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Dr. Dre to receive a star on Hollywood Walk Of Fame

Legendary Dr. Dre is one of the 31 entertainers chosen to earn a star on the prestigious Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The new honorees were revealed in a press conference on Monday, June 26, by the official Walk of Fame selection committee, which is made up of former Walk of Fame recipients. From among the hundreds of nominations, they chose the new recipients.

No dates or times have been scheduled regarding the respective star ceremonies.

“Rock fans are gonna love this,” iHeartRadio radio personality and selection committee chair Ellen K remarked before announcing Def Leppard in the recording category. The band, known for hits such as “Rock of Ages” and “Bringin’ on the Heartbreak,” was previously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2019.

Ellen K also shouted out “Legendary hip-hop artist Dr. Dre,” who received the first-ever ASCAP Hip-Hop Icon Award earlier this month and Global Icon Award earlier this year at the Grammys.

Dr. Dre has previously supported Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Big Boy and 50 Cent at their celebration of getting a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Skillababy explains the disconnect between Eminem & young Detroit rappers

Detroit rapper who goes by the name Skillababy has recently sat down with Bootleg Kev for an interview where he briefly talked about Eminem.

“I’ve never seen Eminem. I do wanna do some music with Eminem. I never seen Eminem but I know he’s big for our culture. Everything he did…And I think the disconnect between and a lot of artists from Detroit now is that he’s not a street guy. He’s disconnected from the streets because he’s not in the streets and he does not owe anybody anything. When it comes to Trick Trick, Royce and all of them, that was his era, he helped his artists.” said Skillababy

Then he continued: “Everybody wants to be a successful so bad but you gotta understand that Eminem would not even sound right on a lot of songs from Detroit. If you put Eminem some of these new sound records, it’ll suck. I’m just being real. Because a lot of people do not have lyrical content from Detroit. We are more of a vibe and I feel like the flow would not even match. When it comes to putting the record together. I don’t think nobody wants to hear that at all.”

“If I do a record with Eminem, I had to sit there and write for like a week. And then give my flow and be like ‘Em, I got this for you.” he added.

You can watch the interview below:

Big Daddy Kane recalls first time hearing Eminem

Big Daddy Kane talked about Eminem and first hearing Slim Shady during an interview with HipHopDX’s Jeremy Hecht at the 2023 BET Awards red carpet.

Interviewer: I know you got the documentary coming and it seems like you really going deep into not only the history that you’ve impacted but the history of hip-hop as a whole. Is there something that surprised you or that you learned from doing those interviews?

Big Daddy Kane: Yeah. The interview with Eminem was very very intense. He mentioned some things that I guess I never really paid attention to or even thought about. I had to really sit and say ‘you sure that I’m the first person who did that?! Hold on, let me double check.’ He mentioned some things that I never really thought about it or I even paid attention to.

Interviewer: When you first heard Eminem, do you remember where you were?

Big Daddy Kane: Honestly, the first time I heard Eminem was Slim Shady. Somebody else played something that he was on before and let me hear. I was like ‘yo, he is nice! he’s nice and he’s funny.’ And then when I heard him get real super lyrical, I was like ‘oh, nah, this dude is a problem. he’s dope.’

Interviewer: Did it take a while to get that interview? You know, he does not come out of his house very often.

Big Daddy Kane: Nah, I mean, actually, we reached out and we got word back probably a week or two.

Big Daddy Kane has finalized a forthcoming Netflix documentary titled Paragraphs I Manifest. As the title suggests, the film focuses on the art of emceeing and feature several high-profile interviews with some of the most prolific rappers in Hip Hop, including Eminem, Jay-Z, J. Cole, Common and others.

Reggie Saunders talks how his favorite Eminem Air Jordan 4s were created

In a recent interview with GQ magazine, Reggie Saunders’, the Vice President of Entertainment Marketing at the Jordan brand of Nike, takes us through his life in sneakers and shares his experiences working with some of the biggest names in entertainment including Travis Scott, DJ Khaled, Eminem and more.

“Let’s go Eminem. My brother. Slim Shady! It was actually 10th year anniversary of 8 Mile. That’s what these shoes were originally for. We missed the date and then I think it was 12th year anniversary of Shady Records. The first sample we got had Chrome back here. And Marshall wanted to keep it. Him and Paul Rosenberg, we played off the Chrome here. They wanted to keep it cohesive. Em’s really good at that. Paul Rosenberg’s really good at that. So we changed the tabs to black and that’s why this tab is what I had to sent to them to get approved. Em’s backwards E there.” – said Reggie Saunders

Then he continues: “Carhartt material never done before. It was supposed to be for 8 Mile. The designer and I who no longer works here, we sat down and watched 8 Mile together. And then we sat down and watch 8 Mile separately. He’s like ‘I watched it like 8 times man.’ I said ‘me too.’ I said ‘the only consistent theme I’m seeing is that Carhartt jacket and he’s like ‘Yeah! do you think we could get Carhartt?!’ And then Carhartt folks sent the Carhartt material over to the factory and we made 23 pair of these. This is the original sample Looksy, actually, the tag is still there. Legal might go crazy but I don’t think we a contract with Em. WE just shook hands and said ‘we are gonna do it.'”

“Just the way this shoe, what it means to sneaker game, like I charge this one to the game, it’s like keep people dreaming. Keep people thinking, like, what’s next?! Nobody knew they wanted wanted a Carhartt material type of shoe. And now I think company like, you know, Nike Inc., we have done some shoes with Carhartt as well. So, this is a legacy piece.” – he added.

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A fan who toured with Eminem in 1999 shares never before seen pictures & tells untold stories

Reddit user, Chupacockbrah, who appears to toured with Eminem decades ago, shares never before seen pictures and untold stories about Slim Shady’s 1999 Warped Tour.

Introduction: Long story but when I was 14-15 I went on multiple tours with Eminem. Even donned the mummy costume once. We got booed on stage at Warped Tour 1999 after someone threw a bottle of water and hit Em in the face, he stopped the show and we bounced “back stage” which was just trailers and tour buses. This was a few years before Eminem was a household name and megastar phenomenon. Most of my pics and polaroids were stolen from me over the years as his star grew and people got obsessed. Used to have a polaroid with Proof and Em. Sad I don’t have it anymore, Proof was the nicest dude ever, so was Kim, believe it or not. Anyways, I guess AMA if you want.

Q: How did you get so lucky to tour with Em at 14?! Are you a performer? Also, I am very interested in knowing more about your interactions with Eminem, and Kim as well!

A: I grew up with a friend that’s dad was his tour sound guy for a while. Took us on short legs of his California tours. Eminem was nice to people he knew. He always recognized me but don’t think he even knew my name. My name is Eric and my brother tells his nieces that in White America he’s talkin about me which is obviously not true. But I did have bleached hair for a while so maybe I helped spawn The Real Slim Shady lol. Kim chain smoked menthol 100’s but other than that she just hung out. Supported Em, she was only on tour with us once though… I have a cool story/interaction with her that I’ll never forget, she tried to protect me, grabbed my hand and pulled me off stage when Em got booed off. He literally said “peace out Cali” and booked it. Left us all on stage lol while people were literally throwing fireworks on stage (like the little flowers that spin) it was kinda scary to be honest, I just wanted my clothes from the trailer cause it had my camera and the film capsule if you guys are old to remember that. Had 40 bucks in it but they never found it. She asked how much money was in it and I said 40 bucks so she gave me 40 and my buddy always said I should have said 100. Eminem was never very warm to his fans. He’s always kinda been, how you say this, “the way he is.”

Q: Amazing to think of him getting booed off a stage! Thanks for sharing your experience! Sounds like a dream to me.

A: Yeah it was a bunch of punker metal dudes and they probably had no idea who he was. Also, people always say they were jealous but it actually messed with my head a lot. I mean, sure, everyone at school thought we were Eminem’s homies but in reality if always left me feeling empty. It was so cool to hang out and then we had to go home and back to school and I didn’t want it to end. Didn’t want to live a normal life. And they just kept going on tour and having fun, I just went back to a “normal” and boring life. At this point it’s been so long, none of it even feels real, just a story I tell and have a few mementos I occasionally break out.

Q: What did you do dressed as a mummy?

A: Just walked around on stage lol, they told me some people breakdance. Actually Dustin Hoffman supposedly wore it right before me. No joke.

Q: Hey, was he funny?

A: Yeah he could have killed it as a comedian no joke, would freestyle on the bus. Also, he wrote The Watcher for Dre, heard him reciting the lyrics the year before The Chronic dropped and was like ‘what?!’ but I remember him rapping about Gus, the tour manager makin a fuss on the bus and some other rap I can’t recall. He really is as cool and legit as witty as he seems.

Q: Does he still remember you?

A: There’s no way. But also there’s no way to know cause I don’t see him anymore. His career launched and probably required and expansive stage crew.

Q: That’s cool as f–k, bet it makes some good drinking stories lol. Were you around any drugs or anything? or see anything at 14 most people wouldn’t?

A: Yeah totally cool stories. Most people don’t believe me cause I’m a digital artist that could easily photoshop these but they don’t exist anywhere else so. Also I just tell them to ask my mom lol she agreed to let me go, what could she say? She couldn’t deny me the opportunity. No drugs really, just weed. I stole his pipe and took it to school. My mom found it washing my clothes and I told her I stole it from Eminem and she was like “Welp, I believe that…You can have it when you’re 18” she lost it lol but yeah lots of weed…I went on tour with Cypress Hill so I’m sure you can imagine.

Q: What was your experience with him?

A: I have lots. I was there when he met B-Real from Cypress Hill. B-Real even got on stage and announced Xzibit and Em and only Xzibit came out which was probably confusing for the crowd. Also met Dre once, nice as f–k…Never Snoop though, which would have been cool. No idea why Eminem did not come out. I wasn’t on tour with him then. Was on tour with Cypress Hill and I guess Eminem was in Hollywood. He just left I guess.

Q: You’re probably one of the luckiest people on here to kick it with him when he was in his prime! did he ever share any rap battle stories with you? or did you ever see him at work writing any lyrics between shows?

A: Thanks, was hoping you guys would enjoy. He didn’t, he would rap a lot obviously but I mentioned earlier I heard him reciting the lyrics to The Watcher by Dre, pretty sure he ghost wrote some or all of that song.

Q: I was at that Warped Tour show in 1999 where someone threw that bottle. He had entire stage setups and stuff to match the aesthetic of The Slim Shady LP release. I remember when it happened and he was like “f–k this” and walked off stage and ended the show. I was 15 years old at the time and it was my first time seeing Eminem right after he got famous. I remember leaving thinking for some reason that was going to get talked about on MTV News or some other outlet but never heard a peep about it. So crazy that you were at that show on tour!

A: Dude! I was hoping someone would have been at that Warped Show! This is so cool. Yeah they had mushrooms on stage and I was the mummy walking around. Crazy side story: When we got back to the tour bus, some Warped Tour manager guy came in and said they had found the guy who threw the bottle and if Eminem wanted to press charges. Em said “nah” and that was the end of it. That was wild!

Q: How was Eminem?

A: Not the nicest to fans. We stopped at aJack in the Box once in Bakersfield and he walked down the street and a couple kids recognized him and he wouldn’t even talk or make eye contact when they came up. But I will say, he loved my friend’s dad so he treated us kids really cool even though it’s kinda lame to bring your kid and his friend on tour.

Q: Did you ever see him get violent with people?

A: No but he did have a cast right before we went on tour cause he jumped off the stage and punched someone and broke something in the hand/arm. Didn’t see it happen just heard the story. He also got tattooed by Mr. Cartoon right before a show at the HOB.

Q: What’s your most and least favorite experience with him?

A: Probably being on stage was the best and least. Was exciting but also stressful and getting booed off sucked.

