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John Cena names his 4 greatest rappers in history

Legendary actor and professional wrestler John Cena has recently sat down with Shannon Sharpe at Club Shay Shay for an in-depth discussion about his journey from a small-town athlete to becoming one of the biggest names in professional wrestling and entertainment of all time. John opens up about his sports background, including playing Division 3 football as an offensive lineman, and how his initial foray into working out was driven by a desire to avoid bullying, a decision that ultimately changed his life.

John shares stories from his early life, including working odd jobs as a limo driver, assistant greenskeeper, and summer camp counselor, all while pursuing his passion for wrestling. He recalls his move to Los Angeles with dreams of becoming a bodybuilder, only to realize that his true calling was in professional wrestling just a week before joining the Marines. He explains how his journey wasn’t easy—he experienced homelessness and struggled financially even after signing a modest contract with WWF, but a lucky break on TV changed everything.

John also delves into his personal life, discussing his relationship with his father, the trauma they’re working to overcome, and how he refuses to let his past define him. Despite his success, John remains grounded, admitting that he fears complacency and continues to work hard on self-improvement. The conversation touches on his unexpected success as a platinum-selling rapper, driven by his love for hip-hop and rebellious nature, which resonated with WWE fans. John also shares his top athlete-rappers and rappers of all time, revealing his deep connection to music. John reflects on his final year in the ring, his desire for a meaningful last match, and his thoughts on the greatest wrestlers of all time.

The Face of the WWE talks about his transition to acting, how Judd Apatow’s “Trainwreck” changed his career, and his experiences in films like “Suicide Squad” and “Fast & Furious”. John doesn’t shy away from the challenges of acting, particularly the embarrassment of filming sex scenes, but embraces the opportunities that come his way. Additionally, John gives listeners a sneak peek into his latest role in Jackpot, which John found to be a natural fit based on his personality in real life.

As the episode nears its close, John offers insights into his financial philosophy. A self-proclaimed car enthusiast, John talks about his love for driving and his worst purchases, including a fake Lamborghini, while his best purchase remains his wife’s engagement ring. He shares some of the tough financial lessons he’s learned to inform listeners how they can avoid the pitfalls he’s made in the past. John shares views on personal privacy as a global superstar, and why he still doesn’t want kids despite the societal implications adopted when an individual decides to make such a lifestyle choice. Join Shannon Sharpe and John Cena for an episode packed with inspiration, candid stories, and the wisdom of a man who’s never given up.

During discussing hip-hop, John Cena was asked to name his Mount Rushmore of hip-hop, on which he replied: “JAY-Z, Eminem, NAS, Rakim. Rakim’s voice…Everyone has a bias. I know that list is obviously going to incite riots but we are all bias, we all have out favorites, that’s what makes music special. That what makes creativity. I was brought up in the East Coast, boom bap. I love wordplay. I love poetry. That’s what I based my character on so I think that’s super clever and those are [the guys]. That’s my list.” You can watch interview below:

Eminem drops music video of “Somebody Save Me” ft. Jelly Roll

Eminem releases the music video for “Somebody Save Me,” featuring Jelly Roll, second single from his 12th solo studio album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grace). The video includes a lot of old footage, including never before seen footage of Hailie playing on the guitar.

“Somebody Save Me,” featuring Jelly Roll, produced by ​benny blanco, Emile Haynie and Eminem himself, is a closing track off Eminem’s 12th solo studio album, The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grace) on which Marshall delves into his addiction to prescription medication, a battle that nearly claimed his life due to an overdose in 2007. The song portrays “an alternate reality” where Eminem never got clean off drugs, and as a result, missed many milestones in his family. This song is thematically similar to “Arose,” the last song off of Em’s album Revival, in which he also addresses his drug addiction and its impact on his loved ones.

The lyrics of “Somebody Save Me” are about Eminem’s relationship with his family during his past drug addiction, and are written from the perspective of an alternate reality where he died before his daughter Hallie’s graduation. The song opens up with a recording of one of his children, Alaina, begging him to eat dinner which he denies. All three verse of the songs are dedicated to one of his kids, namely Alaina, Hallie, and Stevie, apologizing for his addiction disrupting the family. He openly regrets not being able to be a proper father, saying he “[doesn’t] even deserve the father title.” After the songs intro and in-between each verse, a snippet of Jelly Roll’s “Save Me” plays, where he says “somebody save me, me from myself” among other parts of the original song after each verse.

Even though the song was not released or announced as a single before, it debuted at No. 27 on US Billboard Hot 100. After sampling the song, Jelly Roll’s original song “Save Me” was also back into the top charts.

Few days after the release of the album, Jelly Roll took to Instagram where he posted a picture of alongside Eminem with the caption: “I always say my childhood hero’s lived somewhere between Willie Nelson and Eminem. As a teenager (and still today) I could recite every song on the Slim Shady album, the Marshal Mathers album and the Eminem show. When I bonded out of jail at 17 years old and was sneaking into cyphers and battles in Nashville they would also play the “lose yourself” beat when I came out on stage at the freestyle battles. I related to every word Eminem wrote. I understand him and felt like he understood me, which was rare cause I spent most of my life feeling misunderstood. So you can imagine how I felt when I got that the call that Eminem would be sampling my song “Save Me” on his new album. And for him to use the song to discuss the other side of what could’ve happened if he would’ve allowed his demons to win brought me to tears. If you haven’t heard it yet , check out “Somebody Save Me” on Eminem’s new album “the death of slim shady” special shout out to Paul Rosenberg , you’ve been nothing but kind to me and treated me like family and gave me opportunities I didn’t deserve, forever grateful.”

You can watch the music video below:

Eminem to release “Somebody Save Me” music video, ft. Jelly Roll

Official YouTube channel of Eminem set the premiere date for “Somebody Save Me” music video for August 21, 2024. The post appeared couple of hour ago but it was removed few minutes later, for unknown reasons.

“Somebody Save Me,” featuring Jelly Roll, produced by ​benny blanco, Emile Haynie and Eminem himself, is a closing track off Eminem’s 12th solo studio album, The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grace) on which Marshall delves into his addiction to prescription medication, a battle that nearly claimed his life due to an overdose in 2007. The song portrays “an alternate reality” where Eminem never got clean off drugs, and as a result, missed many milestones in his family. This song is thematically similar to “Arose,” the last song off of Em’s album Revival, in which he also addresses his drug addiction and its impact on his loved ones.

The lyrics of “Somebody Save Me” are about Eminem’s relationship with his family during his past drug addiction, and are written from the perspective of an alternate reality where he died before his daughter Hallie’s graduation. The song opens up with a recording of one of his children, Alaina, begging him to eat dinner which he denies. All three verse of the songs are dedicated to one of his kids, namely Alaina, Hallie, and Stevie, apologizing for his addiction disrupting the family. He openly regrets not being able to be a proper father, saying he “[doesn’t] even deserve the father title.” After the songs intro and in-between each verse, a snippet of Jelly Roll’s “Save Me” plays, where he says “somebody save me, me from myself” among other parts of the original song after each verse.

Even though the song was not released or announced as a single before, it debuted at No. 27 on US Billboard Hot 100. After sampling the song, Jelly Roll’s original song “Save Me” was also back into the top charts.

Few days after the release of the album, Jelly Roll took to Instagram where he posted a picture of alongside Eminem with the caption: “I always say my childhood hero’s lived somewhere between Willie Nelson and Eminem. As a teenager (and still today) I could recite every song on the Slim Shady album, the Marshal Mathers album and the Eminem show. When I bonded out of jail at 17 years old and was sneaking into cyphers and battles in Nashville they would also play the “lose yourself” beat when I came out on stage at the freestyle battles. I related to every word Eminem wrote. I understand him and felt like he understood me, which was rare cause I spent most of my life feeling misunderstood. So you can imagine how I felt when I got that the call that Eminem would be sampling my song “Save Me” on his new album. And for him to use the song to discuss the other side of what could’ve happened if he would’ve allowed his demons to win brought me to tears. If you haven’t heard it yet , check out “Somebody Save Me” on Eminem’s new album “the death of slim shady” special shout out to Paul Rosenberg , you’ve been nothing but kind to me and treated me like family and gave me opportunities I didn’t deserve, forever grateful.”

Em just released the teaser of the video. You can watch it below:

Juvenile and Mannie Fresh react to Eminem sampling their song on new album

Juvenile and Mannie Fresh have recently sat down with DJ Drewski for an interview where they talked about Cash Money reunion tour, how Lil Wayne got on Back That Azz Up and artists like Eminem still sampling their records.

“Shout out to Eminem. He just used some ‘Ha.’ We can’t do nothing with this songs sitting down. We can’t make no money with these songs just sitting on. So, I applaud the artist, especially the artist that’s really good at it, that got talent.” said Juvenile.

“I think it’s a biggest homage anybody could pay to you when it’s credible artist, somebody like Em uses your song. That’s like ‘wow,’ you know! It’s incredible because it’s like you sitting down in barber shop and we talking and you can stick your chest out an be like Eminem ever rap any of your beats. When I heard Eminem song with ‘Ha,’ he did Juvenile flow, I was just like ‘OH, S–T!'” said Mannie Fresh.

“Em is my dude. Because when my career started, Em was one of them guys that reached out and he showed us love in the beginning so yeah, he’s my guy. But man, I didn’t expect that! We knew it was coming out but I didn’t hear it until it was released.” Juvenile added.

Eminem sampled Juvenile’s “Ha!” song on “Road Rage,” featuring Dem Jointz and Sly Pyper, produced by Dem Jointz, Dr. Dre and Eminem himself, from The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grace) album. The 10th track on the alum is satirical take on modern society, addressing issues of identity, political correctness, and the current “beauty standards” as well as obesity. Sly Pyper’s chorus further voices the ensuing simmering aggression and the symbolic “road rage” that comes with this sociopolitical climate and the need to conform to these norms. The interlude also features an argument between Eminem and his alter ego, Slim Shady, which highlights the internal conflict between his reflective, socially aware side and the rebellious provocateur within. Em interpolates Juvenile’s flow at the end of the song.

Eminem has been replaced on Billboard’s Top Rap Albums chart after nearly one month at No. 1

Eminem released his 12th solo studio album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) a little more than a month ago. Since then, the album has been performing greatly on the charts, especially in the Detroit legends home country, the United States and let’s not forget, the United Kingdom. Eminem’s new project had been running the show on several Billboard charts for weeks, but after a notable reign, it has finally come to an end.

The Death of Slim Shady has been forced from the top spot on two of Billboard’s albums tallies. This frame, the set slips from No. 1 to No. 2 on both the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums charts. Marshall Mathers steps aside as Vultures 2, the latest collaborative album from Ty Dolla $ign and Kanye West debuts at No. 1. The LP marks the second successful project from the two hip-hop artist, and, for the moment, it’s running the show on the genre-specific tallies that The Death of Slim Shady previously dominated.

Ye and $ign debut their new set at No. 2 on the US Billboard 200 charts losing out to Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department on both of those lists. On the Top Streaming Albums chart, the Vultures sequel launches at No. 6. Vultures 2 scored Ye’s second-lowest first week sales with 107,000 album-equivalent units. These units consisted of 46,000 streaming-equivalent units, 60,500 pure album sales, and 500 track-equivalent units. The album also accumulated a total of 50.44 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs.

The Death of Slim Shady, meanwhile, slips slightly on two of those charts. Eminem’s new full-length dips to No. 10 on the Top Streaming Albums list and No. 11 on the Billboard 200 this frame.  Eminem did manage to conquer the Billboard 200 the week that The Death of Slim Shady first arrived, while Ye and $ign failed to do so. Vultures 2 marks the end of Kanye West’s winning streak on that chart, as his last 11 projects released under his name have all reached the summit on the competitive roster.

In the coming weeks–and perhaps even in just a few days–Eminem could return to No. 1 on some of Billboard’s hip-hop-leaning tallies. The Death of Slim Shady has real staying power, as it’s already racked up several turns atop multiple lists, and fans are still listening and physical copies are scheduled to hit the stores in September.

Since the release of Eminem’s The Death Of Slim Shady album, many tried to take the crow on the Rap Charts but failed. As a result, some of the rap’s most anticipated albums debuted at No. 2 or lower, including Childish Gambino’s Bando Stone & the New World and Ice Spice’s Y2K!.

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Eminem introduces Dillon Francis to Ibiza show

American electronic music producer and DJ, Dillon Francis, also known by his alter ego DJ Hanzel, has recently did the show in Ibiza where he was introduced by none other than the Rap God himself, Eminem.

“What’s up Ibiza. It’s me, Eminem. I bet you wondering what I’m doing here. I asked myself the same f–king thing. Then I remembered Dillon Francis is about to throw down some fat a-s beats. So, let me stop talking and let’s get the f–king party started.” said Eminem in the audio clip played on the stage.

On the video, Dillon Francis: “Eminem, I owe you one bother.” And in the caption on X (formerly known as Twitter), he wrote: “I owe you my moms spaghetti,” while tagging Eminem.

Fans first thought Dillon made the intro using AI. One user asked: “Is that real or did you use AI.” Another said: “I need an experts opinion! is this AI?.” But one of he person close to Dillon Francis’ circle confirmed us that Eminem actually sent him and audio of the spoken words. You can watch it below:

Grafh explains why he choses Eminem over Busta Rhymes, shows love to Royce 5’9″

In one of the recent episodes of Drink Champs, Grafh and Memphis Bleek dive deep into their careers in hip hop. From Grafh’s early days with Black Hand and his near-signing to Roc-A-Fella, to Bleek’s experiences as a core member of the iconic label, the duo share never-before heard stories. They discuss Grafh’s alleged beef with 50 Cent, his ghostwriting for J.Lo, and his fight with Busta Rhymes. The conversation also touches on the importance of lyricism in hip hop, the impact of the Griselda movement, and the legacy of Chaz Williams. Grafh opens up about industry blackballing and his journey to independence, while both artists reflect on the evolution of their careers and the current state of hip-hop.

At one point of the interview, Grafh played a traditional Quicktime With Slime game, where the hosts ask the guest to choose between two artists or subjects and if he/she can’t answer, then she/he drinks a shot. NORE and DJ EFN of course asked a traditional question, ‘Busta Rhymes or Eminem?’ and Grafh chose Eminem.

“I’mma have to go with… Damn, Bus my nig-a too though. I’mma go with Em, cause he influenced my style. I’m combination of like Prodigy, Eminem, Nas, Jada, Royce and Jay-Z. But I love Busta, man.” said Grafh.

Later in the interview, the Queens, New York-born rapper showed love to Eminem and Royce 5’9″: “They used to call me Black Eminem for a while. That’s one of the best compliments to me. I think Em is one of the top nig-as. A lot of my influences were them type of nig-as. Royce and him, both of them nig-as influenced my s–t. So, that’s a big compliment to me, the Eminem s–t. I always wanted to do a song with Em. Just one nostalgic s–t because I look up to him as MC and have to see who get the better verse and we have to go hard. A lot of times when I make a record though, I’m not trying to get the best verse. I’m trying to make the best record but with Em, we gotta get the best verse. With Em, it is a blood sport nig-a. This is personal. Cause that’s a fact, he’s coming to smoke s–t.” said Grafh.

