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Eminem shares story LL Cool J gifting him chain in “Behind the Music” interview

In a new clip from Behind the Music on Paramount+, Eminem went into detail on his friendship with legendary rapper LL Cool J, confirming longtime fan speculation about a certain piece of jewelry.

“Since I was a little kid I always wanted a chain. I was recording with Rick Rubin and I was like, ‘Yo, can you ask LL where he got his chains from?’ So he had these made and sent them to me.” says Eminem.

“I’m like, ‘Yo, I wanted that. That is what made me actually want to rap,’” Eminem adds.

The full episode of Behind the Music will be released on Paramount+ this Thursday.

Lupe Fiasco shouts out Eminem while dissing Royce on “Steve Jobs” song

Originally titled “Steve Jobs: SLR 3 1/2,” the song is a response to Royce da 5’9”’s track “Silence of the Lambda” and was released in a couple of hours after Royce dropped it.

The title of the track follows from Lupe’s series of wordplay-rich and braggadocios tracks from the past viz. SLR (Super Lupe Rap), SLR 2 and SLR 3 (Round of Applause).

The 1/2 in the title may point to the fact that Lupe might not have completely gone all out on Royce at the moment with this track and he left something behind and ready to unleash it whenever and if Royce responds back.

Fans might have overlooked the lines in “Steve Jobs” track where Lupe gave shout out to Eminem. In the verse two, Fiasco raps:

Your penmanship has the fingerprints of a gimmick
And affection and the intimacy of impressions of that ni**a you friends with
I ain’t gotta say it to say it
I can’t even blame you, the nigga’s one of my favorites

Lupe is saying that Royce bit Eminem’s style of rhyming. He says that he sees ‘affection’ and ‘intimacy of impressions’ of Eminem’s pen in Royce’s rhymes. Fiasco goes on to to say that he can’t even blame Royce because Eminem is one of his favorites too.

Revisit the track below:

Kuniva of D12 shares rare video of Biz Markie surprising Eminem at his birthday party

Rapper Biz Markie, most famous for his iconic hit “Just a Friend,” has died after a series of complications from diabetes that he’s been fighting for more than a year.

To show love, D12’s Kuniva shared a rare video of Biz Markie surprising Eminem at his birthday party.

On the caption, we read: “In honor of a pioneer. I usually try to keep my personal pics and footage to myself bc people steal them and post like it iss theirs. So I kept the old a** text up on the screen from the two way. But this was one of the most memorable nights EVER. The first time I met the legends Biz Markie and @ at the bro Big Daddy Kane at Eminem surprise 26th Bday party we threw him at St. Andrews in Detroit. This was definitely a highlight in my life and I was just as starstruck as Em lol RIP to a GREAT legend who was super cool and showed us all love that night.”

You can watch the video below:

Conway The Machine freestyles over Jay-Z’s “Ignorant S**t”

Griselda’s Conway The Machine has recently shared the tracklist to his upcoming Shady Records debut album titled God Don’t Make Mistakes.

Now, La Maquina has emerged to keep the momentum rolling with a brief new freestyle over JAY-Z’s “Ignorant S**t,” featuring Beanie Sigel for REVOLT’s new series called Off Top, hosted by Big Tigger and Rapsody.

Some of the quotable lyrics from the freestyle includes: “Look in the driveway you see a fleet of foreigns / Like the U in the eighties the coupe green and orange, We ain’t squashing the beef, we gon’ keep it goin’, Feds keep watching our house but they gon’ need a warrant.”

You can watch the freestyle below:

Conway has also done an interview with REVOLT, where the Buffalo rapper talks making it out of Buffalo, New York; originality, Griselda, his love for rap, experience which came from working at Eminem’s Shady Records and more.

Cassidy analysis Eminem’s rhymes while discussing “Science of Rap” with Math Hoffa

Cassidy recently sat down with Math Hoffa and the rest of the crew where they talk about rap, lyricism, and more. At some point Cassidy was asked about how come people don’t like Eminem and his lyricism.

“He is not technical all the time. He is piecing up syllables but sometimes he do not, sometimes he rhyme one syllable.” said Cassidy and raps “The Way I Am” as an example.

“That is one syllable,” Cassidy continues, “It’s just you all think he piecing up all these syllables. He do rhyme more syllables in other raps but a lot of times he just do not even be piecing up it is just a lot of rhymes and you think that he killing it.”

Philadelphia rapper the raps “My Name Is” and comments: “I know the science of this sh*t is a two-syllable piece up. That is the best Eminem right there. When he rap like that, that is when I really like him. But a lot of people do not even understand the way that you are supposed to rhyme and piece it up.”

“You gotta really break the science down the proper way like not just rappers, fans too, everybody. Like I know this is one syllable, this is two, this three, this is this. Once people could do that, rappers gonna have to step it up and fans gonna demand more cause they are gonna understand better.”

Check out the full thing below:

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Billboard reveals highest paid hip-hop artists of 2020

Billboard has released the highest earning musicians in 2020 and in the hip-hop category, Post Malone and Drake are leading. You can check out the top ten highest paid rappers below.

NOTE: the revenue is ONLY from music, earned in the United States of America.

1. Post Malone – $23.2 million.

2. Drake – $14.2 million.

3. NBA YoungBoy – $11.9 million.

4. Lil Baby – $11.7 million.

5. Eminem – $9.7 million.

6. Lil Uzi Vert – $9.5 million.

7. DaBaby – $9.1 million.

8. Bad Bunny – $8.4 million.

9. Future – $8.2 million.

10. Roddy Ricch – $7.4 million.

Detailed numbers for Eminem

Streaming: $6.6M
Sales: $1.3M
Publishing: $1.8M
Touring: $0

For the detailed listing, visit Billboard here.

Eminem’s daughter Hailie posts rare picture with her boyfriend

Eminem’s daughter Hailie Jade Scott shared a sweet picture of herself cozying up with her boyfriend on Instagram.

In the photo, Hailie sported an orange cut-out dress and accessorized with a white fedora while she rested her arm on Evan’s shoulder.

“I rarely share my feed, but when I do I’m happy it’s with you ❤️‍” writes Hailie in the caption.

In the comments section, Eminem’s younger brother Nathan Kane Mathers showed his support to the couple: “My Homie Evan .”

Check out the photo below:

Kxng Crooked namedrops Eminem & Rakim on his new song

KXNG Crooked returns with new song “Schea Cotton” and the music video comes with it.

The title is named after California’s professional basketball player who played for 10 years professionally but never reached the NBA.

In the song, Crooked raps: “You all will not mention my name, you hatin’ / I guess that is what happens when you interview Rakim and you are in Eminem’s Top Ten.”

Yo can bump the new song below: