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Tony Yayo responds Dr. Umar’s comments about Eminem

Tony Yayo has recently sat down with DJ VLAD where the two talked about many topics, including Dr. Umar saying Eminem can’t be one of the greatest rappers of all time because he’s white.

“I don’t agree with that and I f–k with Dr. Umar but I don’t have to agree with everything he says. I don’t agree with that. Eminem in my top 5 of MCs. And that’s not because I’m down with him and not because you got the “Free Yayo” shirt on. It don’t have nothing to do with that. I was an Eminem fan once I heard ‘Renegade.’ That was it for me. Once I heard him rhyme against Jay.” said Tony Yayo.

Then he continued: “Who had the better verse? I’mma say Em, for me. Math Hoffa is from Brooklyn and you know he’s going to side with Jay but that’s cool. Em always hold his own but then when I seen Em with 50, do shows with 50, and was hearing how he was coming. When I heard the footsteps for ‘Many Men.’ He got that from Poltergeist or something. Eminem is like — Nobody wanna battle that ni–a. He came out in Detroit and crowd was f–king ballistic.”

Tony Yayo did not stop there: “When you look at Eminem you gotta think about what he did. I went platinum. Buck went platinum. Game went platinum. 50 sold 10-20-30 million, Em sold 60 million, D12 f–king went multi-platinum. G-Unit’s “Beg For Mercy” sold 3 million. Then you look at Slaughterhouse, I don’t know what they sold but at that time numbers were different, they made shows, they did get kinda big off Eminem. Shout out to Joell Ortiz, Joe Budden, Royce 5’9″ and Crooked I, then you look at f–king Griselda, their brand is big right now. That’s all under Eminem umbrella.”

“When it comes to number one MCs in the top 5, you can’t say this rapper is bigger than this rapper when this rappers are doing arenas and these rappers are doing clubs. I can’t say I’m bigger than Eminem and 50 if I’m doing club runs. Which ain’t nothing wrong cause that’s what I’m doing. He’s selling out Detroit Lions stadium, who the f–k am I to say I’m better than this ni–a. You can feel like that cause every artist feel like they are superman when they put their suit on, no problem, I feel like that too, but all in all, there’s difference between club runs and stadium runs.” Yayo added.

You can watch the interview after the jump below:

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Cassidy responds Dr. Umar’s comments about Eminem

Cassidy has recently done an interview with The Art Of Dialogue, where Philadelphia rapper responded to Dr. Umar saying that Eminem can’t be one of the greatest of all time because he is white.

“I think Eminem is great. He proved it a lot of times. A lot of classic projects. A lot of classic songs. A lot of classic freestyles. He has been making history over and over again and been doing records with people of all types of races, all type of different backgrounds and been showing up, arguably got the best verse. So, it’s hard to see he ain’t great. I just feel like I’m the greatest, period.” said Cassidy.

Then he continued: “I disagree what Dr. Umar said. I don’t wanna make it based on race though. It did start as a black culture. Black and Spanish people started hip-hop…I feel like Eminem has been studying it since he was born, for a long time he has been studying locked in. He knows more about the culture than an average black person. So, I feel like he deserved to get a pass.”

“Eminem is super technical. When it comes to piecing up syllables, using figurative language, he’s like the best. He understands it. He understands the science. He’s one of the dudes that truly understands where it came from, how it evolved, where it was at certain points of time. I think he really studied the culture. I heard too many interviews and too many conversations with Eminem saying too much history for you to like, exclude him.” Cassidy added. Check the interview after the jump below.

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Kxng Crooked defends Eminem against Dr. Umar comments

Dr. Umar has recently said that Eminem can’t be considered one of the greatest rappers of all time because of his skin color. A list of rappers came out and defended Eminem, including Kxng Crooked, who talked about the topic on his latest episode of CC WEEKLY.

“Recently I heard Dr. Umar was doing an interview and he said something like putting Eminem on the top of the MC list is White Supremacy. Dr. Umar was almost right when he paired Eminem with white supremacy because Eminem is white and he’s a supreme MC. Almost like White Supremacy but really nothing like White Supremacy. Just like I’m black and I’m supreme MC. Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Rakim Allah, Redman, Treach, KRS-1, The DOC, Ice Cube, Scarface, Twista, Big Boi and André 3000, J. Cole, Kendrick, the list goes on, Horseshoe GANG, Joell Ortiz.” said Knxg Crooked.

Then he continued: “There are certain people in this industry, certain artists who have far surpassed Malcolm Gladwell’s ‘10,000 Hours’ of practice, of study. And they have gone to different levels in this artform called lyricism and Eminem is one of them. Don’t matter what you say. Don’t matter what I say. It just is what it is. He has mastered the craft as he still studies it because there’s levels of mastery. And it ain’t like Marshall just be on social media, doing hella interviews, just outside all the time saying ‘yo, I’m the greatest of all time and I’m white.’ When have you ever heard Em saying that? In an interview or make a post like that or go live and say it. But people are bringing his name up as if he’s super active when it comes to pushing that narrative. He’s not. He’s chilling. He’s staying out the way. All I ever known him to do is go in the lab be mad scientist in there. I never really known him to be in interviews talking all about how he’s the greatest of all time. I never even heard him say that. When he got on my interview on Crook’s Corner, what did he say? He said ‘I never said I was king of hip-hop.”

“We certainly not going to judge every single lyric that somebody says in the song because we all talk s–t in songs. That’s what MCs do. It’s a competitive sport. You gotta let next know that you iller. Sometimes it ain’t all about that. Sometimes it’s all about songwriting and storytelling too.” Kxng Crooked added.

Did Eminem kill Jay-Z on “Renegade”? Math Hoffa does not think so

Math Hoffa has recently sat down with DJ VLAD where the battle rapper and the host of My Expert Opinion talked about Jay-Z and Eminem’s classic track “Renegade” and revealed that he does not think Slim Shady outrapped Jigga on the track.

“They both did their thing on a song ‘Renegade’. People make that argument that Eminem killed Jay-Z because Nas said that s–t. But realistically, the subject matter of they are talking about, I can get it, the paparazzi effect and the critics that were coming after Eminem but I can mentally walk through the hood while I’m listening to Jay-Z, so it’s a song about subject matter. I don’t think it’s a murder thing.” said Math Hoffa

Then he continued: “If it’s a track like we getting off like ‘I’mma smoke you ni–as,’ if they got on something like that, then who wins? If Tupac was still alive, whose verse would he like? There is a reason why, you listen to Nas and the way he structures his rhymes, that’s why he would say, Eminem murdered you because the constant flowing that Em had, he just kept building compound rhyme, it connected beautifully if you are into that. But if you are Tupac fan, Tupac did it occasionally but he focused more on what he was saying and being direct in his message.”

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Who was accepted more in the hood: Eminem or Vanilla Ice? D.L. Hughley responds

Actor and stand-up comedian, D.L. Hughley, best known as the original host of BET’s ComicView from 1992 to 1993, the eponymous character on the ABC/UPN sitcom The Hughleys, and as one of the “Big Four” comedians in The Original Kings of Comedy, was recently interviewed by DJ VLAD where the host host of CNN’s D. L. Hughley Breaks the News was asked, who was accepted more in the hood, Eminem or Vanilla Ice.

On the question, D.L. Hughley replied: “Eminem. Easy… Easy. You talking about the hood right? Eminem could flow. Eminem was grimy and tricky lyrically. And basically, the only thing different between him and us… he lived in a trailer park and we lived in projects. To date, Eminem is probably top 10 greatest lyricist.” said D.L. Hughley.

“Him to have Dr. Dre behind him, just that, for me, he hit a cord in me where I was like ‘I f–k with this dude.’ D.L. Hughley added.

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Lil Wayne gives high praise to Eminem’s Battle Rap skills

Lil Wayne has recently sat down with Taylor Rooks to discuss his song with Kevin Durant, why he’s the LeBron James of rap and how his experience has helped him become a better artist. The 5x Grammy winner also opens up about the evolution of the industry, wanting to perform at the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show and being proud of Drake’s success. Lil Wayne also offers advice to Angel Reese and predicts Ja Morant to be the next face of the NBA. At one point of the interview, Weezy talked about what makes hip-hop competitive and brought Eminem as an example.

“I was around when rap music was competitive. I was around when there was such thing called ‘battle rap.’ That was an art form of rap where I can literally…It was almost almost comedic. What I mean by that is, a comedian can, you know, they roast each other. They don’t mean nothing by it.” said Lil Wayne.

Then he continued: “Battle rap was the same. You got these people. They standing in the circle and you know…Eminem might take your head off about something you felt great about yourself in the mirror before you got there, you know, and then they come back and do the same. So, that was an art form. They had people that, to this day, there’s battle raps that went down and they are not filmed, they aren’t recorded and there are legends come out of that because of that. We don’t have that no more. I was around during that.”

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Rafael Leão says one Eminem song best describes his career at AC Milan

AC Milan superstar Rafael Leão was recently interviewed by Sky Sports Italia. During the conversation, The Portuguese striker and winger spoke about his passion towards football and music and named Eminem‘s “Not Afraid” as his soundtrack for his Italian career.

Interviewer: There’s a reason why we’re in this studio, do you want to talk about music or football?
Rafael Leão: They are my two great passions, we talk about everything you want. They are the two things that give me the opportunity to express my emotions . On the pitch with a smile and with music through words. I tell people to never give up. Entering San Siro with the ball and wearing the Milan shirt is always a joy.”

Interviewer: How did your passion for music come about?
Rafael Leão: “I’ve always had it. My father was a singer, my uncle was a DJ . I’ve been into music since I was little. I started writing and singing in quarantine because I was at home so much. For me, who’s shy , this helped to bring out emotions in difficult moments. That’s how I started.”

Interviewer: A song from your career at Milan?
Rafael Leão: Eminem’s “Not Afraid.” I like the rhythm and I like the words. I wasn’t afraid to be able to win and to show everyone what I was worth. I had to wait for the right moment to grow and seize my opportunity.”

Diamond selling single, “Not Afraid,” is an inspirational and brutally honest anthem for Eminem’s fans from 2010’s Recovery album addressing that of his struggles and triumphs, and encouraging his fans to reach their triumphs as well.

When interviewed by Rolling Stone, Eminem said: “Whatever I can be to people is fine. Some people may look up to me. Some people may consider me a f–king menace. But I’m grateful for every fan letter I get, and for every person who says I helped save them. I don’t know, man. I feel like I took a lot of time off. Not doing s–t for those four or five years, how lazy I got – it’s time to get back to doing what I love. I feel like I’ve got a lot of gas in the tank. I just want to make up for letting people down.

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The Game says Eminem responded to “The Black Slim Shady” diss

During a recent interview with DJ VLAD, The Game says Eminem responded to his “The Black Slim Shady” from his 2022 album, DRILLMATIC – Heart vs. Mind.

“He responded. Game can always get him to respond, man. It must strike cords, man.” said The Game during the interview.

The Compton-born rapper probably refers to Ez Mil’s song called “Realest,” which features Eminem going after his rap foes who questioned his legitimacy in hip-hop. Co-produced by Mil and Em, the song features a fist-thumping lunchroom table beat and a popping snare that allows them to spit a variety of flows on the track.

On “The Black Slim Shady,” The Game raps: “I never heard you in a club, I never heard you in a bar / Eleven albums and ten never got played inside of my car.” In “Realest,” Eminem spits: “All the envious rappers I’d torch if I’m on a joint with ’em/And that is the only retort is I’m not played in the clubs muthaf–ka put a cork in it/Only reason they still play your s–t in the clubs is ’cause you still perform in ’em.”

The Game is probably referring to these lines but the narrative “they don’t play Eminem in the clubs” was a hot topic during that period of time and Em probably responded to everyone and not specifically Game.

DJ Akademiks responds Dr. Umar’s comments about Eminem

During his latest livestream on Twitch, DJ Akademiks responded to Dr. Umar who said on Joe Budden Podcast that Eminem can’t be one of the greatest rappers of all time because him being white.

“Okay okay, my boy Umar was going crazy but I completely disagree with him. I would have agreed with him if he said the most impactful and influential, it would not make sense for the culture that’s rooted in the black culture for most impactful and influential person to be someone who is white. But the skill of rapping and being the best rapper, we are not talking about most important hip-hop artist of all time or the best hip-hop artist of all time, if someone was to say, they believe Eminem is the best at the skill of rapping, I do not have a problem with that.” – DJ Akademiks said.

