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Royce 5’9″: “That’s one of many reasons why my loyalty to Eminem will never waver”

Yesterday, Royce Da 5’9″ took on Twitter where the Detroit legend told a short story from the past, while showing love to Eminem.

“Fun Fact: I was about to do a deal with the legendary Herbie Love Bug but Marshall found out and called me. He said “Nah Dog, with all due respect, you ain’t about to do a deal with no Herbie Love Bug.”

“He played my music for Dre that same day and told him the situation. Dre must have agreed with him because he called my mamma crib the next day and asked would I be interested in flying out to work with them on The Chronic 2001.”

“My loyalty to the Whiteboy will NEVER waver and THIS is just ONE of the MANY reasons… Big Shout to Herbie though… He is a BIG KING.” – said Royce.

Check out the post below:

Mariah Carey shades Eminem as she brings back “Obsessed” character

Yesterday, Mariah Carey’s 2009 single, “Obsessed” turned 12 years, a song that was the lead single off her twelfth studio album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, which dropped on June 16, 2009.

It was released just only one month later after Eminem took multiple shots at the singer, as also her ex-husband Nick Cannon on the track “Bagpipes from Baghad” from his sixth studio album, Relapse.

To celebrate the anniversary of the album, Mariah Carey posted a TikTok video of her saying “Why you so obsessed with me,” along Eminem’s new look.

You can watch the video below:

@mariahcareyI was so obsessed with wiping things down last year 😂 #lockdown #obsessed ♬ original sound – Mariah Carey

Dr. Dre & Jimmy Iovine to open ‘the coolest high school’ in L.A.

Image Credit: (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

Rap icon Dr. Dre and music industry mogul Jimmy Iovine hated school which made them to force to create a new public high school project in Los Angeles.

“I want to reach the inner-city kid, the younger me. Here’s a place that you can go where there’s something that you can learn that you’re really interested in.” said Dr. Dre

“This is for kids who want to go out and start their own company or go work at a place… like Marvel, or Apple or companies like that.” – added Jimmy Iovine

Dr. Dre continues: “That guy that didn’t have an opportunity, that had to scratch and figure out things on his own. That had the curiosity but didn’t have these type of opportunities, really smart kids — we want to touch and give them this open door and these opportunities to be able to show what they can do.”

“No kid wants to go to school. Because it’s boring. You keep flipping the same thing over and over and over again, year after year, with the same curriculum, the same teachers. This is something new and different that might excite the kids and make them want to go to school.”

“I had no idea this is where my life and career was gonna go, and everything that I’ve been doing throughout my career… was gonna lead to this, all those things a stepping stone to get here. Is this what it’s supposed to be? The, you know, the Big Bang? Hopefully it is.”

“This is how you spend money and feel good about it. And that feeling lasts, and most importantly it makes others feel good! Proud to know these gentlemen.” said Eminem’s manager, Paul Rosenberg.

Dr. Dre also talked about his health conditions and more. You can visit LA Times for the full interview here.

This is how you spend money and feel good about it. And that feeling lasts, and most importantly it makes others feel good! Proud to know these gentlemen. https://t.co/yGkyhMJUTM

— Paul Bunyan Rosenberg (@rosenberg) June 15, 2021

Today, 17 years ago, Big Proof released “I Miss The Hip-Hop Shop”

On this day, 17 years ago, June 15, 2004, Big Proof release his solo debut album “I Miss the Hip Hop Shop,” the follow-up of D12’s “D12 World.” The album was released
via Iron Fist Records.

The 19-tracks project includes features from Journalist, MU, T-Flame, Fatt Father, 1st Born, Famous, Killa Khann and Dogmatic. There is no feature from other D12 members, not even Eminem. Proof wanted to answer the question he asked on “My Band”: “How I’m gon’ let the world know that Proof is hot?”

Some of the standout tracks are “Bring It 2 Me” which is produced by J Dilla, “Play With Myself” produced by DJ Premier, “You Know How 2” produced by Denaun Porter aka Kon Artis and “Ja In A Bra,” a diss track to Ja Rule for the feud he had with Shady Records.

Throughout the album, Proof raps about fame, struggles, and other issues he has encountered ever since he has blown up.

You can revisit the album below:

Eminem’s daughter Hailie stuns Instagram once again

Eminem’s daughter Hailie Jade Mathers stuns her fans as she posed in a denim bikini top on Instagram.

Showing off her incredible figure, the young influencer looked stunning as she modeled a denim bikini top and white crochet pants.

