Shakur Stevenson says there might be a chance Eminem could walk him out for his next fight following a recent meeting between the pair.
The two-weight world champion will fight for the vacant WBC lightweight title against Edwin De Los Santos on November 16, 2023 and has not ruled out being accompanied by the Detroit legend.
Stevenson revealed that he met the lyricist during the weekend of the Crawford v Spence fight in Las Vegas and let slip a conversation between the pair.
“I actually met him the night before the fight. He told me he was a big fan and actually he is a big fan because when he saw me he was like ‘man, two of my favorite boxers, I finally get to meet them. Nobody can beat you man, it’s just too hard to hit you man.” – Shakur Stevenson told ES News.
The ringing endorsement from one of music’s biggest stars pleased the Olympic silver medalist who also hinted at a possible collaboration with Eminem in the near future.
When asked if Marshall Mathers could walk him to the ring in his next fight, he replied: “I don’t know, we’ll see, we’ll see.”
Although David Adeleye ‘s match versus Fabio Wardley did not go in his favor, he still had a positive experience on his journey to Saudi Arabia.
In the seventh round of his rematch with Wardley, Adeleye was knocked out on the undercard of Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou late last month.
Adeleye’s first loss in his professional boxing career will undoubtedly be difficult to accept, but he did get to meet some of his heroes while in Saudi Arabia for the highly anticipated tournament.
“On my table, I was sitting alongside my commercial agent, I had Amir Khan on my left and I had Eminem sitting across from me. They told me Eminem was on my table and they’d done the seating arrangements so we would be across from each other and I was like ‘What?!’ David Adeleye told to talkSPORT.
Then he continued: “There’s a boxing game that’s coming out on PSP and I was playing it with him, it was humbling. He was giving me words of encouragement the day before the fight and can you imagine what is was like? There were big musicians there who I like listening to giving me words of encouragement.”
50 Cent has recently talked about new music, friendship with Eminem, Relapse 2 album and 8 Mile TV series on Evropa 2. You can check out the interview below.
“When I’m not moving around and not touring and doing things, then its gonna permit me to focus on creating music. You get little more of what you get from Dr. Dre and Eminem from me at that point.” said 50 Cent.
Then he continued: “When the last time you have seen Eminem on tour? You see what I’m saying? It’s been a while but he’ll go and make music. Because his passion is still in music. He’s like a lab-rat. He’ll go to the studio and come up with something new.”
“Em is like my best friend to be honest. It’s rare when you run into someone who always has your best interest at heart. There is no point that he’s not looking at it and going is that good for him. He won’t want me to do it if it’s not good for me. They tried to get him to do the Super Bowl he would not do it without me.” 50 Cent added.
Then the interviewer asked if there will be any new song with Eminem, on which, Fif replied: “We have a whole CD together. He did Relapse and when he didn’t see the response that he wanted, he scrapped Relapse 2. And then went to Recovery. On Relapse 2, we had 4-5 songs on the album together but the world will probably never hear that record.”
“Em may not release it but he’s gonna make new music. This guy goes like people go to work from 9 to 5. He gets up and goes in recording studio from 9 to 5 like its a job. So he’s always coming up with something. He’s always doing something.”
After that, Fiddy was asked about the 8 Mile TV series that he’s planning to make in future: “8 Mile is a huge hit. I think its important for his legacy and it needs to be done correctly so I’m really tedious about who comes in as a writer showrunner for the project and how its structured and put together.”
Jonathan Ross has recently recalled the moment when Eminem visited him at his house during the latest episode of Real Talk With Honey & Jonathan Ross.
“When Eminem come around the house, I showed him the house and then I showed him the laundry room and I said to myself ‘why did you show him laundry room?!'” said Jonathan Ross.
Then he continued: “And then he came into laundry room, followed by his minder, who followed him around the house. Very sweet guy. They both came in and I said this is where we wash. This is a special cabinet for drying. The bouncer guy was like ‘you dry stuff in there?’ I said ‘yeah, yeah.’ He said ‘hmm, cool.'”
“He had never had a Cherry diet coke before. And Eminem was so polite. Every time he came in the room, he asked if he could sit down. ‘Can I sit down?’ Of course you can sit down, you are a guest.” Jonathan added.
Eminem previously visited Jonathan Ross at his Friday Night show two times before, first it was in 2009, when he was promoting Relapse album and in 2010, when Slim Shady dropped Recovery album.
EPMD’s Erick Sermon has recently visited Math Hoffa on his My Expert Opinion where he talked about how Nas’ “EPMD 2” with Eminem came about.
“Nas had called for the permission to use EPMD name, that happened, and then Hit-Boy was like ‘yo, you wanna jump on the record?’ I’m like ‘hell yeah, I jump on the song.'” said Erick Sermon.
Then he continued: “I really didn’t even know about what to do [write] so I was trying to go on what Nas was talking about. It was Covid. So, the s–t was going on so I was trying to being political with that cause I probably would have came different. Especially knowing that Eminem was coming up behind me.”