Then he continued: “By the way, it’s just like, even though I’m pretty sure I just kinda get myself a counter argument while I make argument, I know you would probably say this is not particularly rooted in the tradition, but some could make point that say for example golf, that’s something that’s white culture. But ni–as like Dr. Umar, they’ll come out with weird stat like golf was actually created by a ni–a on the plantation when he took a ball of cotton and rolled it up and hit it…But Anyways, if golf is white people s–t, I think white people also say that the best is Tiger Woods. And it’s about just a skill of being a golfer. I think a skill of being just a rapper, it does not matter what race, where you are from, it’s just about the skill.”

DJ Akadmiks did not stop there: “And that’s where I think that if someone had an opinion that Eminem was the best rapper I wouldn’t have a problem with them saying it. Now, if someone said Eminem is the most impactful rapper or he is the most important rapper, no, clearly not. I do believe that, when we start talking about rappers that have had the cultural impact, this is why I give 2Pac a lot of praise, in the sense of what rap stood for rebellion and revolutionaries, I do think he embodied some of that and I do believe the music he made and the movement he had and his career and life has transcended even beyond his death and influenced other people of other times to use music in a way to stand up for the things. And I think that’s where the greatest hip-hop artist of all time that matters. But if we are only talk about the skill of rapping, no.”

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MC Shan goes off on Dr. Umar after his comments about Eminem

During the latest episode of Joe Budden’s The Joe Budden Podcast Dr. Umar “Ifatunde” Johnson, a staunch Pan-Africanist, motivational speaker, psychologist, activist and social media personality, talked about Eminem‘s status in hip-hop culture and said: “Let me say something to you. And this is going to my African fundamentalism. No non-African can ever be the best of anything African. It is an insult to the ancestors. It’s an insult to the race and it is an insult to every Black person. Do you think I can go to Palestine and be the best of anything of Palestinian culture? You never see that. You think I can go to Israel and be the best of anything in Israel whether it be a cook, an instrumentalist, a dancer? Hell no. We have to stop naming non-African people as being the best of any aspect in our cultural product because it’s an insult. I can acknowledge Eminem’s talent but for you to put him at the top, that’s white supremacy bro. I don’t see Eminem building schools and hospitals. I don’t see DJ Khaled building schools and hospitals,” and it seems MC Shan does not agree.

During one of his recent Instagram lives, hip-hop pioneer MC Shan, who was included in Eminem’s Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame speech showing admiration to hip-hop icons, defended Eminem against Dr. Umar comments.

“I got something to say to Dr. Umar. You pick on a wrong guy. Eminem deserves respect. You can’t look at Eminem as if he was Mark Zuckerberg and he came into our culture and he just robbed our culture. How do you think Eminem got into this culture? Because he was as ghetto as the rest of the motherf–kers, regardless to his skin. I wouldn’t be the biggest hip-hop producer who produced biggest reggae song [“Informer“] ever. Bigger than Bob Marley, the Guinness World Records say so and so who am I to sit here like ‘Snow was not as ghetto as I am’? I would go anywhere with Snow in the ghetto before I’d go with some people that I grew up with. Because that’s in him. They may be white and can do what they do but don’t be jealous of that. I’m not jealous cause Snow could do whole bunch of things that I could not. Snow was talking me to the mountains of Whistler where I was the only black person there. But he was part of our f–king culture.” said MC Serch.

He then continued: “Eminem is part of our culture Dr. Umar! I love Eminem. Eminem loves me. He has mentioned me on the Grammys or wherever he was. He didn’t have to say nothing about me. I’m not saying that about him because he said that. I’m saying it because he’s part of our culture! What about Serch? Serch was the first one. He made his way through this game. He picked up Pete Nice later on. Serch was real authentic individual. Back then, only MC Serch and Aaron Fuchs were allowed to the projects being Jew or white or whatever the f–k they were. If you was not Aaron Fuchs or MC Serch, they wasn’t letting you nowhere near the projects. If you wanna say MC Serch is about money and culture vulture , f–k you ni–a. Serch ma man! Anywhere you go, whatever was popping Serch was there! White boy!”