Hailie completed the chic look with a matching a colorful head scarf and cardigan.

In the multiple shots, Hailie also sported pink lip-gloss and subtle false eyelashes.

In the caption of the post, she wrote: “Why does it look like I am preparing for a major tea spill?”

Wendy explains how she got signed Eminem to Aftermath: “Nobody wanted to sign him”

Wendy Day, is a legendary mentor and consultant for hip-hop artists, who was the advisor and mentor of Tupac Shakur and Chuck D of Public Enemy. She organized the 1997 Rap Olympics, where Eminem was invited by her via his demo tape Infinite to perform which gained him an Interscope Records deal. Wendy detailed that process in a recent interview with B High Atl.

“After Twista, Eminem was on my radar. His bars were crazy. I knew he was gonna be big but I didn’t know he was gonna be as big as Eminem got. Nobody knew. When I was shopping his deal, the reason I did Rap Olympics is I could not find a label who would sign a white boy who could rap. The just kept playing him to the left. The real funny thing is when I first started shopping his deal, I burned CDs in my home of his demo (meaning writing songs on the CD) and I dropped off packages to every label. Something that went wrong while burning CDs was that I burned blank CDs. All of his demo CDs were blank. I did not know that.”

“I took them to every label and only one label called me. Which means, only one label listened to that CD and it was Rich Isaacson’s Loud Records. He called me and said: ‘Yo, did you mean this CD to be blank?’ It was so embarrassing. I hat to burn new CDs and take them back to everybody but they all passed. Because at that point of time Milli Vanilli just been stripped off their Grammys and Vanilla Ice was not doing as great as people wanted him to in black community and for white rappers it was very hard and labels were like ‘no, we do not want to be the one.'”

“We tried getting him write up in The Source but that didn’t help. We did Unsigned Hype, that didn’t help. At that time, music was going from being lyrical on the underground like backpack type rap to Gangster and mainstream. More like bad boy type rap. So I decided to do an event called ‘Rap Olympics’ to bring attention and press to real lyrical guys to show the world that they are still there and to showcase Eminem cause he is lyrical and it worked. It got him signed to Dre, to Interscope, to Aftermath.” said Day.

You can watch the full interview below:

Roxy Shahidi says Eminem’s “8 Mile” changed her life

In a recent interview, Emmerdale’s Leyla actress Roxy Shahidi says Eminem’s “8 Mile” movie changed her life.

While talking about, her co-star Jonny McPherson, Roxy Shahidi said:

“He goes on about how I do not know anyone famous from beyond the noughties. There was a line in the script about Margot Robbie and I said, “Is she in Emmerdale?” which he thought was hilarious. He goes on about how I do not know anyone famous from beyond the noughties.”

“But I do not watch a lot of TV or spend hours on social media. I am happy with a bit of Santana or Madonna on my Spotify, and Eminem’s 8 Mile changed my life.”

For the full interview, visit here.

Today, 21 years ago, Eminem set Guinness World Record & its still unbroken

On this day, 21 years ago (June 10, 2000), Eminem’s third solo studio album, The Marshall Mathers LP sold 1,760,000 copies in its first week in the United States and debuted at No. 1 on Billboard 200.

The album sold twice as much as the previous hip-hop/rap record holder for first week sales in the United States, which was Snoop Dogg’s 1993 classic album, Doggystyle.

Eminem instantly became fastest selling rapper and solo act until Adele broke it in 2015 with her third studio album “25” by selling over 3 million copies in its first week.

After twenty one years, Eminem still remains the fastest selling rapper and male act since Nielsen Soundscan began tracking sales of the albums.

Screenshot below is taken from the official Guinness World Records website.

For the full list of Eminem’s Guinness World Records, visit an article here.

Check out Eminem’s cameo on X-Men Hellfire Gala

About a week ago, Marvel Entertainment announced the guest-list for X Men’s Hellfire Gala via Twitter and it included Eminem.

Taking to Twitter, Marshall Mathers re-shared the list for millions of his fans.

“Mutants aren’t the only attendees of the #XMenHellfireGala. Keep an eye out for these VIP as you explore the party,” we read on Marvel’s tweet.

Eminem replied with: “Thanks for the honor Marvel,” while captioning Marvel invitation on his Instagram.

Today, the Eminem episode has leaked. The Rap God is in the crowd with Paul Rosenberg, Method Man, George R. R. Martin and more. You can check out the picture below: