There are a few things Ed Sheeran can’t live without. From his security guard, Kev, to his signature line of hot sauces, Tingly Ted’s, the singer-songwriter listed 10 Things Ed Sheeran Can’t Live Without essentials with GQ Magazine.
When asked which three artists he would listen for the rest of his life, here is what he replied:
“Three artists I would listen to for the rest of my life? I think The Beatles…I’m gonna choose the artists that have wide wide wide catalog cause there is some artists that are my favorite artists but have like two or three albums and if it was for the rest of my life I would want to have a wide catalog. So, I would say, The Beatles, I would say Eminem and Foy Vance.” – Ed Sheeran.
During World Famous Top 5 session on his show, Nick Cannon said he’s a fan of Eminem and listed his top 5 songs of all time.
“I am an Eminem fan. To celebrate Eminem we are going to do top 5 Eminem songs. Number five, the one that put him on the map, HI MY NAME IS, SLIM SHADY. Number four, this was a big one, he was talking that talk, he was putting all out there. CLEANIN’ OUT MY CLOSET.” said Nick.
Then he continued: “Number three, one of the most creative songs I’ve ever heard in hip-hop and he’s joined on there by the one and only Dr. Dre, GUILTY CONSCIENCE. They were talking s–t on that one. Number two Slim Shady songs of all time, this is where it gets controversial ladies and gentleman. One of the best stories in hip-hop history. Here it is, STAN. Some people say ‘Stan’ could be number one. Men lie, women lie but number don’t. Took them all the way to the Oscars, Eminem’s biggest song ever, you know it, you love it, LOSE YOURSELF.”
“There is top 5 Eminem songs of all time. Do you agree? Shouts out to Marshall. Let’s do it. It’s top 5. It’s incredible” – Nick added.
In the description of the video, Nick Cannon wrote: “Sending out a Happy Birthday to #Eminem and to celebrate these are the TOP 5 Em songs of all time!”
Hip-hop music producer and executive Bobby Simmons has recently sat down with Math Hoffa and his crew on My Expert Opinion podcast where he talked about Melle Mel and Eminem going back and forth.
“This whole Melle Mel and Eminem thing…I don’t really want to talk about that but I gotta make this clear to people who listen. The whole Eminem thing, let me explain this to people cause I know Mel. Mel loves it when you talk about him. If you don’t talk about him, you got a problem with him.” Bobby Simmons said.
Then he continued: “How many of you all in this room really think Mel cared that his battle with Eminem meant something? Some of you might probably think he cared. He didn’t care! Mel been though this five times. He done battled Big Daddy Kane. I was there when he battled KRS-1. He lost. Mel lost every battle he had. Am I lying man?! Mel lost every battle he had. It didn’t matter. When you talk about it, he was the one that battled him. Mel been into this million times he lost to everybody!”
“Let me also clarify something. When people talk about Eminem…Melle Mel is sitting in the same chair Eminem is sitting. Is Melle Mel in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame?! So is Eminem. Do Melle Mel got platinum records and platinum albums? He went triple platinum. He done win the Grammy. He and Eminem sit on the same seat. Mel is probably saying everybody right now ‘yo, I don’t care if I lost to Eminem as long as you say who was the guy that had the nerve to battle Eminem?!’ Can you name anybody? Don’t name Game, name somebody else.” Bobby Simmons added.
DJ VLAD has recently sat down on bomb1st where he revealed that an interview with Eminem is the interview that he always wanted to do the most.
“I mean, I always felt like an Eminem interview. Like, me and Eminem being roughly the same age, having roughly the same background, having roughly the same experiences. I mean, I didn’t grow up in trailer homes but I did grow up in projects in Springfield, Massachusetts and sort of this love of hip-hop and being white.” said VLAD.
Then he continued: “I discovered Eminem before Dre did cause I’ve been hip-hop kid since elementary school. I remember this website called Sandbox Automatic which basically sold an independent vinyl. This was like ’96-’97. And I remember they had The Slim Shady EP. There was a lot of buzz over this new white kid from Detroit. I remember I bought it. I bought the CD. I remember driving around in it in the bay and listening to it, letting my friends listen to it. I remember one of my homies was like ‘nah man, black people ain’t gonna f–k with this.’ but then Dre found him and boom and he’s a superstar. But I discovered Eminem before Dre and Jimmy Iovine and all these people. I was very early on that train. And I knew right away how talented he was and how much better he was than anyone else.”
“I remember I religiously followed every guest appearance he had, on Da Ruckus and you know, Bad Meets Evil and everything else. I really followed his career closely. So, saying that, I think me and Em could sit down like 3 hours, it would be the biggest interview he has ever done. Easy! Easy! The biggest interview he has ever done would be me and him because of what I do and who he is. I don’t think there is anyone that could sit down with him and pull off what I can pull off. But we have never been remotely close to an Eminem interview. I was in the same kind of outside area with him one time. Never spoken. But he knows who I am. He has referenced one of my Lord Jamar’s interviews in one of his songs so he knows who I am. But I’ve never been in the same room. That’d be an interview that I always wanted to do. But I don’t know if its gonna happen or not.” VLAD added.
Later, in the comment section of the video, VLAD explained the meaning of the word ‘discovered.’ He said: “The title is a bit misleading. If you watch the interview, I just said I was listening to Eminem’s music a while before he got signed to Dre. I was never in a position to sign him or anything like that, which people associate with the term “discovered”.”
G-Unit’s very own Tony Yayo steps into the spotlight on BET’s ‘Rate The Bars’.
Watch as Tony Yayo pulls no punches, brutally rating and roasting some of the hottest bars from your favorite rappers! Yayo rated bars from NORE, 50 Cent, Ice Cube, Larry June, Ice Spice, Eminem, Lil Baby, Young Thug, Lloyd Banks and himself.
Tony Yayo gave 5 out of 5 to Eminem’s bars from “Lose Yourself”: “As we move toward a new world order / A normal life is boring, but superstardom’s / Close to post-mortem, it only grows harder / Homie grows hotter, he blows, it’s all over / These hoes is all on him, coast-to-coast shows / He’s known as the Globetrotter, lonely roads / God only knows he’s grown farther from home, he’s no father.”
Yayo said: “I’mma give that a five cause I like that. I know who that is and I’mma give that five. Shout out to Eminem. Free Yayo. Always shouting him out cause he always…You know, at the Grammys, he wore my shirt when I was in jail. Him and 50 always had support so I always biged him up.”
In a new interview with Nardwuar, Ed Sheeran shared what he had to go through to get Eminem to take the stage with him at Detroit’s Ford Field back in July, where he surprised his hometown audience by performing hits like “Lose Yourself” and “Stan” with the British superstar.
Nardwuar: When you are on stage, do you ever get seasick on stage?
Ed Sheeran: No but when I played with Eminem, I tried to get him to get on the revolve, I think it was a bit too much. I’ve been playing on it like 100 shows so I’m sort of used to it but it’s definitely different for people.
Nardwuar: How hard is it to get Eminem on stage?
Ed Sheeran: “It was pretty difficult. I went over to play the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with him… I had basically flown off on a day off because I was shooting 14 music videos, back to back, and I had one day off in between. That day off was the day of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. So I got on a plane that night, flew, played, got on a plane that night and then flew back. And he found out that I’ve done that so he was like, ‘Anything you ever need,’ and I just said, then and there, ‘I’m coming to Detroit,’ so let’s do that.”
Nardwuar: Were you worried that he wouldn’t show up? “I was there in Detroit for a couple of days as well. He let me use his studio to record some stuff, so I sort of knew it was going to happen. I gave him the out. Whenever I perform with people, I always say, ‘You can cancel last minute if you want,’ so there’s never any pressure.”
Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard recently proclaimed himself as the best athlete rapper of all time. Claiming to be a better artist than his biggest competition in the NBA, Shaquille O’Neal, Lillard revealed a range of details about his favorite artists.
Speaking on the BACKONFIGG podcast, Ep:108, Lillard was also asked to select two of his worst rappers, from a lineup of the best artists of all time that included: Kendrick Lamar, Eminem, Nas, Kanye West, Drake, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, J. Cole and 50 Cent. He ended up choosing the likes of Kanye West and 50 Cent, after quite a bit of struggle.
Lillard claimed that nobody else takes music as seriously as he does. Having recently released the Dame Dolla album in August 2023, Lillard claimed that he was making a lot of music, and claimed to be taking the art more seriously than Shaquille O’Neal.
Regardless, when asked to choose his two worst rappers from a list of some of the best rappers of all time, Lillard was left confused. He initially asked whether he should choose on the basis of music, or sheer ability to rap. Lillard was told that he simply needs to decide which two rappers will end up “going away”:
“Like the actual ability to rap, the ability to rap, or their actual music? If I’m saying the ability to rap, two gotta go, I am gonna say Kanye and 50 Cent. Two in general, I am gonna say, I mean Eminem one of them for me. I am gonna say Eminem, and… that’s tough. I like some Eminem songs but I ain’t listening to bunch of Eminem songs. ‘Stan’ is one of my favorite songs ever. I listen to all of them on the list, regularly, but I ain’t gonna listen to bunch of Eminem as much as I respect his s–t.” said Damian Lillard
On September 17, 2023, Eminem joined 50 Cent on stage at his The Final Lap Tour at the Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan (45 miles away from Detroit).
Em and Fif performed “Patiently Waiting” from Get Rich Or Die Tyrin’ and “Crack a Bottle,” from Relapse album.
Before departing the stage, Eminem showed love to 50 Cent while saying a few words to the Detroit audience. “Detroit! Don’t f–king act like you didn’t know I was gonna be here. Detroit! make some noise for one of the best friends that I’ve ever known, 50 Cent. And also, make some noise for Hip Hop’s 50th birthday, y’all. It’s still hip-hop’s 50th birthday! Detroit, I love y’all, man!”
Fif later shared a video of the moment on Instagram with the caption: “Bro when I do anything with EM people just go crazy they know he really my boy. I love him till death!”
Yesterday, 50 Cent sat down with Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest on LIVE with Kelly and Mark where he talked about Eminem joining him on stage.
“Eminem has just came out with me in Detroit. It’s hard to get him to go anywhere. That’s why I was so excited when he came out. He’s always in Detroit. He is like one of my best friends. I can’t pick a moment that he wasn’t in my corner or didn’t have positive intentions for me.” said 50 Cent.
Big Daddy Kane sits down with N.O.R.E and DJ EFN for an in-depth conversation on one of the latest episodes of Drink Champs. They discuss his origins getting put on by Biz Markie, his role in helping launch Biggie’s career, reminiscing on the Juice Crew days, and Kane’s new documentary ‘Paragraphs I Manifest’ focused on lyricism.
He also gives his thoughts on the current rap game, shares backstories behind many classic songs, talks beef with MC Shan, and reveals performing recently in Queensbridge with Kool G Rap. It’s an insightful interview highlighting Kane’s iconic career and impact on hip hop. At one point of the three hour long interview, Big Daddy Kane talked about Eminem too.
“When we heard ‘Straight Outta Compton’ and what N.W.A. was talking about, we got an experience of what the streets was like in LA. When Geto Boys came out, we had a chance to experience what the streets was like in Houston. Even with Eminem, because not only is that Detroit hood but it’s not our hood. He talking trailer park s–t. So, you get to hear about the white hood. Eminem gave us what it was like in his hood growing up. So, the way the ghetto expression can be it’s beautiful. It’s out there in all types of different regions. It just don’t have to end at the Yankee Stadium. Those up in Atlanta. Those up in Detroit. Those up in LA.” said Big Daddy Kane.
Then he continued talking about Eminem’s part in his documentary called “Paragraphs I Manifest“: “Em showed love when we reached out. He said yeah. He showed love and the crazy story is, he told me stuff about myself that I never even thought about. I mean, you as an MC, you writing but you are not sitting there thinking ‘I gotta add something that does this,’ you just writing what comes in mind. That’s what I’m doing. And he pointed out stuff that I did and I’m sitting there listening him talk and the whole time I’m looking at him but in my mind I’m like ‘for real? I did that? Oh s–t.!’ Now I’m sitting there and when I’m finished I had to go back and listen to the records from mid eighties, early eighties like ‘there had to be someone that did it before me.’ Like damn! I never thought about that. He said some deep stuff man.”
Then the crew continued talking about Melle Mel and Eminem situation: “That’s just Mel. The bottom line is that, rather he’s right or wrong, I feel like myself, you, Eminem and so many others would not be here or would not be gifted at this if it was not for Mel.”
KXNG Crooked stops by On The Line Podcast and shares his thoughts on the Eminem and Melle Mel back and forth.
