’s like, we were always still all we had. I think the expectations of things going right from a white American perspective versus things accepting the idea of things not going right for African-American perspective, are what makes difference in tones in those records. It’s both the same scenario but different ways of expressing experience because of the difference in two artists.” said 50 Cent.
Then he continues: “I love Em. I don’t think people credit him for everything. I think the growth of our culture should be also a trophy for them. He had those Vanilla Ice situations, those guys that came were not respected and accepted and they were big f—ing artists. Me personally, my career is a fair reflection of my association to Em. Prior to my record coming out, the most solo black male artist sales was five million copies on Tupac’s All Eyez On Me, double CD. It was first time I seen something go diamond. And to have my first album sell 10 million records, if you discredit or disassociate the fact that I did it in association to Eminem who sold 23 million records on The Marshall Mathers LP, you are just a f—ing idiot. He authentically is ours. I love him to death. Ain’t nobody telling me s–t because he’s in tight seconds spot in my life for people who have done things for me who didn’t have to. And when I say this to him, he’s flattered by it. Behind my grandmother taking care of me and looking out for me when she didn’t have to, he’s the person that did that for me.”
Detroit legend and recent Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Eminem is coming back to Marvel universe for an Amazing Spider-Man variant cover which pits Eminem against Spider-Man (Peter Parker) in an image that pays homage to the climactic rap battle scene of Eminem’s 2002 biopic movie, 8 Mile.
“HONORED to be on the official variant of The Amazing Spider-Man (2022),” Eminem tweeted along with an announcement that the variant will go on sale on November 22, 2022 through Eminem’s official website.
Although the variant is new, the cover appears to be for Amazing Spider-Man #1 (Legacy #895) which was released in April. Judging by the signatures on the art, it was illustrated by Edgar Delgado and Salvador Larroca.
Slim Shady is no stranger to Marvel Comics. Back in 2009, Em co-starred alongside Frank Castle in Eminem/Punisher #1, in which Punisher teams up with Eminem to take on terrorists who interrupt one of his concerts. That comic was also drawn by Salvador Larroca. Additionally, Eminem provided theme songs for Sony’s 2018 Venom film and its 2021 sequel Let There Be Carnage.
Eminem will be the second hip hop legend to appear on a Marvel Comics cover this month. Notorious B.I.G. appeared on a variant cover to Deadpool #1.
As far as 8 Mile, according to the official website of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), 8 Mile soundtracks album has recently earned its 6x platinum certification for selling 6 million units in US, just weeks after the film’s 20th years anniversary.
In honor of the 20-year milestone, Eminem delivered a deluxe version of the 2002 project, The 8 Mile Expanded Edition features all 16 of the songs originally featured on the soundtrack, along with instrumentals to each of the tracks. Em also dropped merchandise which came in three parts and opened Mom’s Spaghetti pop-up in New York City to celebrate the milestone.
On Saturday, November 5th, 2022 – Eminem was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame by his long-time collaborator, mentor and friend, legendary producer, Dr. Dre.
The Eminem show included a performance of some of his greatest hits, featuring Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, Ed Sheeran and of course Denaun Porter as his hypeman.
The ceremony aired on HBO yesterday, November 19, 2022. To alert the fans about the broadcast, Denaun Porter went on Instagram, shared some of the iconic pictures with Eminem and penned a beautiful message to his long-time close friend and collaborator.
“Too many battles to recount, too many trials to mention , but all in all the journey has been amazing… God had us all along. I don’t speak much or talk a lot because I’m busy trying to live life outside of socially sharing and navigate it’s Bs even in this and how tough it is to do. I am full of gratitude. Eminem, love you Broski and we ain’t even close to done!” said Mr. Porter
It seems Eminem’s manger and friend Paul Rosenberg could not help himself not to react: “You’ve been there since the beginning and he couldn’t have done it without you. Take a bow, Mr. Porter! That trophy is yours too.” he commented.
Royce 5’9″ also commented “The Gawds,” and Bizarre “My guys,” followed by fire emojis from Busta Rhymes, Symbolyc One, Lazarus and goat emojis from DJ Khalil.
Eminem was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame by Dr. Dre on November 5, 2022 and the ceremony aired on HBO on November 19, 2022. Like we saw last year with LL Cool J, Eminem brought the heat on stage at Microsoft Theater.
Steven Tyler joined him to perform the Aerosmith-sampling “Sing For The Music” and Ed Sheeran subbed in for Dido on “Stan.”
Em’s daughter, Hailie, a frequent presence in his early discography, accompanied him to the ceremony, and the rapper followed his set with a uniformly humble speech in which he shared his gratitude for being alive to experience this moment.
“I’ll keep this as painless as possible, I’m f—ing stuttering and s—,” I’m probably not supposed to actually be here tonight because of a couple of reasons. One, I know that I’m a rapper, and this is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. There’s only a few of us who have been inducted already. Secondly, I almost died from an overdose in 2007, which kind of sucked.” said Eminem.
The performance itself was spectacular as we expected. P!nk, Gwen Stefani, Olivia Rodrigo and LL Cool J were amongst others who enjoyed the show most. You can watch it below (via u/verse1230)
The Detroit News has recently reached out to some of the artists that Eminem shouted out during his acceptance speech at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony. Here is what the legends of hip-hop have to say.
Merciless Ameer
It makes me feel like all the hard work has been recognized. For Em to say that in the Hall of Fame, my name is in the Hall of Fame. That’s a real big look.
I run into Eminem in 2000 at BET awards. He came off stage and I was standing there and I was like, ‘Eminem, it’s your homeboy, Merciless Ameer.’ And his jaw dropped like he saw a ghost. And he started singing, ‘A Day Without a Rhyme,’ just like in the beginning of my song, and I was like ‘wow.’ That was awesome.”
We heard him say all the names, and we didn’t realize at first it was in alphabetical order, so it took him a long time to get to me. We jumped up out of our seats at the same time, me and my little girl. So that was a very exciting thing.
I gotta congratulate Eminem for making it to that podium, and I completely appreciate him mentioning me. It’s almost like I was there, you know?
MC Serch
That, to me, was such a gracious and amazing thing to do, to have that depth of acknowledgment for all of the artists that he was able to remember in that auspicious moment. Artists that we are well aware of and artists that most of us are probably not aware of, but are all incredibly talented in their own right.”
It was exactly what Marshall and I were taught — and a lot of early White emcees, whether that’s Everlast or the Beastie Boys or Non Phixion or whoever — this is a Black art form, and we are lucky to be able to do it, we are lucky to be able to make a living at it, and we are lucky to be able to be involved in it. And I really respect Em a great deal for being so considerate and so thoughtful. I think he did a great justice that night to Proof, to Dilla, to Lo Louis, to the Cardi Boys, to Trick Trick, to all the artists that were there in the Lounge and who were there at the Hip-Hop Shop when he was coming up. He really put it down for the hood, for real.
He’s always been someone who has always been very respectful, not only of where he comes from, but what it took to get him where he is.
Milk Dee
At first, I thought I was really special because we were like the fourth name! Then I realized it was in alphabetical order. [He said, laughing].
Everybody was like, ‘oh Milk, get over yourself,’ but I’m like yo, I can hear it! I’m not saying he bit, but to this day whenever I hear (‘Lose Yourself’), I know my song influenced him and the way he did it. I can hear it. And to have him wear the T-shirt and then to give a shoutout — even though everybody around me was like, ‘oh, you’re crazy’ — it just lets me know that he was listening to that stuff. And I know that it influenced him, so that feels good. And one day when I meet him I’m going to ask him about that.
I think that was so classy and so needed. And it’s crazy: Eminem’s a white dude, and he did something that none of the black guys did for hip-hop. To me, that made it even more special. The fact that he went up there and he referenced his teachers, all of the people that influenced him — Jay-Z didn’t do that, LL didn’t do that. And I’m not trying to dis any of them, but I just felt it was real cool that Eminem was the one to do that. That made it even better.
Treach
“Hats off to Em. A lot of artists will come out and they don’t pay homage. I always let everybody know, my favorite artists from the 1970s and 1980s, it’s never a Top 5 or a Top 10, it’s like a Top 50, you feel me? So for him to do that, it just shows what type of individual he is. He never forgets.
He’s been doing it ever since he came out, he’s been shouting me out. I love him. I call him my light-skinned twin. And he definitely busted out of hip-hop to let everybody know this not just a culture of Black and Hispanic artists, White emcees and breakdancers and graffiti artists have been in hip-hop since the beginning. And it’s not just, ‘OK, they’re White, that’s why they’re getting all the play and attention.’ No. Everyone knows Em is one of the dopest emcees on the planet, ever. He’s definitely one of the greatest of all time, no doubt at all.
It’s an ego-run industry, and the majority are out there like, ‘I’m the best, it’s only me, it started with me,’ When Em did that, it shows you really how honorable of a guy he is.
Alliance
Oh man, that bugged me out. There was a bunch of names on there I definitely expected to hear, but Alliance was the underdog on that list, I can tell you. I was elated and humbled.
First of all, the fact that he even acknowledged the emcees that he listened to on the way up, it was incredible to hear. So I just wanted to hear his list. And then Alliance was early. I was like, ‘Woah!’ It was crazy.”
For the rest of the day that Sunday, I was on cloud nine. I was hard to talk to. I was a little difficult to deal with.
I’m teaching music production to students in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn. I can talk to the kids, and it’s like, you may not know who so-and-so is, but you know who Eminem is, and he mentioned me. It’s gonna be a fun class.
Awesome Dré
When you a student of the game, that’s how you reflect it. These new artists out here, they don’t know who none of us are, they don’t know who half the people on that list are. And that’s a shame because you’re supposed to at least be aware. We’re not saying be fans or supporters. But if I hear a young jazz cat coming up studying jazz and I say, ‘what’s your opinion of John Coltrane or Miles Davis’ and they respond, ‘oh man, that old stuff? That’s before my time, I don’t listen to that,’ you would look at them like they were crazy. You have to study your craft and at least know the history of it.
It’s just an acknowledgment, and acknowledgment is a lot. Just to be recognized and mentioned means a lot, especially when you put so much into your craft. For an artist like Em, who has blown up as big as he has around the world and who has so many supporters and followers, to show who inspired him to get to that level is a great thing. I’m very honored.
Eminem was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday (November 5, 2022). Dr. Dre bestowed the honor upon the Detroit legend during the ceremony, which took place in Los Angeles at Microsoft Theater.
The iconic producer joked about how surprised he was to learn that Eminem was white and said that other people in the industry discouraged him from working with the once-unknown rapper. “I knew that his gifts were undeniable. Each of us were exactly what the other one needed — and I was willing to bet my entire career on that.”
Dre’s speech was full of jokes. At one point, he said: “Then, The Marshall Mathers LP drops. On that album alone, his alter ago, Slim Shady tied me up in the basement. He had s*x with his mother [here Eminem shouted “twice” from audience]. Killed his daughter’s mother again, while proceeding to offend about every special interest group…”
You can check out the video and Hailie’s reaction below:
The 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony, including Detroit inductee Eminem, has just made its broadcast debut.
The four-hour hall of fame show premiered at 8 p.m. Saturday on HBO, with an immediate re-airing at midnight. The program is also now available for streaming on HBO Max.
Eminem was among this year’s seven major rock-hall inductees, alongside Dolly Parton, Duran Duran, Pat Benatar, Lionel Richie, Carly Simon and the Eurythmics. The program, featuring performances and tributes, was taped November 5, 2022 for a star-filled crowd at Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater.
Eminem was inducted by his longtime producer, collaborator and mentor Dr. Dre, and was joined by D12’s Denaun Porter for a performance medley. Slim Shady then accepted his induction with a speech rattling off more than 100 hip-hop acts who inspired his music.
The live performance is not yet available on free streaming services but some clips already started to surface on the net. One of them includes a reaction from Olivia Rodrigo when Eminem invited Steven Tyler to perform “Sing For The Moment.”
Jesse Wellens, a YouTuber who signed a deal with Beverly Hills talent agency WME few years back and has previously worked with Snoop Dogg on the music video for “BadBadNotGood,” has sat down with RomanAtwoodPodcast, where the famous pranker revealed he was supposed to direct Snoop and Eminem‘s “From The D 2 The LBC” video and talked about the conversation he had with Eminem about the cancel culture.
“I was supposed to do that Eminem and Snoop video. If you saw that song, they did a record together. That one fell through though, unfortunately. I was close. I talked Eminem on phone. It was crazy. We talked about the Secret Service. He was like ‘yeah, they showed up to me too.’ I was like ‘I’m talking to Eminem. It’s crazy!’ He said some s–t and he said the Secret Service pulled up on him too.” said Jesse
Then he continues: “And then I pitched him on this idea for the video because I’m pushing the limit. I was like ‘I got Eminem now, this is going to be big.’ And I was like ‘Eminem, I want you to cancel Cancel Culture.’ And he was like ‘I’m not touching it.’ I’m like ‘F–k no.’ Then I was like ‘There is only one person who can cancel ‘Cancel Culture’ and that’s you.’ He was like ‘No, I’m not doing it.'”
“The video was so epic. I wrote the treatment. It was basically like, he was a Slim Shady character, like the Jason with a honkey mask and chainsaw he bust into like a cabin and it’s a bunch of Tiktokers and you know, people these time, vaping, TikTok dancing, ring lights. All the stereotypical s–t that everyone’s on the phone. Bust into that with a chainsaw, cuts off somebody’s arm. They are spraying blood. And all the TikTok people are like ‘ohh s–t’ and then he grabs his severed arm that’s holding his phone and starts filming himself. He’s into it cause it’s content. And then he just starting murdering TickTok people. But they are not scared of it. They all think it’s content and they all love it and they are filming it. Think of like an old school Jason horror film. That’s what I wanted to shoot. And then when eventually story progresses, they are like ‘You know, this video is going too far, cancel Eminem.’ Like, they are trying to cancel him inside the video. So it’d be very meta. But Eminem was not into it. I get it though. People are scared of the cancel culture. It’s serious. Look at the Kanye West stuff going on. ”
