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Mobb Deep’s Havoc reveals his reaction when he saw “Shook Ones” beat in Eminem’s 8 Mile movie

Legendary hip-hop duo, Mobb Deep’s Havoc, was recently interviewed by HipHopDX magazine where he talked about an iconic track “Shook One’s, Part II” being used in Eminem‘s 8 Mile movie’s rap battle scene against Papa Doc.

“I mean, I was really taken back because I didn’t even know that, if Eminem was a fan, you know what I mean? So to hear that and I found out he was a fan and then ching-ching sound [getting money] went off in my head…I bought this Fendi sweater [Laughs].” said Havoc.

“Shook Ones (Part II)” is being played in the opening scene of 8 Mile when main character B-Rabbit, portrayed by Eminem, is preparing for his battle. An instrumental version of the song is played as the beat for the final battle of the film as well. It also appears on the intro of the Season 2 premiere episode “Soul Brother #1” of the Marvel-Netflix TV Show Luke Cage, in which Luke Cage disrupts a Drug Operation that was peddling a drug named after him. We can also hear it in the 2005 video games Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories in the in-game radio station The Liberty Jam and in True Crime: New York City and in NBA 2K13 and NBA 2K18.

“Shook Ones (Part II)” is the lead single from Mobb Deep’s 1995 album called The Infamous and it is a sequel to 1994 promotional single “Shook Ones”, with similar lyrics, but less profanity. In 1997, the song was sampled by Mariah Carey in her single “The Roof (Back in Time)“. For its single remix, Mobb Deep recorded additional raps and also appeared in the music video made for the single.

The song is recognized as one of the greatest hip-hop songs of all time by music critics. It is also certified gold single in the United Kingdom and Denmark.

Eminem promotes Skylar Grey’s single “Vampire At The Swimming Pool”

Skylar Grey has released the music video of “Vampire At The Swimming Pool” from her self-titled fourth solo studio, released back in April 28, 2022.

Even though Skylar Grey is an independent artist, who was forced to sell her entire music catalog to pay for divorce settlement with Todd Mandel and taxes, appears to be getting a helping hand from her friend and long-time collaborator, Eminem.

Slim Shady has shared Skylar Grey’s latest music video on his Instagram story and retweeted Shady Records’ tweet that has “Skylar Grey is killing it” in the caption.

Elsewhere in Shady Records news, Eminem is continuing his 20th anniversary celebration of The Eminem Show with a second merch drop.

The followup to the initial May drop, the new capsule features T-shirts and long-sleeved tees honoring Slim Shady’s classic album. Lyrics to “Without Me” — one of his most iconic hip-hop tracks — and monochromatic images of the rapper with Dr. Dre, The Eminem Show’s tracklist and a special 20th anniversary design are printed on the front and back, commemorating both the album’s legacy and concepts from that era.

In addition, fans can pick up the album’s 20th anniversary expanded edition CD and a collector’s 4LP, fine art prints with rare and previously unseen photos and framed collectibles with an autographed plaque from Eminem.

Hailie reveals awkward moment at Eminem’s 50th birthday

During the latest episode of “Just A Little Shady” podcast, Hailie Jade Mathers talked about how the lack of ability to start a conversation puts family and friends in awkward situations, which also happened at Eminem‘s 50th birthday few days ago.

She also talked about getting nostalgic over childhood Halloween movies while discussing the sequels that have come out this year, discussing the “rat race” of life (literally and hypothetically) and much more.

“Lets start with some positive things. It was my dad’s birthday this week. We all got together and it was actually really funny. It was friends and family. But while everyone was still strolling in and we were waiting everybody to get there we ended up collecting at a table and it was just like family and after like 10 minutes go by and we realized people coming in, it appeared as we were having a meeting. And after 10 minutes we look at each other and we are like ‘This is birthday party, I’m pretty sure we need to be social.’ You could literally tell our family from everybody else socializing. I’m like ‘We need to be social’. Yeah, it was just so funny.” said Hailie.

“But you know what? It is what we are for sure. There is one thing about us. We can maintain and carry a conversation, no problem, but to start the conversation we are just not good at it. We struggle so hard to facilitate the conversation, once it’s going – golden. But to start it – no, no, no.” Hailie added.

You can watch the podcast below:

Eminem to perform at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony

The 2022 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony will take place on November 5, 2022 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, United States.

Two weeks later, a summarized version of the event will be available to stream on HBO Max network.

Honorees this year include Eminem, Duran Duran, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, Eurythmics, Lionel Richie, Dolly Parton and Carly Simon. Parton was on the fence about whether she felt deserving of the honor earlier this year, believing she was not rocking enough for the Rock Hall. But the Rock Hall and Parton’s many fans believe there isn’t an award on the face of the planet she shouldn’t at least be in the conversation for.

Eminem is the only hip-hop artist to be inducted this year. He’s also the only artist that began releasing music in the nineties, and the only act to be inducted in their first year of eligibility.

Although its the first year of eligibility, Slim Shady is very familiar to Rock Hall stage as he inducted Run-D.M.C. back in 2009 and performed “Going Back To Cali” and “Rock The Bells” with LL Cool J last year.

Today, Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame officially confirmed that Eminem will be one of the performers at the ceremony. Although it is unknown which song(s) Eminem will perform or if there is a special guest, it is definitely going to be an epic night.

This is how the world celebrated Eminem’s 50th birthday

Eminem received birthday wishes from some of his rap peers as the Rap God celebrated his 50th birthday.

50 Cent dedicated a tweet to Detroit’s legend with the caption: “Happy birthday to my boy Em. I love you. I’m wishing you many more. God bless. I’m gonna come see you when I get done touring.”

Fellow Motor City emcee Royce Da 5’9″ also took to Instagram to wish him a happy birthday by trolling his fans with SNL performance: “Next Week on SNL! Nah.. Just kidding. Happy Birthday to the GOAT Eminem. Love you, Sunny Jim.”

Legendary hip-hop group Public Enemy’s Chuck D also joined the party by sharing a special illustration he drew for Eminem with the caption:  “Goat50 looks good on you champ. Many more Eminem.”

His long-time collaborator and a friend, Skylar Grey also shared a behind the scenes video of “C’mon Let Me Ride” with a caption: “Better late then never. Happy birthday Eminem! OMG we were babies!

Elsewhere, the birthday wishes came from Tony Yayo, Hot 97 and Apple Music host Ebro Darden, former Aftermath producer Fredwreck, former Shady Records soldier Obie Trice and the rest of the music and sports industry have joined. Check all the birthday wishes below:

50 Cent talks about Eminem’s legacy & Kanye West’s latest actions

50 Cent has recently sat down with Ebro in the Morning for an enlightening conversation about many of his business dealings and projects, including Sire Spirits being exclusive with several sports teams that includes Houston Texans, Sacramento Kings, Astros, and Rockets through the G-Unit foundation. He also talked about living in Los Angeles and some of the latest news surrounding his podcasts and television shows.

He also discussed Nicki Minaj and Latto’s back and forth, Eminem‘s legacy, Kanye West’s latest actions, past beef with Fat Joe and Murder Inc. and much more.

“I think a part of Eminem’s legacy is the growth of our culture. People would not buy it if they didn’t see what they fit into it. When he comes and he’s there and he’s a legitimate artist because of his journey. When you look at 8 Mile, you are seeing black story with white lead. You see in poverty, you see him under circumstances. When you look at his friends, Proof, D12, and everybody’s there, he’s a real hip-hop guy.” said 50 Cent.

After that, he talked about Ye: “I think Kanye West is in dangerous area. I forgive him the things he said. There is nothing for me to say about it. I watched it take place and I just looked and I was like ‘yeah that’s him doing what he does. What Kanye would do. Even the original Trump support thing. Everybody navigates things differently. He’s offering a description of crazy but when you start getting in certain areas they are not gonna actually be compassionate for what’s going on with him. He’s not crazy and it’s not like he does not know what he’s saying. He knows exactly what he’s saying.”

As you know Kanye West has recently appeared on Drink Champs where he talked about George Floyd: “I watched the George Floyd documentary that Candace Owens put out. One of the things that his two roommates said was they want a tall guy like me, and the day that he died, he said a prayer for eight minutes. They hit him with the fentanyl. If you look, the guy’s knee wasn’t even on his neck like that.”

You can watch the interview below. Kanye part starts at 35:21, Eminem part at 23:04.

Here is how much Eminem is down on his NFT investment

The constantly decreasing interest in NFT and the plunge in trading volumes have strongly affected the football player Neymar Jr. and Detroit legend Eminem in terms of their digital art purchases.

At the beginning of the year 2022, the Brazilian superstar purchased two digital collectibles as a part of the Bored Ape Yacht Club for more than $1 million, and the current valuation of the art is approximately  $340,000. Eminem’s paper losses as of the moment are around $330,000.

Back in January this year, Eminem purchased Bored Ape 9055 for 123,45 ETH or $462,00 at the time. As of the moment, though, the estimated valuation of his collectible has dropped to around $140,000.

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.

Shareif shares iconic unreleased Eminem & G-Unit pictures

Images by @shareifz

Photographer and Creative Director, Shareif, who has taken some of the legendary shots in his career, shared the never before released pictures of Eminem, 50 Cent, Ca$his and the rest of the G-Unit (Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo) from the interview and the performance they did on 106 & Park in 2006.

During the interview, the Shady Records members talked about The Re-Up album, Jay-Z’s influence, collaborating with Akon and performed “You Don’t Know” on stage.

You can check the unearthed pictures and the interview and the performance below:

Chuck D wishes Eminem a happy birthday with the most original way possible

Today, hip-hop world celebrates the birth date of Eminem, including legendary Chuck D.

Chuck D is a founder, leader and frontman of the iconic hip-hop group Public Enemy, which he co-founded in 1985 with Flavor Flav. He helped create politically and socially conscious hip-hop music in the mid-1980s.

Long Island, New York-born rapper has joined the internet in wishing Eminem a happy birthday with the most original way possible. A painting of Eminem by himself. He shared the picture on Twitter with the caption: “Goat50 looks good on you champ many more.”

Check the tweet below:

Chuck D was a graphic design student from Long Island before meeting with a handful of students which ended with the release of ‘Yo! Bum Rush the Show’, Public Enemy’s debut album.

“In a digital era where people are listening with their eyes, I think we’re seeing the elements of sight, sound, story and style finally coming together in a way that I’ve been about my entire life” previously said Chuck in the interview with NME.

Revisit the legendary album below:

Symbolyc One promises more songs with Eminem

Eminem turns 50 today! To wish him a happy birthday, Grammy-winning producer Symbolyc One, who is signed to Kanye West’s Very GOOD Beats, put up the story on his Instagram account, listing his and Eminem collaborative tracks though the years and it seems S1 got more songs with Slim Shady coming in near future.

Eminem – “Normal” 

Eminem – “Nice Guy” 

Eminem – “Discombobulated” 

Eminem – “Bad Guy” 

Royce Da 5’9″ feat. Eminem – “Caterpillar” 

50 Cent – “My Life” feat. Eminem & Adam Levine 

Boogie feat. Eminem “Rainy Days” 

More to come…… 

– Wrote Symbolyc One on the story.

Commercially most successful track out of S1 and Em collaborations is “My Life” by 50 Cent. The song debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at  No. 27, selling 140,000 units in its first week. It also debuted on Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at No. 6 and at No. 5 on Rap Songs.

Fan favorite track must be “Bad Guy,” the song that is split into two parts, the first part was produced by Symbolyc and M-Phazes, while the second was produced by StreetRunner and Vinny Venditto. It’s a sequel to Eminem’s iconic hit single “Stan” from The Marshall Mathers LP.

Check out Symbolyc One’s story below:

 

Crowd goes crazy as Mark Pope raps Eminem’s “Lose Yourself”

Mark Edward Pope, who is basketball coach and former player who is the nineteenth and current head coach of Brigham Young University’s (BYU) men’s basketball team, has left the crowed stunned as he rapped “Lose Yourself” before the match.

Mark Pope played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats, where he was part of a the Wildcats 1996 championship team, and the Washington Huskies, where he was the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year. He later played professionally in the NBA for the Indiana Pacers, Milwaukee Bucks and Denver Nuggets.

“Lose Yourself” is song composed and produced by Eminem with Jeff Bass and Luis Resto. It was released on October 28, 2002 as the lead single from the 8 Mile soundtracks album.

The song was a huge commercial success, becoming Eminem’s first US Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single and remaining there for 12 consecutive weeks.

It received acclaim from music critics, with many critics praising the song’s inspiring, aggressive themes and describing it as Eminem’s best work to date.

The music video of “Lose Yourself” received the MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film. The single itself won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, making it the first hip hop song to achieve this accolade. It also won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Solo Performance.

In 2004, “Lose Yourself” was one of only three hip-hop songs from the 21st century to be included on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

The song is certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling more than 13 million units in the United States alone.

You can watch Mark Pope performing the legendary song below:

Kxng Crooked & Joell Ortiz talk how Joe Budden & Eminem’s fall out affected “Glass House”

Kxng Crooked and Joell Ortiz have recently sat down with Math Hoffa, Mr. Mecc and Sean Bigga for the latest episode of My Expert Opinion where the crew talked about how Joe Budden and Eminem‘s fall out led “Glass House” album to be scrapped and how “I Will” track from Music To Be Murdered By came about.

“Em never came out and attacked Joe without, in his mind, a reason. The only time he started mentioning Joe was after Joe said his s**t was trash on his show. And that particular song on Music To Be Murdered By album (“I Will”), those verses are five years old and the way that song came about is when we were all in Detroit, recording some other s**t. Then me and him (Joell Ortiz) jumped on some s**t. And Em always liked it and it ended up putting on his album.” said Kxng Crooked.

Then he continues: “One of the reasons Glass House didn’t drop is that Joe wanted off the label. He didn’t want to do it so how you gonna drop an album on a label that you don’t want to have anything to do with? You have to be there to promote the album. You gotta be there to run around. Do videos and visuals. If you don’t want to be on a label, how gonna make it out? I’m not saying Joe single-handedly stopped the album coming out but it played a role.”

“If the album would have came out, it would have been pretty expensive. We had a Slaughterhouse of producers. We had Just Blaze. We had Justice League. We had Cardiak. We had AraabMuzik. We had !llmind. We had Q-Tip. We always wanted to put it out. I did several conference calls. The date would get moved.” Kxng Crooked added.

You can watch the interview below:

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