You can watch the interview below.”Busta Rhymes VS Eminem” talk starts at 59:47. The Eminem and Royce shout out starts from 1:04:18.

Elliott Wilson recalls XXL magazine beefing with Eminem

Elliott Wilson, the founder and CEO of Rap Radar, has previously worked as editor-in-chief of XXL Magazine, recently sat down with VLAD where he recalled beefing with Eminem in early 2000s and how he managed to get 50 Cent, Eminem and Dr. Dre on the cover of the magazine.

“[When I arrived] Eminem already had a beef with XXL magazine. I inherited his beef. I tried to resolve it. They had already wrote an article before I got there, like question white person running hip-hop. The white MC. So he was offended by that. He was in good rapport with The Source at that time, so he was anti XXL. When I got to XXL, my first mission was resolve this beef with Eminem. Get Eminem on my side but he wouldn’t accept it so then I wrote up and did whole magazine against him because he wouldn’t embrace me yet.” said Elliott Wilson.

Then he continued: “And then he dissed us on The Marshall Mathers album cause the first issue I did put a nasty illustration that I regret to this day, about his mother spanking him, so he’s talking about that in the song. But it’s legendary man. I got dissed on a title track of Marshall Mathers LP which is a classic so… My first issue! And it wasn’t even my attent. Was I trolling Eminem? I don’t think I was. I didn’t know what I was doing. I was trying to get it done [laughs].”

Elliott Wilson then continued talking about the iconic cover story XXL magazine made back in 2003 with 50 Cent, Dr. Dre and Eminem: “I don’t know if you know this Vlad but 50 Cent does not like me. Let’s give 50 Cent all the credit in the world. 50 Cent was the reason I was able to finally resolve this conflict I inherited with Eminem and join the situation. We were supporting 50. I remember going to the office and everybody’s pumping his mixtapes. 50’s the hottest guy at that moment in New York. You could not deny his impact. So, we just started doing these stories on him and just continually putting him in the magazine, continually showing support, we built great rapport with him so we just kept supporting him. So, when he signed to Eminem, we were like ‘oh s–t. Is he gonna cut us off?’ We thought 50 gonna say ‘I can’t f–k with you all. Eminem and those guys don’t f–k with you.’ He ended up do be the bridge to help solve the situation.” he said.

Elliott then continued: “And then what happened was, Benzino made a record dissing Eminem at the same time so I went to have a meeting with Paul Rosenberg to resolve this conflict cause I wanted that 50 Cent cover. So, we had this whole sit down and Paul was like ‘how would you like, Eminem, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent cover?’ I was like ‘this guy is f–king with me.’ I just wanted 50 Cent. He was like ‘you didn’t hear last night? Benzino dropped the diss record.’ I had not heard it. I missed it. So everything led to having that moment. Then Interscope pulled all the advertisements from The Source and gave it to us which empowered us to go on the run that we began.” You can watch the interview below:

Charlamagne reacts to Tyler, The Creator apologizing Eminem

In a recent episode of The Breakfast Club, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne tha God and  DJ Envy discussed Tyler, The Creator recently apologizing Eminem for criticizing some of his catalog that were released after Relapse album.

Jess Hilarious: I love when people are loud about being wrong. And I think that’s important too because a lot of times with artists people give them hell when they get into different place in their life, it’s like ‘oh, they don’t make the same music. They can’t rap no more, they can’t this and that.’ And it’s just like NO! People grow! And being able to be vulnerable is a thing now but back then when Eminem was doing it, wasn’t too many artists that was coming out, talking about the addictions and different things that were happening, so that’s good to hear.

Charlamagne Tha God: I respect it. There is nothing worse than letting the joke fly out and insult and then you find out they going through something traumatic so I respect him for owing that but it’s still art right? If you don’t like the art, you can still criticize the art.

You can watch the podcast below and check Tyler’s recent interview here.

Trick Trick pokes Machine Gun Kelly regarding Eminem beef

Machine Gun Kelly revived the Eminem beef couple of months ago when he said Eminem didn’t win the battle between the two.

Eminem responded to MGK on a song “Bad One,” featuring White Gold, produced by himself and Luis Resto, from his chart-topping The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grace) album. In the song, the Detroit legend raps: “Mission accomplished, he pulled off his stunt / And pissed a billion people off at once (Yeah) / But I gotta keep going Tyson on Kelly (What?) / I bodied him twice and already / That little motherf-cker’s back throwing subs (Like what?) like a food fight at the deli / And that is why E got the attitude he got like Liza Minnelli / My male ego is the size of the belly on Jelly Roll.”

MGK responded back with just one tweet, saying: “G.O.M.D.” It’s an acronym for the statement “Get Off My D–k,” popularized by J. Cole. He didn’t stop there and recently performed “Rap Devil” in Cleveland with changed lyrics and added intro. In his performance, MGK used Eminem’s recent “Slim Shady VS Marshall Mathers” conversations as an intro, where Eminem talks with his alter ago about Machine Gun Kelly: “MGK f–ked your mother… He did but she’s your mother too, so?” MGK has also changed the text of the lyrics a bit. Instead of “Homie, we get it, we know that you’re the greatest rapper alive” he rapped “Homie, we get it, you’re not the greatest rapper alive (never).”

Trick Trick, who was namedropped in ‘Rap Devil,’ has recently put up a video story on his Instagram. In the video, Megan Fox appears to be avoiding a kiss from MGK and the caption said: “She realized Eminem was right all along.” Check out the screenshot below:

 

Tyler, The Creator explains why he owes Eminem an apology

In the latest episode of Mavericks, ‪Tyler, The Creator‬ sits down with Mav Carter to discuss his unique approach to art and music, what he loves and hates about internet culture and why he owes Detroit hip-hop icon, Eminem, an apology.

“Eminem put out his album called Recovery in 2010. I was big Eminem fan when that album came out and I f–king hated it. Hated it publicly like ‘this s–t is whack.’ I didn’t like it. And after watching that show [Netflix’s ‘Painkillers’], I felt so bad about those tweets because thinking from his perspective, someone like me publicly saying that stuff and him getting off drugs and being clean and getting to a point in his life that’s behind him, he probably felt like I was attacking him.” said Tyler, The Creator.

Then he continued: “I thought I was just like I don’t like music. He was in the different part of his life and probably felt like I was attacking him. And now I feel so bad about saying that stuff because my perspective was so limited. I love him. That dude taught me how to rap. I learned how to put words together in rhythm because of some of the Eminem stuff I was hearing, storytelling and things like that. So after watching that show, I felt so terrible about some of the things I said about that Recovery album cause I realized that was a big step and meant a lot to him and my f–king young stupid a-s is like ‘ughh, I wanna hear Same Song & Dance. And I loved The Eminem Show.’

“I felt terrible. If I ever see him I wanna tell him that in person.” Tyler, The Creator added. You can watch the interview below:

MGK performs Eminem diss “Rap Devil” with changed lyrics

Back in 2022, Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb declared that  August 13 is “Machine Gun Kelly Day.” This year, the third MGK Day has morphed into a five-day party in Cleveland.

The-rapper-turned-to-a-punk-rocker throw out the party for his fans where he perform his biggest hit song “Rap Devil,” a diss towards Detroit hip-hop legend, Eminem.

In his performance, MGK used Eminem’s recent “Slim Shady VS Marshall Mathers” conversations as an intro, where Eminem talks with his alter ago about Machine Gun Kelly: “MGK f–ked your mother… He did but she’s your mother too, so?”

MGK has also changed the text of the lyrics a bit. Instead of “Homie, we get it, we know that you’re the greatest rapper alive” he rapped “Homie, we get it, you’re not the greatest rapper alive (never).” You can watch the performance if you want below:

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