“So, you know, MCing, I don’t give a f–k if I can’t get him. I’m not gonna do that. If I know that Em is right there [Em is reckless]. And then, Nas said, ‘oh yeah, Eric, I put Em on the record.’ I was like ‘HUH?!’ We had 16 [bars] but he cut it because Em was going long. So, he only gave us 8. But it was cool. I respect that he called it EPMD. That was cool.”
“I would have kept saying metaphors, I would have kept going. Causse, I’m here, I wrote the whole thing so I would have went cause I’m not afraid.” Erick Sermon added.
Last month, during a panel discussion called “The Great Debate” at REVOLT WORLD in Atlanta, California rapper Symba caused a stir when he ranked himself above Eminem and suggested that his lyrical content is all style and no substance.
“I respect Eminem on a level as a man. But as a rapper, I feel like I can name five better rappers. Yes I’m better than Eminem. Anybody can rhyme words, what are you saying?” said Symba.
During a recent appearance on Good Luck! with Gino, Symba addressed his comments about Eminem. “I recently said something about Eminem. Dude, I was not prepared.” he said.
Then he continued: “Here is what I learned about ‘click culture.’ Five minutes prior to what they cut, I’m literally giving Eminem the biggest praise in the world. I’m like ‘yo, I respect Eminem on another level.’ Eminem is the one person who didn’t take brand deals because he felt like he was exploiting hip-hop. Do you know how much integrity that takes?! You know the millions of dollars he missed out on to protect this culture?! So, respect that I have for him as a man is on another level. The question was asked to me who is my favorite top 10 rappers. I list my favorite top 10 and someone asks me why isn’t Eminem in there. So, as I’m trying to explain it to Tierra Whack, she asks me, do I think I’m better than Eminem, as an MC, personally, I think there is about five people that’s better than me. To me! And I can be wrong. My opinion is not a fact. In my opinion, I rap better than a lot of people they were naming that were not in my top 10. So, when they brought that up, they literally take that one clip, where I say something, and they cut it up.”
“In my opinion, I’m better than Eminem. That does not mean I’ve done half of the work that Eminem has done. That does not mean I have sold the records that Eminem has sold. That does not mean I’m nowhere near Eminem’s level. That’s rap! That’s how we feel. Going into the studio, if you put a beat on, and if you put Eminem over there and you put me over here, in my mind, I’m going to go crazy. And I’m going to write the craziest s–t. I’m not gonna be intimidated that someone who sold the most records in hip-hop. I’m going to rap! But that does not mean that I don’t respect him as MC. I respect everything he has laid for me to do what I’m doing. They cut the clip up and people literally were like ‘WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?! F–K YOU. WE ARE GOING TO KILL YOU!’ and I was like ‘oh, s–t, this is what having a fanbase looks like.’ This is what having a community looks like. And it was the first time I was on the side of the internet that was not a popular opinion and I loved it. Because I told my management and they were like ‘yo, this s–t’s looking crazy.’ I said ‘no, this is beautiful.’ They said ‘what do you mean?’ I said ‘now I have a whole community of people to prove I can rap. I don’t care if they think I’m better than him. I’m going to prove them to the rest of their life I can rap and they’ll listen because they will forever say ‘is this better than Eminem?! Let me hear what this s–t is!’ It’s all about proving the consumer wrong.”
“I never said was a fact that I was better than Eminem. That’s my opinion.” Symba added.
T.I. has recently sat down on B High Atl for an exclusive interview where the Atlanta rapper briefly talked about his collaboration with hip-hop legend, André 3000.
“How did André 3000 collab come about? Man, I really just wanted him to be on there so I waited and paid [laughs].” said T.I.
Then he continued: “André 3000, Eminem and Nipsey Hussle, they give the longest verses that you ever ever ever ever ever get. And when they finish, they come together masterfully.”
Eminem and Tip have previously collaborated on two occasions. First it happened back in 2007, on a song “Touchdown,” from Tip’s “T.I. vs. T.I.P.” album. The song is produced by Eminem and Jeff Bass, the song features the use of electronic keyboard giving a trumpet-like sound. In 2009, Eminem later stated he feels his verse on the song was “horrible.”
Second collaboration happened in 2010, on a song “That’s All She Wrote,” again from T.I.’s album called ‘No Mercy.‘ The song debuted at No. 18 on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts. The solo version of this song by Eminem was also leaked with the additional verse.
Westside Gunn has recently sat down with Math Hoffa on the latest episode of My Expert Opinion where the Griselda rapper talked about how he made a decision to sign a contract between Eminem‘s Shady Records and JAY-Z’s Roc Nation.
“Why signing to Royce 5’9″ didn’t work out?… Royce was cool. That’s my ni–a. Still to this day. But at the same time, no disrespect to Royce, that’s my brother, being a hungry east-side Buffalo ni–a that’s trying to stop selling drugs, I got an opportunity to sign to f–king biggest artist of all time, it’s no-brainer. Because my options were Marshall or Hov. Paul Rosenberg had Shady and he had the management Goliath. So when I started going over there talking to Mike, I was going over there for Goliath. It was not even signing to Shady because I only wanted to be Griselda Records cause I was already me. This is after the FlyGod album.” said Westside Gunn.