Q: What’s your favorite Eminem album?

A: The Slim Shady LP changed my life, made me and every other suburban white kid wanna be a rapper. We used to pass a raps notebook around school and battle each other on paper lol I can rap my a– off though, just ask my girlfriend lol

Q: You said Kim was really nice in person. How so?

A: I kinda elaborated a bit in another comment but very motherly I guess? Protective? Just really sweet. To add to the other comment she legit grabbed me and was like WE HAVE TO GO and I was like I NEED MY CLOTHES lol so dumb.

Q: One of the best posts I’ve read on Reddit not just this sub. I couldn’t help but read every part of this thread – very interesting! I appreciate the time you took to share and have taken to further answer our queries, it means a lot to me and I’m sure everyone else in the sub. I have two questions if you have time and feel like answering: What is your favorite memory of the tour(s) and If you had a 14 year old child would you let them go on tour with Eminem? 2.1 Eminem then 2.2 Current Eminem.

A: For sure, my pleasure. It’s been fun. My favorite memory would probably be meeting Em for the first time, he was with Dre and it was surreal. I don’t know if I would want my kid to go on tour with either, but I don’t think I could deny them the opportunity if they were dying to go like I was. My mom knew I was really into his music but she didn’t know enough about him or maybe she wouldn’t have allowed it.

Q: What are your top 5 Em songs and what do you think of his current day music?

A: I don’t listen to his new music. No offense its just not for me. I still listen to SSLP-TES and even liked Relapse a while after it came out. I know he can still rap but I miss when he sang choruses and told stories and now it just seems like he’s trying to rap super complex rhyme schemes and the puns kinda get old. Also, seems like so many songs are Em rapping and a female vocalist singing the chorus. Favorite songs: 1. Infinite 2. As the World Turns 3. Rock Bottom 4. Marshall Mathers 5. Brain Damage. That’s tough though cause I love Role Model, Kill You, the I Don’t Give a F–ks…so many amazing songs. Shoutout to all of his old radio and recorded freestyles too those were all immaculate.

Some stuff from when I toured with Em
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Snoop Dogg presents Dr. Dre with first-ever ASCAP Hip-Hop Icon Award

Celebrating 50 years of hip-hop culture, Snoop Dogg presented his long-time friend and collaborator Dr. Dre with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers’ (ASCAP) first-ever Hip-Hop Icon Award.

“Dre, you are my brother, it’s an honor to know you, to work with you, to hang out with you and to present you with this very first ASCAP Hip-Hop Icon award. Dr. Dre, come get this s–t, dawg!” said Snoop on the stage.

“I feel so fortunate to have been a part of the movement where disenfranchised Black youth had a hand in revolutionizing our culture. We were young Black people watching the impact of drugs, violence, police brutality and an unfair justice system wreak havoc on our communities. But hip-hop gave an outlet for a creative young man like myself who didn’t excel in school or athletics but had gifts the same and allowed us to be seen and heard beyond the concrete walls of our neighborhood.” said Dre while accepting the award.

“Dr. Dre’s groundbreaking early work laid a foundation for hip-hop as we know it today. As a champion for some of today’s biggest artists and a successful entrepreneur, he changed the culture around hip-hop. Dre continues to be a pivotal figure in the music industry and we are thrilled to recognize him with the inaugural ASCAP Hip-Hop Icon Award as we mark 50 years of hip-hop.” – ASCAP board chairman and President Paul Williams said in a statement before ASCAP’s Rhythm & Soul Music Awards Celebration of 50 Years of Hip-Hop at London West Hollywood.

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BTS pass Eminem with their new No. 1 hit song

With their most recent track, “Take Two,” BTS has once again dominated the US Billboard charts and reclaimed the top spot in the Digital Song Sales list.

Thanks to an incredible 31,000 pure sales in the US, the song rapidly debuted at No. 1. This accomplishment give them the place among the selected few artists who have accomplished such a milestone, as well as making it their eleventh chart-topper on the Digital Song Sales chart.

Some of the biggest names in the music business, such as Katy Perry, Beyoncé, and Eminem, have now been eclipsed by BTS, breaking their tie with these legendary figures. All four acts had 11 No. 1 songs on the Digital Song Sales chart prior to this week, putting them on a same level.

The K-pop heavyweights have now gained ground with “Take Two,” at least temporarily because any of their fellow chart-toppers could suddenly make a surprise comeback, especially Eminem, who has not released new music for more than 3 years.

BTS is now in 6th place on the ranking of artists with the most No. 1 hits in the history of the Digital Song Sales chart. Leading the pack by a significant margin is Taylor Swift, who has reached the pinnacle with an astounding 26 different tracks.

She is followed by Nicki Minaj with 15 tracks who has recently surpassed Rihanna, currently holding steady in third place with 14 chart-toppers. Directly ahead of BTS on the leaderboard are both Drake and Justin Bieber, each with an impressive 13 No. 1 hits.

Artists with the most US digital song sales #1’s:@taylorswift13 26@NICKIMINAJ 15@rihanna 14@justinbieber 13@Drake 13@BTS_twt 12@katyperry 11@Eminem 11@Beyonce 11@BrunoMars 9

— chart data (@chartdata) June 19, 2023

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Cole Bennett brings Slim Shady back on Juice WRLD & Cordae’s new single “Doomsday”

Juice WRLD has just released another posthumous collaboration. This time, Chicago, Illinois-born rapper teamed up with Cordae.

As part of this collaboration, Lyrical Lemonade has released its debut single titled “Doomsday,” from their upcoming album called LL1* releasing later this year. The track features a highly anticipated and previously unreleased collaboration between Juice WRLD and Cordae. The music video also features Eminem deepfake and his iconic intro from “Role Model” song, produced by Dr. Dre: “Okay, I’m going to attempt to drown myself, You can try this at home, You can be just like me.”

Both Cole Bennett and Cordae built up anticipation for the release through social media posts. This includes the interesting short film “whyrush?” directed by Bennett.

“Doomsday” is a captivating track that brings together the Grammy-nominated rapper Cordae and the late Juice WRLD. It features their skillful wordplay and thought-provoking verses. They are set to music over the iconic Dr. Dre-produced beat of Eminem’s “Role Model.”

The song showcases both rapper’s distinct style in a powerful collaboration. The accompanying music video was, of course, directed by Cole Bennett. It creates a visually stunning spectacle, utilizing technology to seamlessly transform Cordae into Juice WRLD and vice versa.

You can watch the video below:

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New documentary reveals 50 Cent dissed Jay-Z & Nas on original version of “Back Down”

On “Back Down” in 2003, 50 Cent dissed Ja Rule and Murder Inc., but the song’s original version allegedly also targeted JAY-Z, Nas, R. Kelly and Cam’ron.

The 20th anniversary of Get Rich or Die Tryin’ coincides with the release of a new documentary by Diverse Mentality that dissects each song from 50’s debut album.

One of the project’s producers, Sha Money XL, recalls 50 Cent ranting about other rappers on unreleased version of “Back Down” and explains how his mind works when it comes to aiming for listeners.

“That record is his traditional patterns of ‘How to Rob,’ your ‘Life’s on the Line,’ ‘Ghetto Quran. Certain names is being mentioned, certain nerves being pinched. That’s his marketing tool – Fif has a marketing tool within music. He knows how to make records that’s gonna get you to talk, listen and f–k with him.” Sha Money XL said.

Then he continued: “This is one of the ones that I don’t know anyone else that did a record to it. Like, Dre had records that other people do… Rakim or D12. This one, nah. This one was fresh. Fresh. And we went to my crib, cut that s–t. Fif had no filter.”

“Get to L.A. and played it, Dre put the filter on him, like, ‘Hold up, bro. Hold up, bro. Nah, bro. You going too far, man. And we had to re-record that s–t. I still got the version where he’s spazzing, man.” he added.

The narrator goes on to say that the original version of “Back Down” took aim at Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff, JAY-Z, R. Kelly, Nas, Cam’ron and others. At the end of the track, he also invited Dr. Dre to jump in and say “f–k you” to the competition.

Instead, Dre had 50 Cent redo the track as a filtered version only going at Ja Rule and Murder Inc.

“That s–t was blackdown, he was going black on that, blacking out, bro. Whylin’ on these muthaf–kas. The s–t he was saying, it was like, ‘Bro, you can’t say that, what you doing? Yo, come on, Nas is still the homie.’ But he wanted to take everybody, man. It was like, ‘You can’t go after the God, bro.’ Everybody’s getting it. Cam, everybody. Back the f–k down. And that s–t was well-received, man. That s–t was hard as f–k.”

You can watch the documentary below:

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Benzino’s daughter Coi Leray talks about his beef with Eminem & if she ever do a song with Eminem

Coi Leray has recently sat down with Math Hoffa on his My Expert Opinion podcast where she talked about Benzino and Eminem‘s beef.

“I don’t know about the Eminem thing. I was not old enough to understand it. So I can’t even tell you. I know that, anything that has to do with Eminem I don’t have nothing to do with those times. So don’t involve me in it. I’m my own person. Don’t do that.” – Coi Leray said.

Then she continued: “If it was the situation which I don’t know so I’m just saying because I’mma ride for my father regardless. Cause he is my father. I don’t give a f–k what anybody says. But right is right and wring is wring. At the end of the day I was not there to understand but what I do know all that rap beef s–t, even just today, is just a f–king noise to me. It is just so noise to me I just think it’s so corny. I don’t pay no mind to it. I don’t. If my father feels how he feels I was not there so I can’t give my opinion. I was not old enough to understand those times.”

“I watched 8 Mile and I thought it was a great movie. 8 Mile was crazy. It was one of the great movies. He was great actor. I could tell you some songs that I think are f–king great growing up because I’m very musically inclined. But that’s all I can tell you. I’m not an Eminem fan. I don’t listen to Eminem but I do know ‘I’m sorry mama,’ ‘Cleaning Out My Closet.’ At the end of the day, I was not there.” she added.

Then she was asked if Eminem reached out to do a song with her, would she accept it or not. “Hell no, unless I got my father’s blessing. I would sit down with my father first of all and bring it up to him. And hopefully he’ll be like ‘Do it, I passed the past.’ I love you and I support you anything you wanna do. This is positive. This gonna better you anyway.’ I’ll do it. But if he says otherwise then it’s a no.”

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According to court, playing Eminem music at workplace may be considered as sexual harassment

According to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, music that is degrading toward women played at the workplace may constitute sexual harassment.

The court ruling was in response to a lawsuit against a clothing manufacturer in which plaintiffs complained that the misogynistic music “blasted” throughout the manufacturer’s warehouse was offensive. The ruling raises questions about what music is appropriate for the workplace.

The suit alleges that S&S Activewear permitted its managers and employees to routinely play “sexually graphic, violently misogynistic” music throughout its 700,000-square-foot warehouse in Reno, Nevada. The eight plaintiffs were offended by songs that used offensive terms like “hoes” and “bi–hes” and contained themes that denigrated women.

The complaint mentions iconic song “Stan” by Eminem from his 2000 blockbuster album, The Marshall Mathers LP, which they allege, “described extreme violence against women, detailing a pregnant woman being stuffed into a car trunk and driven into water to be drowned.”

The plaintiffs also mentioned music by rapper Too $hort. Despite their frequent complaints regarding the music, the plaintiffs claim that warehouse management maintained that the songs were “motivational.”

The judge initially dismissed the case in a federal district court. However, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco overturned that decision this month, citing other cases which found “the use of sexually degrading, gender-specific epithets, such as ‘slut,’ ‘cunt,’ ‘whore,’ and ‘b–ch,’ has been consistently held to constitute harassment based upon sex.” Eminem has countless songs that include those words.

For more details, visit Forbes here.