MC Shan did not stop there: “Dr. Umar, I understand you want this Black Culture thing but you are jumping on a wrong thing. That’s their magazines! We don’t own their magazines. Do you read it? You probably must do. I don’t read that s–t that says Eminem is number one. I never even hear that s–t until I heard you say it. Because you read their f–king propaganda. But, Em deserves a motherf–king slot in this game. Em was no rich motherf–ker to just come and rob rap game. He had more problems than any black. Eminem had f–king pill problems son. He had f–king white boy problems. He had problems overcoming drugs. Look at me! I was biggest f–king drug addict in hip-hop history, so they say. But look at me and look at Em. He had his own problems. I’m no doctor but you can’t sit there and tell me certain things. Ain’t nobody robbing us son. Em gets his respect from us. So, if you don’t want to respect him, you do what you do, we don’t f–k with you anyway like that. We talk hip-hop sh–t, you talk Black Culturism. Em is down with us son. Snow is down with us son. Serch is down with us son. So all of that, that you talking, you read in their books. Stop reading their s–t. Don’t f–k with Eminem. Do not f–k with Serch. And do not f–k with Snow. Stop with that propaganda. You just make everything a f–king race thing.”

“Motherf–ker, you know Em is nice. And why is he an innovator as far as hip-hop motherf–kers like myself are concerned? Because the style Eminem got! He got his own lane son. And you see Twista and him going back and forth but that’s within our culture. I think I’m better than Chris. Chris thinks he’s better than me. That’s what the f–k we do. You can talk all the s–t that you want but you leave Eminem, MC Serch and Snow out of your sentences for the simple fact that these are people that were down in the trenches with us when we were in the f–king trenches… Eminem made money… I don’t see you talk about all this black motherf–kers that made money ain’t putting nothing back to community.” he added.

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Dr. Umar directly addresses Eminem on his Instagram live

Later, Dr. Umar went live on his Instagram to clarify his words and defend himself from the backlash he received on social media.

“Let me say this. I have nothing personal against Eminem. My comments on the Joe Budden podcast had nothing to do with Mr. Marshall Mathers, personally. And I want Mr. Marshall Mathers to understand that Dr. Umar Ifatunde harbors no personal ill will towards you. This is not personal! This is business. Eminem, I want to hear me young man. This is not personal! This is business! You are a talented musician, lyricist, producer and you seem you are an ‘okay’ guy. You never done nothing to me. And you never done anything that I personally witnessed to be worthy of condemnation. So, my comments are not personal. They apply to any non-African. This is about the business! The business about protecting the integrity of African culture.” said Dr. Umar.

Then he continued: “I said my comments on the Joe Budden podcast was about the business! Not personal! The business of protecting the sacredness, authenticity and integrity of the African culture. I said that no non-African can ever be the best of anything in African culture. You can’t be the best cook of African food. You can’t be the best rapper of African hip-hop. You can’t be the best singer. You can’t be the best priest of African culture. Nothing we create can a non-African be the best at. I don’t even see how an African can come to the conclusion that a non-African can be the best at anything when we are the oldest people. We are the first people. So, when you say a non-African is better at X, Y and Z than a member of the race, you are saying that this person can do this better than two billion Africans on the planet.”

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Oleksandr Usyk reveals how Eminem inspires him to deal with Tyson Fury’s insults

The two unbeaten heavyweight champions, Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury will collide in the division’s first-ever four-belt unification on February 17, 2024 in Saudi Arabia.

Gypsy King and Usyk went nose-to-nose at the fight announcement press conference, where the British fighter tried barging the Ukrainian head first at the face-off. Fury has also repeatedly attempted to insult his 36-year-old rival by calling him a “rabbit.” However, that term seems to be one that has now been embraced by Usyk.

The Ukrainian undefeated boxer told Sky Sports: “I got into his head and now instead of me, he thinks about a rabbit. Keep thinking, brother. I have listened to Eminem for many years, his mum used to call him a white rabbit. I don’t know, I like this rapper. Tony Bellew once said that I am a beast in boxing, I said: ‘Not really, I’m just a white rabbit.’”

Usyk has also recently met Eminem in Saudi Arabia during the boxing match between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou. He expressed his desire to take a picture with the Detroit legend and he finally made it. Check the video below.