Then he continued: “Shady, they had the movies. 8 Mile, Get Rich Or Die Tryin’. I’m thinking already ahead like ‘yo, Griselda story is…Ni–a, if they see this east-side Buffalo, we outta here,’ as long as I can get they can make this movie, it’s over, cause I know the story. I watched their stories but ni–a, I know this story. So, I’m just like, ‘let me finesse…’, like I said, Roc Nation had a the label and management and Paul had label and management. So, I’m like ‘I can sign and want to be managed by one. What the f–k am I thinking?’ I can be the first ni–a that could be signed to JAY-Z and then managed by Paul and Marshall, or I could sign to Marshall and be managed by JAY-Z. So, let me go with this movie route and all this s–t and still be backed by Hov. And that’s how I made my decision. And no disrespect to Royce but that could not happen that way doing that.”
Iconic hip-hop artist Redman’s legacy in the rap game can be largely attributed to his lyricism and writing techniques, and the legendary rapper believes his approach to the craft is sometimes very similar to that of one of his peers.
Jeremy Hecht of HipHopDX has recently caught up with the East Coast emcee at the City Of Hope red carpet event in Los Angeles. During their chat, Redman elaborated on how his mind operates in the context of composing.
“When I am sitting down, actually orchestrating a rhyme, I really go into different dimensions of rhyming and word patterns and s–t. It’s real intricate.” Redman said.
Then he continued: “Another person who is like that is Eminem. I have seen some of his writing patterns and I am like, ‘Okay,’ ’cause we talked about it one time and it is very intricate how we get our wordplay.”
During Spout Podcast, Cordae tells the story of his unique collaboration approach, revealing that he’s never paid for a feature, not even from the biggest names like Eminem and Lil Wayne! And he takes you inside his literal ‘Dre. Day’ as he tells the story of visiting Dr. Dre’s house.
“I remember when I was at Dr. Dre house a couple of years ago. I had to use bathroom real quick, literally had to just thank god. It’s the same with Eminem. I think I posted a couple of month ago, I was like, ‘yo, I really got a song with Eminem.'” said Cordae.
Then he continued: “Ten years old me, having an iPod. Even before the iPad days, before I even had an iPod, it was MP3 where you downloaded off LimeWire to your computer, listening to The Marshall Mathers LP, The Slim Shady LP, Infinite album and was just listening to him and now I got Eminem on a song and he gassed on it. I got a platinum song with him! Dawg, it’s a blessing. I got a platinum song produced by J. Cole. Crazy! God is good man. I take no credit for it.”
Later in the interview, Cordae listen an artist that influenced him as a musician: “Just my personal people that influenced me the most musically are Kanye West, Jay-Z, Nas, Eminem and J. Cole. Also Big L. He’s rhyme skills are ridiculous. Oh and Kendrick Lamar. That’s like The 7 and then you throw in the eight like Stevie Wonder and Usher. Usher has a huge influence on me.”
Many hip-hop artists have been influenced by Eminem, JAY-Z, and Kanye West during the course of their careers, and Westside Gunn just acknowledged that he is one of them.
The Griselda rapper has recently sat down on SiriusXM‘s “Hip Hop Nation” radio show for an exclusive interview with Torae. Despite his impressive resume, the Buffalo, NY native didn’t realize how dope he was on the mic until he started spending time with those legends.
“Not to sound crazy — I learned how ill I am. You heard the names that you just named. They don’t get no bigger.” – said Westside Gunn
Then he continued: “And these is guys that’s my friends, my family. I could call them and ask them for anything. So, that’s how you have Virgil Abloh on the cover of Gunn’s albums Pray for Paris and And Then You Pray for Me. The ‘Steve & Jony’ record that’s on the album? That idea came from Hov. He called me and him that. We was just talking about this album, and he was like, ‘Yo, you should name one of them songs that.’”
Ebro In The Morning has recently sat down with Jessie Reyez on HOT97 to discuss a variety of topics including finding her self identity, decision to slow down drinking, the process writing her book, relationships, affirmations she uses, and also shares a funny story about meeting Eminem and Beyoncé for the first time.
“I was f–king nervous as hell. There are only two people that I’ve ever met where I had to center myself and not freak out. And Em is one of them. The other one is Beyoncé.” said Jessie Reyez.
Then she continued: “[When I met Eminem] That was funny cause I didn’t realize when we met I hugged and make sounds like ‘huuh’. Audibly exhaled in a very f–king ridiculous way. But it was just genuine. I was really excited.”
“It always resonated with me that he has always been very f–king himself. And very honest. Whether right or wrong, very honest. And at the very least when someone can be that there’s a level of respect that I feel is due because a lot of people in this world f–king can’t be that. Or are scared to be that. So, in that way I resonated in childhood nostalgic ways cause I remember 8 Mile and f–king seeing this middle finger with the two fingers down and thinking this s–t is lit. And being in theater like ‘yoo, I wanna f–king rap.’ It was awesome being in the room with f–king legend.” she added.
