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Eminem to have opening performance at 2024 MTV VMAs

Eminem is set to open the 2024 MTV VMAs, airing live this Wednesday, September 11, at 8 p.m. ET.

The Detroit legend will perform material from his latest album, The Death of Slim Shady, for the first time on MTV’s television network. Em is also nominated for eight VMAs this year, including Artist of the Year, Video of the Year, Best Hip-Hop, and Song of the Summer for the Death of Slim Shady’s lead single, “Houdini.” If he wins just one award, he’ll surpass Peter Gabriel as the most decorated male artist in VMAs history.

Eminem is no stranger to the MTV VMAs stage. He last performed at the show in 2022, when he and Snoop Dogg delivered their collaboration, “From the D 2 The LBC.” He also made a surprise appearance during Dr. Dre and Snoop’s VMA performance in 2012; opened the MTV VMAs in 2010 with “Not Afraid” and “Love the Way You Lie” with Rihanna; and made his performance debut in 1999 with a double-shot of “Guilty Conscience” and “My Name Is.”

But arguably, Eminem’s most famous VMA moment came in 2000 when he performed “Real Slim Shady” and “The Way I Am,” accompanied by an army of over 100 lookalikes. That performance is, fittingly, nominated for one of the VMAs’ new prizes this year, Most Iconic Performance.

The 2024 VMAs feature a stacked performance lineup that also includes Sabrina Carpenter, Chappel Roan, Halsey, Karol G, LL Cool J, Shawn Mendes, Lisa, Rauw Alejandro, GloRilla, Anitta, and Benson Boone. Katy Perry will perform upon receiving the Video Vanguard award, as will Megan Thee Stallion, who’s also hosting the show. Check out Eminem’s 2024 MTV VMAs nominations below:

VMAs Most Iconic Performance
  • Beyoncé – “Love on Top” (2011)
  • Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Madonna, Missy Elliott – “Like a Virgin” & “Hollywood” (2003)
  • Eminem – “The Real Slim Shady” & “The Way I Am” (2000)
  • Katy Perry – “Roar” (2013)
  • Lady Gaga – “Paparazzi” (2009)
  • Madonna – “Like a Virgin” (1984)
  • Taylor Swift – “You Belong With Me” (2009)

Song Of Summer

  • Ariana Grande – “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” – Republic Records
  • Benson Boone – “Beautiful Things” – Night Street Records, Inc. / Warner Records
  • Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather” – Darkroom / Interscope Records
  • Chappell Roan – “Good Luck, Babe!” – Amusement Records / Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
  • Charli XCX & Billie Eilish – “Guess featuring Billie Eilish” – Atlantic Records
  • Eminem – “Houdini” – Shady / Aftermath / Interscope Records
  • Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar – “Like That” – Wilburn Holding Co. / Boominati / Epic / Republic
  • GloRilla, Megan Thee Stallion – “Wanna Be” – CMG / Interscope Records
  • Hozier – “Too Sweet” – Columbia Records
  • Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us” – pgLang, under exclusive license to Interscope Records
  • Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen – “I Had Some Help” – Mercury / Republic / Big Loud
  • Sabrina Carpenter – “Please Please Please” – Island
  • Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – American Dogwood / EMPIRE
  • SZA – “Saturn” – Top Dawg Entertainment / RCA Records
  • Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone – “Fortnight” – Republic Records
  • Tommy Richman – “Million Dollar Baby” – ISO Supremacy / PULSE Records / Concord

Video of the Year

  • Ariana Grande – We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)
  • Billie Eilish – Lunch
  • Doja Cat – Pain the Town Red
  • Eminem – Houdini
  • SZA – Snooze
  • Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight

Artist of the Year

  • Ariana Grande
  • Bad Bunny
  • Eminem
  • Sabrina Carpenter
  • SZA
  • Taylor Swift

Best Hip-Hop

  • Drake Featuring Sexyy Red & SZA – Rich Baby Daddy
  • Eminem – Houdini
  • Glorilla – Yeah Glo!
  • Gunna – Fukumean
  • Megan Thee Stallion – Boa
  • Travis Scott Featuring Playboi Carti – Fe!n

Best Direction

  • Ariana Grande – We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)
  • Bleachers – Tiny Moves
  • Eminem – Houdini
  • Megan Thee Stallion – Boa
  • Sabrina Carpenter – Please Please Please
  • Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight

Best Editing

  • Anitta – Mil Veces
  • Ariana Grande – We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)
  • Eminem – Houdini
  • Lisa – Rockstar
  • Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso
  • Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight

Best Visual Effects

  • Ariana Grande – The Boy Is Mine
  • Eminem – Houdini
  • Justin Timberlake – Selfish
  • Megan Thee Stallion – Boa
  • Olivia Rodrigo – Get Him Back!
  • Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight

 

Big Daddy Kane, Busta Rhymes, Fat Joe & Royce 5’9″ react to new LL Cool J & Eminem song

This Friday, after more than a decade break, the legendary LL Cool J dropped the new album, titled The FORCE, entirely produced by another hip-hop icon, Q-Tip. It features guest appearances from Snoop Dogg, Fat Joe, Rick Ross, Sona Jobarteh, Saweetie, Busta Rhymes, Nas, Eminem, Mad Squablz, J-S.A.N.D., and Don Pablito.

“Murdergram Deux”, featuring Eminem, was released as the fourth single of the album on August 30, 2024. With LL’s nostalgic bravado and Eminem’s signature speedy flow and subtle wordplay, the song sees the pair boasting about their raw “unapologetic” style and credibility in the rap game. The track is produced by Eminem and Q-Tip, LL’s fellow Queens rap legend and former member of A Tribe Called Quest, who has produced the entire album.

DJ Whoo Kid shared the snippet of the song on his Instagram with the caption: “@llcoolj x @eminem, this is my fav LL song! Your thoughts? @ilovewhoodini.” Whoo Kid probably meant that it’s his favorite LL song from the new album.

Under the comments, legendary Big Daddy Kane commented: “LOVE IT!!! This a Cerrone vibe.” Busta Rhymes, Fat Joe, Royce 5’9″ and Lazarus have all commented fire emojis. Though, fans have mixed feeling about the song and the entire album. Someone said: “The album is not that good. The lyrics are on point, typical LL, but the tracks…..leaves a lot to be desired.” One user commented: “Nah man, this ain’t it…” Another said: “They ripped that s–t!” Check out the screenshot of the reactions below:

 

Jelly Roll says Eminem’s cam recording in “Somebody Save Me” video is real

Nick Major of Spout Podcast chipped it up with  Jelly Roll as he embarked on his “Beautifully Broken” tour. Jelly Roll shared candid insights about the tour’s early success, including five consecutive sold-out shows, and the emotional highs and lows of performing live. He opened up about his past struggles, the importance of staying connected with his roots, and the profound impact his music has on fans. Jelly Roll also discussed his exciting collaborations with artist like Eminem, his deep connection to his music’s purpose, and his latest album, set to drop on October 11th.

“Collaborating with Eminem is by far the most unreal thing that’s happened in my career yet. There are probably five people on earth I’d meet that I would clearly be jittery around. It’d be like Gareth Brooks, James Taylor, Bog Seager, Eminem. People I grew up knowing every word of every son they ever released.” said Jelly Roll.

Then he continued: “When he sent the record and I got to hear it first time, for me it was such a fan cause it reminded me a ‘Mockingbird.’ It reminded me The Eminem Show Em, that era of him cause the rest of the album kinda felt like earlier Slim Shady but these couple of songs, ‘Temporary,’ with my friend, Skylar Grey, they felt really nostalgic, like deep Eminem, like Stan Eminem, that real story-teller Eminem. That Eminem that made you feel like you were in his living room with him and you knew his daughter and you knew the family struggles and you knew what he was going through, you felt it. For that to be combined with the song that I think I was my version of that, I feel like ‘Save Me’ is kind of a peep into my soul. For that to be the song that brought us together, I think it was so serendipitous.

“It was deep man. People don’t know this but he showed me, when we were sitting backstage for the video, that Camcord footage is real. That’s not a fix. That was not a made-up thing. He had years of this old footage from his drug addiction years that he had never even really properly went through because he knew that was from those years. And somewhere in the process of the album, I don’t remember the exact story but it was like he had either seen that video the day he wrote Somebody Save Me or couple days after he wrote Somebody Save Me. It’s really deep man. We’ve spent a lot of time on that video set really hanging. That dude got really deep with me. He’s a great guy, man.”

“I’m glad I got a second time to hang out with him cause the first time I met him I just completely made a fool of myself. I just did the nervous talk your face-off kind of thing. He’s not talkative as me. So, in general, he was kind of quiet. And we were just meeting and every time it got quiet I just started spitting fun facts about me. I had to apologize doing it but he was like ‘it’s all good dude.'” Jelly Roll added. You can watch the interview below:

Vote Eminem’s “Houdini” for MTV’s “Song Of The Summer” nomination

After receiving 6 traditional nomination at the 2024 MTV VMAs, Eminem got two more social nominations: VMAs Most Iconic Performance and Song Of Summer.

Eminem’s legendary performance of “The Real Slim Shady” and “The Way I Am” from the 2000 show is nominated for VMAs Most Iconic Performance. Em began the performance outside Radio City Music Hall and continued as he strode into the theater followed by a hundred Eminem lookalikes. Em is the only male artist that is nominated in this category. Another nomination comes for “Houdini” for Song of Summer.

The voting for Song Of Summer has just been launched and Houdini is losing to Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe”. You can go vote Eminem by clicking this link here or visit MTV’s official Instagram, check their story and vote Eminem there.

The 2024 VMAs return to New York live on the East Coast from UBS Arena on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The show will be held just four days shy of the 40th anniversary of the inaugural VMAs at Radio City Music Hall, where Madonna stole the show.

If Eminem wins one award, he will break out of tie with Peter Gabriel as the man with the most VMAs in history. The Rap God also extends his record for most ‘Video of the Year’ nominations in #VMAs history (8). He has yet to receive the Michael Jackson Vanguard Award… Check out the list of nominations for 2024 MTV VMAs below.

VMAs Most Iconic Performance
  • Beyoncé – “Love on Top” (2011)
  • Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Madonna, Missy Elliott – “Like a Virgin” & “Hollywood” (2003)
  • Eminem – “The Real Slim Shady” & “The Way I Am” (2000)
  • Katy Perry – “Roar” (2013)
  • Lady Gaga – “Paparazzi” (2009)
  • Madonna – “Like a Virgin” (1984)
  • Taylor Swift – “You Belong With Me” (2009)

Song Of Summer

  • Ariana Grande – “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” – Republic Records
  • Benson Boone – “Beautiful Things” – Night Street Records, Inc. / Warner Records
  • Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather” – Darkroom / Interscope Records
  • Chappell Roan – “Good Luck, Babe!” – Amusement Records / Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
  • Charli XCX & Billie Eilish – “Guess featuring Billie Eilish” – Atlantic Records
  • Eminem – “Houdini” – Shady / Aftermath / Interscope Records
  • Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar – “Like That” – Wilburn Holding Co. / Boominati / Epic / Republic
  • GloRilla, Megan Thee Stallion – “Wanna Be” – CMG / Interscope Records
  • Hozier – “Too Sweet” – Columbia Records
  • Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us” – pgLang, under exclusive license to Interscope Records
  • Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen – “I Had Some Help” – Mercury / Republic / Big Loud
  • Sabrina Carpenter – “Please Please Please” – Island
  • Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – American Dogwood / EMPIRE
  • SZA – “Saturn” – Top Dawg Entertainment / RCA Records
  • Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone – “Fortnight” – Republic Records
  • Tommy Richman – “Million Dollar Baby” – ISO Supremacy / PULSE Records / Concord

Video of the Year

  • Ariana Grande – We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)
  • Billie Eilish – Lunch
  • Doja Cat – Pain the Town Red
  • Eminem – Houdini
  • SZA – Snooze
  • Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight

Artist of the Year

  • Ariana Grande
  • Bad Bunny
  • Eminem
  • Sabrina Carpenter
  • SZA
  • Taylor Swift

Best Hip-Hop

  • Drake Featuring Sexyy Red & SZA – Rich Baby Daddy
  • Eminem – Houdini
  • Glorilla – Yeah Glo!
  • Gunna – Fukumean
  • Megan Thee Stallion – Boa
  • Travis Scott Featuring Playboi Carti – Fe!n

Best Direction

  • Ariana Grande – We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)
  • Bleachers – Tiny Moves
  • Eminem – Houdini
  • Megan Thee Stallion – Boa
  • Sabrina Carpenter – Please Please Please
  • Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight

Best Editing

  • Anitta – Mil Veces
  • Ariana Grande – We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)
  • Eminem – Houdini
  • Lisa – Rockstar
  • Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso
  • Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight

Best Visual Effects

  • Ariana Grande – The Boy Is Mine
  • Eminem – Houdini
  • Justin Timberlake – Selfish
  • Megan Thee Stallion – Boa
  • Olivia Rodrigo – Get Him Back!
  • Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone – Fortnight

Murda Mook describes first time meeting Eminem, says how much Eminem influenced him

Battle rap legend Murda Mook has recently done an interview on hiphopisreal.com where he talked about Eminem, meeting him first time in Detroit, how much he could relate his music and what Eminem mentioning his name on Cordae’s “Parables (remix)” song meant for him.

“Eminem is my favorite rapper. Nobody rap like him to me. I met that man one time. I never thought I would ever be star-struck in front of somebody. My brother AK brings me Detroit event. I think Shady was throwing it. Em was there. Em was up on the balcony and they were like ‘come upstairs, you gon’ meet Em.’ I’m like ‘WHAAT?!’ I go upstairs, Paul Rosenberg, he was like ‘what’s up Mook.’ I’m like ‘you know me? that’s what’s up!’ He like ‘yeah, he [Em] over there.’ I’m walking up and I feel my legs getting weak. I’m not understanding what’s happening to me. I was like, why the f–k my body is getting like this. The closer I walked to this n–ga, I was getting weaker. He’s like ‘yo, I’m big fan man.’ I said ‘WHAT?! That’s fire.’ I just looked at him and I didn’t know what to say, I looked dumb as hell.” said Murda Mook.

Then he continued: “Peter Garvey put me on Eminem, on the Kim song. I’m hearing this song and I’m like ‘Who is this n–ga?’ My man Peter said, this is white dude. I’m like, how the f–k is he that nice?! It wasn’t that he’s white so he nice, no, he was nicer than everybody before he was white! Rap don’t got no color. He was nice from HI, MY NAME IS. If anybody know rap and rhyming, n–gas know HI KIDS, DO YOU LIKE VIOLENCE?! You can tell immediately this motherf–ker could rap.”

“What happened was, motherf–kers were scared. Cause they seen him was white and they knew he could really rhyme so n–gas were like ‘Nah, we need to campaign against cause we know he nice and we know he on the way.’ Skill don’t got no color bro. N–gas that’s inferior, when they see a n–ga that’s nicer, they get nervous bro and they try to figure out how to make you not appear as nice as you are and that’s what n–gas tried to do to Em. They tried to use him being white but him was just ridiculously nice. Him and Loaded Lux are aliens, alienation, to me.”

“When he mentioned my name in the song with Cordae, do you know what that meant to me, man? I’ve been waiting to hear that n–ga say my name on the song or something since the beginning when I first heard of him. That s–t made me feel so proud. That’s the part of the reason I was like ‘yo, I gotta get clean’. I understand his story too, even though a lot of people say he can’t relate. I always kinda related to him. Me and my mom situation, growing up it was very rocky. When I listened to him to him rhyme, I heard me. I heard a man screaming out, feeling the way I felt. And he was just nice on top of that. So I emulated Eminem. Just to hear him say my name, I could die now. He went though it. I listened to his struggles. I know about what he had to overcome and fight. And he had hundreds of millions of dollars. So, imagine his struggle. People think more money you got, more happy you are but that’s probably opposite. Shout out to Eminem and Royce 5’9″ for being a mentor to me. Shout out to Trick Trick too.” Murda Mook added. You can watch the entire interview below:

NLE Choppa shows love to Eminem, says he wants to do a song with him

NLE Choppa has recently caught up with Billboard’s Kyle Denis at R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players 2024 ceremony where the 21-year old Memphis rapper gave Eminem a shout out.

Interviewer: You recently payed homage to Eminem in your Paper magazine cover shoot. You also have previously named him on your Mount Rushmore for Hip-Hop. Would you ever hop on a track with Slim Shady?

NLE Choppa: With Slim Shady? Yeah, man. Why not. Of course. Hell yeah. He a legend.

Last year, NLE Choppa chopped it up with Nick Cannon and the Daily Cannon crew featuring Courtney Bee, Masononthemic, DJ Abby De La Rosa, and Freeze where he shared his his hip-hop Mount Rushmore: “Tupac, Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne and Eminem. With Eminem, I feel like, a lot of people from my community is probably not preached upon to be an Eminem fan but I don’t think people realize the statistics of how many white people wanted to rap after him. Eminem did that.” – he said.

Watch the new interview below:

LL Cool J details recording process of “Murdergram Deux” with Eminem

Hip-Hop icon, LL COOL J talked about his new album, “THE FORCE,” collaborating with Eminem on the track “Murdergram Deux,” crediting Michael Jackson as a writer on the song “The FORCE,” learning to rap again, and much more during a track-by-track album special on his new SiriusXM channel, titled LL COOL J’s THE FORCE Channel.

Featuring LL COOL J’s Rock the Bells Radio host Roxanne Shanté and a live audience, “LL COOL J ‘THE FORCE’ Track-By-Track Album Special” premiered on LL COOL J’s THE FORCE Channel on Friday, September 6, at noon ET and is now available to stream on the SiriusXM app. During the show, LL went through his process working with Eminem.

“This next song is a joint I did with Eminem, it’s called ‘Murdergram Deux.’ I had a song on ‘Mama Said Knock You Out’ called ‘Murdergram’ so I said, you know what? We gon’ do a song together and when Q-Tip made the beat, I was sitting there and he was playing that beat and I was like ‘yo, Tip, this is crazy, me and Em would be crazy on this.’ He’s like ‘YEAH! Definitely big bro.’ So, I called Em and I’m like ‘yo, I think I got a joint.’ He’s like ‘sent it to me’. I sent him the song just to hear the beat, once he heard the beat and he agreed to do it then we went to the studio and what we actually did was, me and Em actually went to Dr. Dre’s studio and recorded it out in LA.” said LL Cool J.

Then he continued: “We went together in the studio. And the way the process was: I would write my rhyme. Then I would lay it. He would come in, he would hear it, I would leave. He would write his rhyme. He would record. And we went back and forth in the booth without seeing each other record until we did the very last thing together, where I kinda come together with him a little bit.” You can watch the interview below:

50 Cent reveals he cried during Eminem daughter’s wedding

50 Cent cover story has recently appeared on Haulte Living. In the interview, Fiddy revealed what he told to Eminem during Hailie’s wedding, which brought him to tears.

“I wish I had a daughter. I do. I wish I had a daughter. I wish I had that father-daughter relationship. For female children, their dad is the first man they fall in love with. Male children go to their mom; I’m a mama’s boy myself.” said 50 Cent during Haulte Living’s June Zoom session.

Then he continued: “Hailie’s wedding was unbelievable, the wildest thing for me, period. I was like, ‘Yo, bro, this is crazy. We’re getting old. Your baby is grown. What the f–k is going on?’ I was having a moment myself over there. I told Em, ‘You said it was OK to cry, because I’m crying.’ I couldn’t believe it went that fast.”

Then he explains that he’s been trying to get Eminem on tour for years, but the Detroit-born rapper was adamant that he couldn’t until Hailie had grown up: “That was the difference between my experience and Em’s. I could always go out on the road, but with Hailie, it was different. Like if she’s looking at you and she doesn’t want you to leave and you go ‘no, I’ve got to work.’ And she says but really, do you have to go?’ ‘OK, maybe I don’t have to go.’ If that was the case, things might have changed for me.”

“Em was saying that he didn’t want to go everywhere in the world where I went. I would say to him that people would pay a gazillion dollars to see us on tour together, all kinds of money to see him perform. And he still did not care about that, because the most expensive thing that we have is time, and he was conscious of being there for Hailie growing up. But now that she has officially fled the nest, it’s time. We should be on the run now; the kids are grown.” 50 Cent added.

Fif also talked about his success after signing to Eminem’s Shady Records: “I had the largest debut hip-hop album in history as I came in. I sold 13 million records, and then the Em heated up. I was blessed to have him around, because while I’m selling 13 million records of Get Rich or Die Tryin’, he’s selling 23 million records of The Marshall Mathers LP.  There was always a possibility for growth, a way to tap into something that could be even bigger. When your head gets so big that it can’t even fit through the door, you have someone around that can help balance that because they’ve had even greater success. Like, we had Dr. Dre around, and he had even more success than both me and Em long before we came in, so it kept everybody in our crew level-headed.”

For the full interview, visit Haulte Living.

LL Cool J shares music video teaser for “Murdergram Deux” ft. Eminem

Hip-hop icon LL Cool J is finally back. The legendary rapper has released his first new album in 11 years. Not only that, but LL has aggressively promoted the album by doing interviews and podcast appearances. It feels like the New York spitter has more passion harnessed into The FORCE than he did his previous effort, Exit 13. He certainly has more guest features. The FORCE has a staggering lineup of artists from multiple eras of hip-hop. It’s a testament to LL Cool J’s reputation that he could take a decade off, then come back and secure features from the likes of Nas, Snoop Dogg and Eminem.

LL previously dropped the lead single “Saturday Night Special,” featuring Rick Ross and Fat Joe, which remains a standout track, alongside to “Murdergram Deux,” featuring Eminem, which about the have a music video too.

“I just filmed a video of me and Eminem for Murdegram Deux, which is Murdergram part two. And one of the things, there’s a mural in it, and on the mural it says ‘death to the ego.’ Murdergram Deux, death to the ego. Cause it’s really about MCing of it all. It’s not about the ego, it’s not about who’s got money, nothing wrong with money, I like it a lot, who’s got business success, it’s not about any of that, death to the ego! It’s about rhyming, skills, bars, beats.” said LL Cool J during a recent interview.

Then he continued: “It’s pure hip-hop. Pure hip-hop and Em is a fan of pure hip-hop, as am I. So, us working together on that record, it was dope. And the fact that me and him have that song on vinyl, it’s just so dope. But it comes from, like you said, death to the ego, the mural is amazing, it’s dope and I think the video was a lot of fun. You know, hip-hop, baby!”

You can watch the teaser of the video below:

LL Cool J confirms “Murdergram Deux” music video with Eminem

This week, hip-hop icon LL Cool J will release The FORCE album, his first project in 11 years. Fellow Queens rap legend Q-Tip serves as the album’s executive producer, and it’s got guest features from heavy-spitters like Nas, Busta Rhymes, and Snoop Dogg. LL already dropped the lead single titled “Saturday Night Special,” with Rick Ross and Fat Joe. Few days ago, the Eminem collaboration arrived.

Eminem has always been a huge, vocal LL Cool J fan, and their new song “Murdergram Deux” is their first-ever collaboration. Slim Shady co-produced “Murdergram Deux” with Q-Tip, and the song is explicitly positioned as a sequel to “Murdergram,” the fast-rap workout that appeared as a deep cut on LL’s classic 1990 album Mama Said Knock You Out. On the new song, LL and Eminem take turns displaying athletic rap feats over the nervously jittery beat. At the very end of the song, Eminem quotes LL’s old song “Going Back To Cali.”

During a recent interview, LL confirmed that they already shot a music video too: “I just filmed a video of me and Eminem for Murdegram Deux, which is Murdergram part two. And one of the things, there’s a mural in it, and on the mural it says ‘death to the ego.’ Murdergram Deux, death to the ego. Cause it’s really about MCing of it all. It’s not about the ego, it’s not about who’s got money, nothing wrong with money, I like it a lot, who’s got business success, it’s not about any of that, death to the ego! It’s about rhyming, skills, bars, beats.” said LL Cool J.

Then he continued: “It’s pure hip-hop. Pure hip-hop and Em is a fan of pure hip-hop, as am I. So, us working together on that record, it was dope. And the fact that me and him have that song on vinyl, it’s just so dope. But it comes from, like you said, death to the ego, the mural is amazing, it’s dope and I think the video was a lot of fun. You know, hip-hop, baby!”

Later in the interview, LL confirmed that they didn’t record the song in Detroit in Eminem’s studio: “Me and Em actually did a song in Dr. Dre’s studio in LA. We went to Dre’s studio. Shout out to my man Dre, that’s my man.” You can watch the interview below:

Tony Yayo comments on Dr. Dre saying Eminem is best MC ever

Tony Yayo has recently sat down with DJ VLAD for an interview where the two talked about many things, including Dr. Dre saying Eminem is the greatest rapper of all time.

“Eminem is in my top 5. I don’t give a f–k what anybody says. I love lyrics and he has lyrics. And I like numbers too. Numbers don’t lie. They say “I don’t listen Eminem in the car,” well, somebody do! He’s one of the GOATs.” said Tony Yayo.

Then he continued: “I agree to Dr. Dre saying Eminem is the best MC ever. Let’s go back to what Eminem and G-Unit did as a rap label. We had a dream team. In the hip-hop world, he’s the biggest artist in the worldwide.”

You can watch the interview below:

50 Cent talks first time meeting Eminem & signing a deal with Shady Records

50 CENT has recently invited Million Dollaz Worth of Game down to Shreveport for Humor and Harmony Festival. Gillie shut down the celebrity basketball game, while Wallo watched from the bench. After the game, the guys linked up with 50 to sit down and talk. The trio chopped it up in the kitchen of a pop up Sei Less. They talked about 50’s come up, what did to further his career despite being black balled, and how he broke into Hollywood.

At one point of the interview, 50 Cent talked about first time meeting Eminem and signing a deal with Shady Records:  “It was wild. It felt like…Remember that show Punk’d on MTV? I thought they had cameras and it was going to come out and said ‘you’ve been punk’d’. I was in California, he flew me to LA. I was so bugged out from the experience that I had my vest on. The lawyer that I had with me that took me to him, I get there and he’s like ‘let me hug you. Yo, this is going to be the biggest s–t.’ He’s so excited that it made me question whether what was happening was right cause it felt so good that it couldn’t be right.”

Then he continued: “When I left that meeting, I didn’t want him to feel like he bought a problem so I wouldn’t say anything about Ja Rule. When I met him, the first night I met, it was, he had event, it was The Marshall Mathers LP just came out and first week he sold 1.7 million records and he was so excited about me, I’m looking like ‘you serious?!’ And by the time I got back and I would never say anything about Ja until the first time I said something about him, Ja made a mistake and said something about Hailie. When he said something about Hailie, they thought they made some sort of connection when they were getting high. And Em was like, ‘what the f–k made him think like this.’ It was a Friday. Him didn’t record that Friday. I recorded that Friday, that Saturday, that Sunday. He came back, I had a full CD “Automatic Gunfire.” The whole mixtape was done Monday morning. He was listening like ‘yo, when did y’all get the chance to..’ All this s–t was this weekend. I was dying to do that. I just didn’t want him to feel like he bought a problem because I know he didn’t understand the severity of who I am in this. Consequences is you dead, nig-a. There’s nothing else to talk about. He was listening to the material and that s–t was hot.”

“I got 1 million dollar in cash for my first deal. The only person that pointed out that million dollars was no money was Dame Dash. He said ‘after you get watch, chain, look out for the homies and do this and that, it’s nothing.’ And I was like ‘ni-ga, I’m from 134th street, million dollars is a lot of money. I think I hit the lottery.'” 50 Cent added. You can watch the interview below:

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