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Crowd goes crazy as Mark Pope raps Eminem’s “Lose Yourself”

Mark Edward Pope, who is basketball coach and former player who is the nineteenth and current head coach of Brigham Young University’s (BYU) men’s basketball team, has left the crowed stunned as he rapped “Lose Yourself” before the match.

Mark Pope played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats, where he was part of a the Wildcats 1996 championship team, and the Washington Huskies, where he was the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year. He later played professionally in the NBA for the Indiana Pacers, Milwaukee Bucks and Denver Nuggets.

“Lose Yourself” is song composed and produced by Eminem with Jeff Bass and Luis Resto. It was released on October 28, 2002 as the lead single from the 8 Mile soundtracks album.

The song was a huge commercial success, becoming Eminem’s first US Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single and remaining there for 12 consecutive weeks.

It received acclaim from music critics, with many critics praising the song’s inspiring, aggressive themes and describing it as Eminem’s best work to date.

The music video of “Lose Yourself” received the MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film. The single itself won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, making it the first hip hop song to achieve this accolade. It also won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Solo Performance.

In 2004, “Lose Yourself” was one of only three hip-hop songs from the 21st century to be included on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

The song is certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling more than 13 million units in the United States alone.

You can watch Mark Pope performing the legendary song below:

Mark Pope is rapping Eminem. This is not a drill pic.twitter.com/KyokXDMRLr

— Jackson Payne (@jackson5payne) October 14, 2022

Akon says he has 4 other songs with Eminem in vault, talks working with Dr. Dre on “DETOX” album

Akon has recently sat down with Bootleg Kev on his podcast.

The two talked about many topics, including working with Eminem on one of the biggest hits of ’00s, “Smack That,” and Dr. Dre‘s mysterious DETOX album.

“It’s interesting because every record that I put out, I actually produced, expect ‘Smack That.’ Eminem produced that record. Isn’t that crazy? He always have this small little sounds in the beat.” said Akon.

Then he continues: “When I went to visit Em in Detroit, he was like ‘which you wanna do?,’ I said ‘Em, I wanna do whatever you wanna do. I want to come into your world.’ He said ‘alright, I got some beats.’ I said ‘play me some tracks.’ He gave me phot of 30 tracks on it. And out of 30, I picked 5. And I recorded all 5 and the one that stood out was ‘Smack That.’ When he heard my concept t it, he said ‘yo, I’m jumping on this one.’ And I was like ‘if he jumps on this one this will be a single.’ I literally have all those other records. All those records are gonna drop in future.”

“I’ve done two records for Detox and they both came out. One was ‘Kush.’ And the other one was Dre and Snoop and I was in the chorus as well. Dre is such a perfectionist. I think he’s too perfect for himself. There was lots of fear to not being number one. I’m not speaking for him and I could be completely wrong but from outside looking in it felt like he put too much on himself to succeed and be successful. I personally believe he don’t need it. He has nothing to prove anybody. To me he’s the greatest producer out of the west coast and influencer when it comes to hip-hop and gangster music. No matter what he would have dropped. Everybody would have thirsted it up.” said Akon.

Cassidy shares his opinion on The Game’s Eminem-diss record

One of the hardest battle rappers and one of the most lyrical hip-op artists, Cassidy has recently sat down with Ugly Money TV where the two talked about many things, including The Game’s “The Black Slim Shady,” track from his latest album “Drillmatic: Heart Vs. Mind,” where the West Coast rapper disses Eminem from 10 straight minutes.

“It’s dope man, I like people being competitive. Every reaction has a reaction. So, let’s just see what’s the reaction from Eminem and his team. As long as it just stay on wax who’s the best on the mic, I with that. I’m all about proving who the best is. I’ve been on that type time – battling, being competitive. That’s how hip-hop started on. I’m all with it.” said Cassidy.

“Him saying he’s better than Eminem, it’s his opinion. They both nice. They both dope. They go thorough different type of directions. Two different rappers but Eminem is one of the greatest. So if you diss him, you gotta diss him right way with the right information. You gotta do it right type of way because if he come back at you it could go crazy. You already seen him crazy plenty of times.” Cassidy added.

Then interviewer asked how Cassidy’s diss-track towards Eminem would sound like, on which, East Coast rapper replied: “Nah, I love Eminem man. I got no reason to diss him. I love Detroit. I love all them motherf**kers. That’s like really hip-hop place. I f**k with Eminem. He made history so many times and that ni**a can really rap. That ni**a can put bars together and that’s dope. He can do any type of hip-hop. He really into the culture. He’s not the ni**a that’s unfamiliar to what’s going on. That ni**a is super informed. So, I don’t wanna diss Eminem. I wanna work with him. I wanna meet him. I wanna talk to him. I don’t wanna battle Eminem. I have no problems with him.”

You can watch the interview below:

“Godzilla” by Eminem & Juice WRLD hits 1 Billion streams on Spotify

Eminem‘s 2020 mega hit song “Godzilla,” featuring Juice WRLD, has surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify. It’s Detroit legend’s 5th song to do so. After “Till I Collapse,” “Lose Yourself,” “Without Me” and “The Real Slim Shady.” Becoming the first artist to have at least one song with +1B streams in each of the last three decades.

Slim Shady’s third verse on “Godzilla” track holds the record for his fastest rap verse, rapping 10.65 syllables per second, or 300 words in 30 seconds, breaking his own records held by his feature on Nicki Minaj and Labrinth’s 2018 song “Majesty” from Queen album, where he rapped 10.3 syllables per second, and his 2013 song “Rap God” from The Marshall Mathers LP 2, where Em rapped 9.6 syllables per second.

On March 6, 2020, Eminem released a snippet of the music video, announcing that he partnered with Lyrical Lemonade company. Three days later, the music video was released, directed by Cole Bennett, which featured guest appearances from Dr. Dre and Mike Tyson. The song currently has over 520 million views on YouTube.

“Godzilla” was a worldwide success. It debuted at No. 1 in Finland and on both the United Kingdom Singles Chart and the Irish Singles Chart, becoming Eminem’s 10th and 9th No.1 single respectively. It also went to No. 2 in Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary, New Zealand, and Slovakia. The song went to No.3 in both artists’ homeland, the United States, and went top ten in 20 regions. It also saw moderate success Singapore and Lebanon and Singapore, peaking inside the top 20 in those regions.

The Song is eligible for 5x platinum in the United States for selling more than 5 million units in the country. It’s also double platinum in Australia, Canada and Poland. And platinum in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Italy and Portugal. “Godzilla” also received Gold certifications in New Zealand and Austria.

You can revisit the song below:

Snoop Dogg calls Eminem “The Larry Bird Of Hip Hop”

According to west coast legend Snoop Dogg, the fellow Detroit icon Eminem is hip hop’s Larry Bird. Snoop has recently made an appearance on Know Mercy podcast with Stephen A. Smith and compared the legendary basketball player and Slim Shady during their long conversation.

Larry Bird is a legend in the NBA as he is on majority of people’s list of Top 10 players in history of the game. Although not the most athletic, Larry was known for his killer instinct, elite shooting, and epic trash-talk.

“He’s like Larry Bird cuz. Remember when ni***s used to act like ‘that’s white boy s**t’ then all of a sudden that motherf***er put 40 on your a**? Hey man, you know what, Larry Bird is a bad motherf***er man.” said Snoop.

Eminem and Larry Bird both have become legends even though people doubted them, and in that sense, Snoop’s comparison is quite valid. Em and Bird will both be remembered among the greatest ever when everything is said and done, and their talent and skill are what has helped them achieve that. There aren’t many basketball fans who would scant Larry Legend, and similarly, no hip hop fans would talk down too often on the Real Slim Shady.

Eminem and Snoop Dogg have recently collaborated on “From The D 2 The LBC,” a single from Eminem’s second greatest hits compilation album, “Curtain Call 2.” The two are also rumored to be on a track together again on Snoop and Dre’s upcoming album, called “Missionary,” which is set to be completed in November.

Elsewhere in the interview, the Long Beach legend talks about life as a gangbanger, the important advice he received behind bars, and the meeting with iconic producer Dr. Dre that changed his life.

You can listen to the interview in the link below:

GRIP drops new tape “5 & A F**k You”

GRIP drops new project while being on tour with Westside Boogie!

The Shady Records artist is back with 11-track tape, titled “5 & A F**k You,” featuring guest appearances from Wara, Ahyes, Marco Plus and Tate228 with production coming from Latrell James, DJ Khalil and Tedd Boyd among others.

In 8-minutes track called “Many Thanks,” GRIP shows gratitude to everybody who played a big role in his personal and career growth, including Eminem and Royce Da 5’9″:

JID took me to Europe I’m honored to be affiliated
The day Em spit me my lyrics, I knew I really made it
To have him and Royce on my album, that s**t feel amazing
Cause they giants in my eyes
Residing where I aim to be
Remember buying their CD
And now they give me game for free
A major key
Cause once upon a time they were the same as me
Pray I’m half as successful as them, just gotta wait and see
Paul, Mike and all of the Shady fam
The crazy fans
You all saw something in me even when nobody gave a damn

You can stream the new tape below:

Eminem cheers up Detroit Lions before the game against Seattle Seahawks

Geno Smith and Rashaad Penny were so good the Seattle Seahawks never needed their punter. Smith accounted for three touchdowns in the first half and Penny had a pair of long second-half scoring runs, helping Seattle hold off the Detroit Lions for a 48-45 win Sunday.

It was yet another high-scoring game for the Detroit Lions, who are averaging 35 points and giving up slightly more. They are the first team in NFL history to have scored and allowed a combined 281 points through the first four games of a season.

“We’re going to look at everything. I have a lot of faith in (defensive coordinator) Aaron Glenn. That’s why I hired him, but I think we need to take a deep dive on our defense from the coaching all the way down.” – said the coach Dan Campbell.

The Seahawks (2-2) were stopped on a third down late in the third quarter, but the Ford Field game clock wasn’t set properly. Seattle made the most out of the second chance and Detroit’s unorganized defense on Penny’s 36-yard touchdown run on a third-and-16, opening a 38-23 lead.

The Ford Field arena was cheered up by Eminem himself. Organizers showed a short clip of Eminem on the screen, in which the hip-hop legend shouts: “Detroit stand up! Lions, let’s go!” with “Without Me” playing in the background. Eminem’s “Higher” single from Music To Be Murdered By was also warning up players and supporters during the break times. Check the videos below:

🔊 May I have you’re attention please?!@Eminem | @Lions | @NFL pic.twitter.com/m1uhV3ggeU

— The Mainly Show (@MainlyEminem) October 3, 2022

Detroit’s own Eminem is blaring through the loudspeakers here at Ford Field with a few minutes to go til kickoff of Seahawks-Lions. pic.twitter.com/6XamfRF5FF

— Brady Henderson (@BradyHenderson) October 2, 2022

Tony Yayo tells The Game to apologize Eminem & 50 Cent

Tony Yayo and Uncle Murda have recently sat down with Math Hoffa on the latest episode of My Expert Opinion where they talked about many topics, including Eminem and 50 Cent.

“Let’s stop b**ching in this industry. Ni**as are hoes. I’m tired of this s**t. You know ni**as are supposed to be respectful of who turned the lights on. Who did Em put on?! G-Unit, D12, Slaughterhouse, Joe Budden’s in them and Griselda. C’mon ni**a. Ni**as mad at white boy because he’s a black honkey player. C’mon ni**a! ‘Yo, HiS mUsIc DoN’t PlAy In ThE cLuB’ and that ain’t make him a GOAT? What happened to bars ni**a?!” said Yayo.

“I f**k with Eminem since “Renegade” and that ni**a put me on. He got respect from the hood since “Renegade.” Why do ni**as hate Eminem? Because he’s WHITE…At the end of the day, nobody in my hood, in my family, wore FREE YAYO shirt at the Grammys and looked out for me ni**a!” Yayo added.

Earlier in the interview, the G-Unit member told The Game in front of the camera to apologize to people who gave him the opportunities in his career and try to benefit from it: “Yo Game, apologize Fifty and Eminem. Yo, Buck apologize to Fifty. Banks you know what it is and we can go get this money. Let’s get couple of millions.”

You can watch the episode below: