BlocBoy JB says that he is one of the “best rappers in the world,” along with Eminem, J. Cole and Drake. The Memphis, Tennessee-born rapper, who is best known for “Look Alive” with Drake and “Rover 2.0” with 21 Savage, made the claim in a post on his Instagram Story.
“I’m One Of The Best Rappers In The World Y’all Just sleep. Bar 4 Bar only ni–a up der wit me is @eminem @champagnepapi @realcoleworld.” he wrote over a black screen.
The story was reshared by DJ Akademiks on Instagram and the fans madly disagreed with BlocBoy. “I’ve never seen clout chasing like this before bro is really going out sad = HE BROKE,” one user wrote. Another commented: “I know a ni–a from down the st with more bars then this ni–a.” Others in disagreement still defended BlocBoy from criticism: “I ain’t even mad at bro.. That’s how you’re suppose to feel about your music.”
Last year, during an interview with VLAD TV, Jadakiss protégé Millyz declared himself the best white rapper since Eminem, called Machine Gun Kelly garbage and kicked out Yelawolf from the list for worshiping the Confederate Flag.
“In reality, I’m the best white rapper since Eminem. As far as just high level rap. If you really know rap there is no f–king way around it. Other than that, you are bias.”
“So, Eminem, me, Paul Wall. Who are some other white rappers? I like Yelawolf but his Confederate Flag and all that corny s–t he’s doing kicks him out of the category. MGK is garbage! Cause he can’t rap. But he got a good rock star image but he’s not nice though.”
Since then, ‘Best White Rapper’ has been a hot topic. Most recently, Jack Harlow made the claim for the title: “The hardest white boy since the one who rapped about vomit and sweaters / And hold the comments ’cause I promise you I’m honestly better than whoever came to your head right then.” he raps on a song “They Don’t Love It.” from Jackman album.
R.A. the Rugged Man responded Jack Harlow’s statement on social media, saying: “I never talked that “I’m the best white rapper” bulls–t. I’m coming for everybody’s head. No nationality is safe.” he tweeted.
Machine Gun Kelly also threw a little jab at Harlow on Eminem-produced beat “Renegade” freestyle: “I see why they call you Jackman. You jacked man’s whole swag, give Drake his flow back, man.”
The internet went crazy attempting to identify his lover after SteveWillDoIt shared a video of him and his girlfriend Celina Smith playing Minecraft in 2021.
We all know SteveWillDoIt as a popular gaming YouTuber with a huge following of almost 9 million subscribers. He’s known for his daring and sometimes outrageous challenges, like eating a Tide Pod or snorting an entire bottle of cinnamon. But fans have also noticed a woman accompany him in his mind-boggling escapades. Who is SteveWillDoIt’s girlfriend, Celina Smith?
As she claims, she’s a cousin of Eminem. In an interview last month, Celina Smith said: “Eminem is my cousin. Eighth cousin. Came up on my ancestry thing. I swear. And yeah, even my grandma was like ‘you know, that’s your cousin.’ Like way… Should I reach out? He would not believe me, I’m not gonna message him and be like ‘We are cousins.'”
In a recent interview with AllHipHop magazine, Grammy Award-winning producer who goes by the name of Smitty, who has previously worked with both Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, gave some insight into the studio sessions and overall energy surrounding Snoop’s forthcoming album titled Missionary, which is being entirely produced by Dr. Dre.
“It’s gonna be great music. That’s not even the given. What people won’t expect is the level of execution that Snoop is committed to. Snoop’s in his bag. I was in Hawaii working with other projects last week. Snoop Dogg called me — I’m three hours behind, it has to be 8 in the morning — he’s like ‘Man, this is Snoop. Little bro, I ain’t seen Dre this excited since The Chronic. He’s really excited about what we’re doing.’ I said, ‘Nah, you think?’ He said, ‘Y’all ain’t got what we got. Y’all go on trips on yachts with him, record and all that shit,’ because that’s how we started.” Smitty said.
Then he continued: “He took us on a yacht trip to Croatia. We were recording every day, we had three records for Snoop. When we came back, Snoop said ‘Yo, this could be something!’ That’s what set the plug, that’s what started it. That’s the last thing Snoop said to me: ‘Man, he’s really excited.’ And Snoop’s commitment to execution makes us all humble.”
“I’ve seen Snoop come in and not be in the mood to record, and he’ll still give it his all. Because a lot of people are intimidated to record with Dre. I’ve seen some of the biggest names not want to record with him because he’s that meticulous. He’ll make you do the line over and over a thousand times, then tomorrow say, ‘Yeah, I was wrong.’ That’s him. It takes a certain level of commitment to even rock with him.” he added.
It is 2023 and Eminem is still the most viewed and streamed rapper around the Globe!
In May, 2023, Slim Shady accumulated 422 million views, which is the most than any other rapper and almost double as second place, Drake.
Check out the list of most watched rappers in May, 2023 on YouTube below.
422m – Eminem
238m – Drake
208m – NBA Youngboy
173m – 2Pac
167m – Future
160m – Lil Baby
159m – Nicki Minaj
152m – 50 Cent
150m – Lil Durk
143m – Doja Cat
124m – Wiz Khalifa
121m – Lil Wayne
120m – Juice WRLD
112m – Kendrick Lamar
106m – Metro Boomin
104m – Travis Scott
101m – Kanye West
Eminem was also the most watched rapper in every month of 2023: January, February, March and April with almost 2.5 billion views in total so far this year.
Rappers with the MOST views on YouTube in May 👀🔥
422m – Eminem
238m – Drake
208m – NBA Youngboy
173m – 2Pac
167m – Future
160m – Lil Baby
159m – Nicki Minaj
152m – 50 Cent
150m – Lil Durk
143m – Doja Cat
124m – Wiz Khalifa
121m – Lil Wayne
120m – Juice WRLD
112m – Kendrick…
Machine Gun Kelly and Eminem have a history to tell! After trading disstracks back in 2018, MGK announced that his rap project was not well-received because of the beef with Detroit giant and decided to go in different direction musically but that did not make Slim Shady to stop as he continued throwing shade at Cleveland rapper on Music To Be Murdered By album.
After changing the genre and becoming punk-rock artist, MGK seems to be getting back to his roots as he has released couple of rap songs lately. One of the most recent releases is titled “Pressure” where Kelly appears to be throwing a little jab at Eminem.
“There won’t be a day I need a vest under my zip-up ‘Cause every time they tried to send a shot, it always missed us (Doo, drr).” raps Machine Gun Kelly on third verse. After MGK called Eminem’s daughter “hot as f–k” in 2012, the two engaged in a highly-publicized feud that culminated in Eminem’s diss track called “Killshot.”
Despite Eminem being known to end careers with his diss tracks, Kelly thinks “Killshot” missed as he not only maintain his success but also further went on to achieve his first platinum album, Tickets to my Downfall, followed by Mainstream Sellout, both of which reached number 1 on Billboard 200 charts.
MGK has said similar line before on a song called “Floor 13”: “I just spent too many minutes watchin’ little videos of sh–ty wannabe rappers dissing me. I just spent the winter livin’ after someone tried to send a kill shot, missin’ me.”
LL Cool J has recently sat down on Way Up With Angela Yee where the legendary hip-hop artist revealed that his new album was originally produced by Dr. Dre but it was scrapped. Plus he talked about his new album with Q-Tip, being married, shooting his first concert and much more.
“So, the real story is that, I did about 30-40 songs with Dr. Dre and in doing those songs I felt like – the music was amazing what Dre was bringing to the table was super dope – but I felt like the writing, what I was brining to these songs didn’t feel strong enough to me. I didn’t feel like I was expressing, I was getting out of me, what I was feeling. In my mind, I didn’t feel like it was written properly.” said LL Cool J.
“So, I took a pause. Me and Dre just kinda paused for a minute. And I ended up having a dream and in this dream Phife Dawg from A Tribe Called Quest came to me. When he came in my dream he was like ‘yo, that album you gonna do with Dre is gonna be dope’ and I’m looking at him and he’s smirking a little bit. He had funny look at his face. And then when I woke up, I just felt like Q-Tip was on my spirit. So I just called him. He picked up and I told him that I wanted to do an album. We went and did the record and the rest is history.” He added.
LL previously revealed that he got Eminem featured on his upcoming album. It’s highly possible the song is produced by Dr. Dre.
Conway The Machine has recently announced that he would have to cancel his upcoming tour shows and postpone it to different dates due to a severe leg injury. Of course, messages of support, sympathy, and well-wishes poured in from fans and industry peers alike.
Conway shared a video of him starting to walk with his broken leg in the hospital and put on a song from another New York legend as its background music.
Furthermore, the track in question was none other than 50 Cent’s album cut “Gotta Make It To Heaven” from his 2003 classic Get Rich Or Die Tryin’. Given the song’s inspirational lyrics and thematic focus, it’s no wonder that it would inspire Conway The Machine to get better every day.
“I gotta make it to Heaven for going through Hell/ I gotta make it to Heaven, I hope I make it to Heaven,” 50 Cent raps over the infectious beat, speaking to Conway’s desire to overcome going through the “hell” of breaking his leg and dislocating his knee.
50 Cent responded Conway The Machine on Instagram to motivate him even more. The former G-Unit general posted the screenshot of HipHopDX article and in the caption he wrote: “That boy tuff he will be back on his feet in no time. @whoisconway let’s go, every set back is for the get back.”
Rakim, the God emcee, has recently shared a picture of Eminem and Black Thought on Instagram, asking fans what they think about the match-up: “Conversation of the day!! Talk about it in the comments. I’ll be watching.” – Rakim wrote in the caption.
Royce 5’9″ was quick to respond in the comments: “They have the words on a string … Like a yo-yo … The two most extreme examples of lyrical overachiever that you could pair together .. We’re not worthy.”
Rakim’s post also divided hip-hop fans into half. One user replied: “Both are èlite lyricist, I’d rather see them collab than go against each other! Em’s storytelling and rhyme schemes with Thought’s lyricism and flow are a deadly combination.” Another commented: “Black Thought, by a convincing margin, only because of the congruence of his bars. Em is extremely skilled and make words rhyme (whole sentences at times), but they don’t always make sense, or have the degree of depth that a Black Thought displays effortlessly…(one man’s opinion)” Someone said: “The mechanics of Em do not offer the nuance, soul, education, or relatability that Thought bestows.. though I would love to hear Em over more soulful tracks, personally I’d still rock with Tariq.”
Check out Rakim’s post below and tell us your opinions about Eminem VS Black Thought in the comment sections of our social media accounts.
Royce 5’9″ has recently sat down with Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg on Juan EP Is Life podcast, where the Detroit legend talked about Hip-Hop Shop days with Eminem, how their friendship formed, meeting Dr. Dre for the first time, his career highlights and more.
About Hip-Hop Shop
“After the school graduation, I started going to Hop-Hop Shop. First time I went to Hip-Hop Shop I rapped and I got gonged. I almost was not a rapper. That killed my confidence. I thought I was not ready. I walked in there and I seen Proof, Elzhi, Marshall, all of them killers. Hip-Hop Shop was an open mic slash clothing sore that was owned by Maurice Malone. So what you do is, you stand around in the circle and Proof is like the host, he just passes the mic around. If you get it, you gotta rap. And DJ Head is up top on the ones and twos and if you don’t get reaction fast enough then he puts on gong music and you gotta pass the mic. Proof was known as the best emcee. When I walked in there, I didn’t know anybody. I already heard about Proof. Marshall did not rap that day.”
After Hip-Hop Shop / meeting Eminem
“After I succeeded at the Hip-Hop Shop, I just kept going. Bad Meets Evil the vinyl was probably the first thing that I was a part of. Around ’97. I heard ‘Infinite’ before I met Marshall. ‘Infinite’ and ‘The Slim Shady EP.’ Mr. Porter produced the whole ‘Infinite’ album. Me and Eminem get close as soon as we met. I met him the night my son was born. We have already heard about each other. I was opening up for Usher at the show. He heard me kick the acapella on stage. And he asked me to meet me. So, we met each other, exchanged numbers and we started talking on the phone and that’s how the song Bad Meets Evil ended up happening. Once we did that, he took a liking to me, he got his deal with Dre and the rest is history.
About Bad Meets Evil deal
John Schechter, he’s a good friend of mine but he was introduced me through Paul Rosenberg who’s Em’s partner. I already had friendly relationship with Paul Rosenberg. I can’t remember exactly all the particulars but Paul wanted to set it up to where Em can do things outside of his deal. Also to help build me. So we just kept doing s–t together. And at that time, I also became Em’s hypeman for a minute. We were just together all the time. We were just building.
Meeting Dr. Dre
I remember sending out my demos to Marshall when he was out in Cali so he can listen to the songs. I get the call one day, my dad comes into the room and says ‘Ryan, It’s Dr. Dre on the phone for you.’ I answered the phone like ‘hello’ and he’s like ‘Yo what’s up, it’s Dre.’ I’m like WOW. So, Marshall basically played my s–t for him and he was feeling my s–t. So he was like ‘would you be down to come out here and work with us?’ I said ‘hell yeah.’ So I went out to Cali and we started working on The Chronic two (2001). From there, I ended up signing a deal with Tommy Boy where my album was executive produced by Marshall.
“Eminem really never say nothing. Eminem is the type of ni–a that could watch you, he will make a diss record to destroy you and then just chill in the crib. Shout out to Eminem.” said Yayo.
Then he continues: “We were called House Ni–as for f–king with Eminem. The Source, they would take it to whole another level. That’s when the disrespect for me was like. Damn, what does color have to do with music. What does the color have to do with people. I don’t care what color or religion you are. We from New York, we grew up with all kinds of people. I don’t give a f–k what color you are. I don’t look at you as a culture vulture because you are white. That could be somebody else’s opinion. It’s not mine.”
“Melle Mel said something about Eminem. That’s his opinion. My thing is, Em and Fifty did more for me than anybody has ever done in my career. I’mma always shout out Eminem. Eminem would never be on no list if he was not f–king lyrical tyrant. If he was not f–king nice with it. No disrespect to Melle Mel, I know he’s a legend in the game but at the end of the day, Eminem is lyrical.” Tony Yayo added.
Country singer Jelly Roll has recently gave an interview to Detroit Free Press where he revealed that he was inspired by Eminem and called him the greatest of all time.
The 38-year-old Tennessee native made an underground name in the 2010s with a series of hick-hop releases, forging a music career after spending much of his teens and early 20s in prison. He began his country transition in 2020, winning fans with soul-baring, therapeutic music that has been celebrated for honest rawness.
Friday in metro Detroit, he knew he was near the stomping grounds of a personal musical hero and influence, Eminem, who emerged from similar tough family circumstances to find his own redemptive arc.
“Eminem is the greatest of all time. There’s no denying that. I grew up feeling the same way. He inspired kids like me. He was early to infuse rap and rock, and I remember early on thinking you could mix genres based solely on what Marshall did. So he’s always been a big pivotal thing on what we’ve done. Plus, being a white-trash kid, you can’t help supporting another white-trash kid. I hope he feels the same about me.” Jelly Roll said.
“I think his music has always been cathartic because even when he was in his addiction, he was constantly crying for help out of it when you listen back to those records. Once he got past his first album, he just opened up the super-emotional side of him, and I think it changed the game for everybody. And he was one of the first rappers who did that.” he added.