“At first I was like…Melle like to get on all these different podcasts and talk s–t. It was funny to me cause he’d be like ‘man, this motherf–ker would be easy to destroy. That motherf–ker ain’t s–t.’ I was like ‘okay, that’s just Melle Mel.’ Melle Mel wrote ‘The Message.’ His name, his contributions are in concrete when it comes to hip-hop. He’s forever in the books . You can’t move that.” said Kxng Crooked.
Then he continued: “I was talking to Eminem’s fans, they hit me up on Twitter sometimes and they talk to me and one of them was talking about Melle Mel, he just made a big mistake, he’s about to disgrace hip-hop. I’m like ‘ are you crazy?’ That will never happen. I don’t care what kind of song my homeboy Marshall Mathers made. Melle is in concrete, His legacy is straight. With that being said, I knew that there was not really a way that he could outclass Eminem lyrically. Not at this point of time. Em is one of the greatest wordsmiths to ever put words together into every rap. I already knew that was not gonna happen.”
“When we talking about technical tools, the writing tools, metaphors, punchlines, cadences, syllable rhyming, all these different tools that’s in the writer’s box, Eminem has commanded great craftsmanship over the tools in the MC’s box. He has downloaded the art of rhyming. And he represents that. Melle is a pioneer who did the same thing in his day and I would even say it was harder for Melle to get where he was at because his was an original thought. He didn’t have nobody to build off. Em came just straight from him. We all got him to look at and say ‘alright, that’s how you did your sixth floor now I know I could do mine better cause I see how you did yours.’ We could build off of that.”
“Melle Mel issued an apology. I thought that was a classy move. He made a diss song and that diss song didn’t have the impact that he wanted to. So he came back and apologized and he said ‘iT’s 50 years of hip-hop, I was wrong to come at him like that. he has real fans. I’ve always said that he’s dope’ and bla bla bla. And I just felt like, that part, that competitive MC in me, I don’t want to see Melle Mel apologize. You said what you said!” Kxng Crooked added.
Michael Jackson’s son Prince Jackson has recently sat down with DJ Whoo Kid and Mike Tyson on Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson and when the conversation got to Eminem, Whoo Kid recalled the phone call with Michael Jackson where they talked about Slim Shady.
“I actually put 50 Cent together with Michael Jackson when I was in Bahrain. He was shooting a movie in Morocco with some Army movie so I knew he was on that side of the world. I really got him upset. He was pissed off. I have Mike the phone and I said ‘yo, 50, I found your lost brother.’ He was like ‘the f–k you talking about ni–ga. I f–k you up man.'” said Whoo Kid.
Then he continued: “The fact that he messes with Eminem, cause, you know, Eminem did the videos mocking him and stuff like that, so I didn’t really wanted to let him know I work with Eminem cause I thought he was gonna kill me and stuff. But he really respected the fact that…That’s when Eminem retired, so the first thing he said ‘yo, what’s up with this retirement with Eminem? He really retired?’ I was like, ‘yah, he retired. He’s out.’ But he’s like, really respected him.”
Under the description of her latest podcast, Candace Owens writes: “Eminem has hit Vivek Ramaswamy with a cease and desist letter for rapping his song on the campaign trail and this really only begs one question… Eminem, why are you gay?”
After performing his rendition of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” at the Iowa State Fair, Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has been asked by the Real Slim Shady to stand down.
BMI, a performing rights organization, has informed Ramaswamy’s campaign at Eminem’s request that it will no longer license the rapper’s music for use by the campaign. In a letter to the campaign dated August 23, BMI says it “received a communication from Marshall B. Mathers, III, professionally known as Eminem, objecting to the Vivek Ramaswamy campaign’s use of Eminem’s musical compositions,” according to a copy of the letter obtained by CNN.
American conservative political commentator, author, activist, and television presenter, Candace Owens seems to be pretty upset about Eminem’s decision as she dedicated her whole podcast to Slim Shady.
“Some people say when we get older we get wiser. And I hope that’s true. Also, we get older we get grayer, we know that’s true. But for Eminem, the once hardcore rapper, it seems that he’s getting older and gayer. Yes. Eminem might be gay.” Candace Owens opened the podcast with the following statement.
Later she continued: “He dissed Trump and that does not make sense. An album that he released thereafter, I guess that was going to be his great comeback and it turns out that all of the poorer white kids who supported Eminem throughout his entire life decided not to buy his trash music anymore cause his album flopped after this. Eminem has become a loser over the years. Those are the facts.”
