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Westside Gunn talks why collaboration with Eminem never happened

Griselda’s Westside Gunn has recently set down on Bars On I-95 where he talked about Buffalo roots, how his music journey paid off, what looks like the last piece of his Hitler Wears Hermès series and what’s next for him.

In an interview, Gunn revealed he has a radio show coming on Shade 45 and explained why a collaboration with Eminem never happened. (Besides Griselda’s “Bang (Remix), which actually was a track with Conway The Machine)

“When I was signed to Shady, I never even wanted to do an Eminem song cause our styles don’t even mix. I don’t do s**t just because ‘Oh I’m with Shady, I gotta do hundred Eminem songs.’ It was not like that but it was an opportunity of being over there with them guys. That’s all I really wanted. I still wanted to have my sound. I’m looking at, trying to do movies. I’m a creator. I wanted to do that Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ and 8 Mile s**t. I wanted to do all that s**t. That’s why I jumped and went that rout. I’m still thankful. Shout out to Paul. We talking right now because I’m trying to get this weekly show on Shade 45 finished. So I’m about to crush him with my own show on Shade 45 cause I’m all for the culture.” – said Westside Gunn

You can watch the interview below:

New Song: AZ – “The Ritual” ft. Conway & Lil Wayne (Produced by Alchemist)

After years of anticipation, legendary AZ’s “Doe or Die 2” album is finally here!

The eagerly awaited sequel to his 1995 effort was released today and it includes guest appearances from Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Conway The Machine, T-Pain, Dave East and more.

With deft wordplay and malleable flows, the original “Doe or Die” represented 1990s boom bap at its best.

The song with our Griselda boy is titled “The Ritual,” which features Lil Wayne as well and is produced by The Alchemist.

You can listen to the new track below!

Conway performs new song “Piano Love” in Atlanta

Conway The Machine is on “Love Will Get You Killed” tour right now and the Griselda heavyweight premiered new song “Piano Love” at The Masquerade, Atlanta, Georgia.

The song is probably from his Shady Records debut album, “God Don’t Make Mistakes,” which is set to be released later this year.

The Buffalo legend also brought out 2 Chainz, JID and Bangladesh to perform “200 Pies,” “Scatter Brain” and “6:30 Tip Off” respectively, from his latest album, La Maquina.

Conway’s next stop is Norfolk, Virginia. Meanwhile, check the previous performances below:

Eminem mural in Detroit gets defaced after 1 day of completion, Chris Devins promises to fix it

Chicago street artist Chris Devins spent his weekend to paint an Eminem mural in Detroit but it was defaced the next day.

Devins began at around 1P.M. and finished 6 hours later, with locals taking photos and paying respect throughout the day. But by the next day, the six-foot tall portrait had been vandalized with 18 bird head sketches drawn with a Sharpie.

“Only one day after its completion, some idiot in Detroit already defaced the new Eminem mural. You can not give some people anything good. Dumb. I can probably fix it but damn…” Devins wrote on his Instagram.

Speaking to The Detroit News, Chris Devins said: “I was devastated. Who would do that? That’s against the rules of street art. I want to restore it to its original value. I would like to re-present it to the community in its unblemished form.”

“It was a great wall. It looked like it was going to sit there for a second, so I thought it could use some beautification. It really enhances that wall. To me, it’s totally appropriate. I wanted to do him looking young and fresh. I didn’t put up anything ugly.”

“There was time and effort spent to make sure it was something people would want, and to make it relatable to the community. It’s not just usual tagging.” Check out the video of completing the mural:

In “Where We’re From” documentary Otherwize remembers beating Eminem at Rap Olympics 1997

Back in 1997, Eminem participated in the Rap Olympics during the Rap Sheet convention at the Red Lion Hotel in Los Angeles where he went all the way to the final, up against Otherwize who eventually took the crown.

The infamous face-off is now part of the new documentary titled Where We’re From: Rise of LA Underground Hip Hop that was produced by Element co-founders DJ Breeze and DJ Bonds who were both instrumental in establishing the underground Hip Hop scene.

In a new interview with HHDX, DJ Breeze said: “Eminem held his own as well. The battle with Wize had to go extra rounds because these dudes were going at it. The battle had also a slight racial overtone to it. Obviously ’cause there were few white rappers at the time. So it definitely started to take on the feel of Black versus white. I will say this, the battle between those two guys was phenomenal. It had to go extra rounds because at one point it just seem like they were so evenly matched.”

“Even though you could feel the crowd wanting Otherwize to win, you couldn’t deny Eminem skill set. But I do feel confidently 100 percent that Otherwize did win the battle. Did he blow them out of the water? No, he did not. But he did win. It also adds a kind of lore to Otherwize’s name considering Eminem bought all the footage so nobody could see the battle.”

You can watch the Otherwize VS Eminem part from Where We’re From documentary below:

Battle rappers discuss why “8 Mile” was huge success but “Bodied” flopped

In a recent episode of their show “My Expert Opinion“, Math Hoffa and Ms Fit talk about the rap battle movies, including Eminem‘s 2002 classic “8 Mile” movie and 2017 battle rap movie “Bodied” which was produced by Eminem.

The crew had some huge praise for Eminem’s “8 Mile” while calling “Bodied” a failure. They said that “8 Mile” felt more real, gritty, and somehow inspired by Eminem’s real-life story.

While Bodied, the 2017 battle rap comedy-drama film directed by Joseph Kahn, somehow didn’t connect to the streets. The movie flopped at the box office as it only made $100k, after being made from a budget of $15 million.

Math Hoffa gives his opinion on “Bodied” and said that it was an exaggerated version of “8 Mile”.

You can check out the whole discussion below:

[Via HipHop24x7]

DJ Whoo Kid turns Eminem’s Shade 45 into brothel

DJ Whoo Kid regularly turns Shade 45 into strip club and this time it was one of the mad nights at Eminem’s radio station.

Shade 45 shared a video of DJ Whoo Kid in the office with some Instagram models with caption: “What girls do for Eminem.”

In the video, one of the girls named Sara Russi says: “I’m big fan of Eminem and I can’t wait to put my pussy on someone’s neck.”

You can watch the weirdest video below:

List of Jay Z & Nas songs where they shout out Eminem

1. Jay Z – “Excuse Me Miss,” ft. Pharrell Williams (2003)

Lyrics: “Got one chef, one maid, all I need is a partner / To play spades with the cards up, ALL TRUST / Who else you gon’ run with? The truth is us / Only dudes movin’ units – Em, Pimp Juice and us.”

2. Jay Z – “A Star Is Born,” ft. J. Cole (2009)

Lyrics: “Wayne did “A Milli,” 50 did a milli / Ye too, but what Em did was silly / The white boy blossomed after Dre endorsed him / His flow on “Renegade,” f**king awesome! / Applaud him!”

3. Nas – “Be A Ni**er Too” (2008)

Lyrics: “There’s verbal books published by ni**as, produced by ni**as, Genuine ni**as, so I salute my ni**as / Not mad cause Eminem said, “Ni**a,” cause he my ni**a.”

4. Nas – “Ether” [Jay Z diss] (2001)

Lyrics: “You a*s, went from Jaz to hangin’ with Kane / To Irv, to B.I.G. – and Eminem murdered you on your own s**t.”

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Dog The Bounty Hunter says he thought he was allowed to use the N-word “like Eminem”

Duane Chapman, also knows as Dog The Bounty Hunter has just addressed the allegations that he is a racist.

During an interview with Kevin Frazier of Entertainment Tonight, the reality star defended himself against the accusations, saying: “I have never been a racist. I am 33% percent Apache. I thought I had a pass in the Black tribe to use it, kind of like Eminem.”

“I had just gotten out of prison in 1979 after spending 18 months in Texas, and it was probably three-quarters from the Black tribe. So, that was a word that we used back and forth as maybe a compliment. I have more Black friends than Eminem. That is the proximity argument. ‘I have lots of Black friends, so that should make me okay with Black people.’“

Watch it below:

Royce 5’9″ reacted on Instagram by sharing the video with the caption: “Excuse me? Well…. On behalf of the “Black Tribe” I’d like to say that we REBUKE you, Satan. You’re hilarious tho… If that’s any consolation.”

Check it below: