In the most recent episode of the Sky Sports Love the Darts podcast, Emma Paton asks Nathan Aspinall who would be at his ideal dinner party.
After a brief moment of intense consideration and a quick debate about whether or not to pick the three members of N’Dubz, Aspinall reveals his selections.
“Eminem, Ronaldo,” Aspinall starts before Dan Dawson quips in, asking “which Ronaldo?” “Cristiano,” Aspinall continues much to Dawson’s disgust. “Wrong one,” he concludes.
“And David Beckham,” Aspinall continues, ignoring Dawson’s comments. “None of them would even know what darts is and they’d probably be boring as hell.”
“They’re like my three. The three that I’ve grown up with and three people I love,” explains the Asp. “They’d be pretty boring wouldn’t they,” he concludes with a laugh.
Two times Grammy winning, multi-platinum music producer Illmind, who’s worked with artists such as 50 Cent, Kanye West, J. Cole, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Jay-Z and Future, has recently recalled the times when he met Dr. Dre for the first time and played some beats to impress him but it didn’t go the way he expected.
“I met the legendary, the GOAT, Dr. Dre through mutual friend of mine named Tahim. It was 2014 and I’m in LA in the studio. I went to meet Dr. Dre and Tahim at the bar. I walked into the bar and Tahim introduced me to Dre. Dre told me ‘I heard you got fire beats.’ Then we ordered a drink and chatted a little bit. Then Dre turns to me and says ‘I want to hear your beats, lets go to the studio.'” said Illmind
Then he continues: “We leave the bar and we walk in the studio. I plugged my computer and started playing beats. The first beat I played, I’m nodding my head and going crazy. I literally played my favorite beats, in my mind, what were my best beats and I thought Dre would like. I played the first beat, I’m playing the second beat, I’m going crazy. The first time I played beats I was too scared to turn around and look at Dre. After probably the 5th or 6th beat I took a glance and I turned around too look at Dre and literally I see Dre on the phone, sitting down, looking on his phone, bored out of his mind. Not nodding his head. Just super bored and unimpressed. I turned back around and I was like ‘F–K. DRE HATES MY BEATS!’ I played couple more. Then I stopped the music and Dre says ‘yo, beats are cool but it’s nothing I have not heard before.’
“That hit me. My heart sank. I went so confident thinking that he would love my beats. And when he told me that it was nothing he has not heard before that literally changed the way that I think about music and the way I approach music. After that, we had great conversation… Thank you Dre for teaching me and changing my life.” Illmind added.
50 Cent is giving his classic debut album “Get Rich or Die Tryin'” a tour encore.
The Grammy-winning hip-hop legend announced a 20th-anniversary tour, The Final Lap, to celebrate his Shady Records debut studio album. Another hip-hop icon Busta Rhymes is joining him for all 90 days and Jeremih is coming along for the North American stops.
50 Cent helped define an era of hip-hop with his 2003 album that included mega hits like “In Da Club,” “21 Questions,” and “Many Men (Wish Death).” Several of the songs referenced the moment he was shot nine times in 2000 as well as various happenings from street life in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, New York.
Eminem and Dr. Dre were heavily involved in the making of the album, as well as in Fiddy’s entire career. Most recently Em and Fifty teamed up to perform at 2022 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show along with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige and Anderson .Paak.
It appears, 50 and Em have something planned again. In the recent interview with USA TODAY, 50 Cent says Eminem is still his dream collaboration even though the two jumped on a track many times.
Interviewer: Who is your dream male collaborator? 50 Cent: Elon Musk.
Interviewer: I mean in music. 50 Cent: I’d do something with Eminem again. We’ll do something again at some point.
Interviewer: Who is your dream female collaborator? 50 Cent: Nicki Minaj. She’s on fire. She’s still right there.
Layzie Bone from the legendary hip-hop group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony has recently sat on Surreal Talk Radio where he revealed his wish to have Eminem on Bone Thug’s Legacy album.
Interviewer: For this Legacy album, you guys have teamed up and did monumental collaborations Biggie, Pac and the list goes on, DMX and all those people. Can we get an Eminem collaboration, Bone Thugs and Eminem collaboration, especially for the Legacy album?
Layzie Bone: I probably want that more than fans do. C’mon man, cause that boy is the GOAT. Who don’t wanna go toe to toe, side by side with the GOATS. He must have been practicing because that boy is doing his thing. We all gonna come team ready. That will blow this world’s socks off.
Emma, a 14-year-old from Vienna, Austria, is not only a phenomenal singer but also a rapper, and her appearance on The Voice Kids did not let us down.
Emma decided to perform Eminem’s 2004 hit single “Mockingbird” from the Encore album at Germany’s The Voice Kids 2023 in order to show that young females can also rap. All the judges turned around right away, and she brought tears to her family members’ eyes.
The Voice Kids is a junior version of The Voice of Germany and a reality talent program produced in Germany by John de Mol. The program was created for kids between the ages of 7 and 15 and is based on the original The Voice Kids of Holland.
Surprisingly the little girl received Eminem’s attention. The official account of The Voice Kids posted Emma’s performance on TikTok with the caption: “Emma is here to bring Eminem’s ‘Mockingbird’ to the world.” In the comments, Eminem replied with “Face with Raised Eyebrow.” Delighted admin of The Voice Kids responded: “The Real Slim Shady is in da house!”
In the next round, Emma performed Tupac’s “Changes” and now she’s back with Eminem’s iconic single “Lose Yourself.” You can watch the performance below:
From Allen Hughes, the award-winning director of critically acclaimed The Defiant Ones, comes FX’s Dear Mama, a deeply personal five-part docuseries that defies the conventions of traditional documentary storytelling to share an illuminating saga of mother and son, Afeni and Tupac Shakur.
The documentary features cameo from Eminem, among Dr. Dre, Mike Tyson and others. Slim Shady briefly talked about how Tupac’s death affected his life and his relationship with his mother, Afeni.
“When I heard Tupac dead I was cooking in the restaurant and tickets were pilling up and s–t. I’m like ‘I don’t care, fire me!’ That was devastating. I was just like ‘OH MY GOD!'” said Eminem.
Then he continues: “Tupac was the first rapper to me that could make you cry. I felt him that much. You know, me not knowing my dad and s–t that was going on with my mom and whole s–t, it was just like ‘OH MY GOD, THAT’S ME!’ He was one year older than me, he was only 25 years old and we were just like ‘WHAT THE F–K.'”
“After he passed man, he had ten more albums. Afani understood I was such a huge Tupac fan. She’s like the sweetest lady I’ve ever met. And she was like ‘do what you feel’ and then they gave me all his acapellas. That was one of the funnest times in my life.” Eminem added.
Detroit’s own Hatch The Wiseguy and Shady Records publishing artist Astray have recently joined forces for a new single “Down TO Be Down,” and the music video came with it!
During a conversations with Southpawer, Hatch talked about the background of the single: “This song was originally an old idea we created when Astray and I first met years ago, but we never ended up releasing the song. Years later (2023), I rediscovered the track on an old hard drive, and it felt like the perfect time in my life to put something like this out.” he said.
Then he continued: “Astray and I discussed some new ideas and changed parts of the verses and the chorus. We then added some new instruments to the beat and I also added a bridge to update the overall sound and breathe new life into the concept.”
“Astray and I have collaborated for years, so our musical chemistry is natural and free-flowing. We trust one another’s opinions. There is a mutual respect between us as creatives.” he added.
The song is supposed to be the firs single off Hatch’s upcoming project with also features D12’s Bizarre and Kxng Crooked among others.
Ed Sheeran has recently sat down on The Howard Stern Show where je opened up about Eminem’s “The Marshall Mathers LP” and how it cured him from stuttering. He also talked about first time meeting Slim Shady in the studio and how him and Eminem relate to each other.
“When I was 9, I was going though all sorts of speech therapy and my uncle bought me The Marshall Mathers LP and he just said to my dad ‘this guy is the next Bob Dylan. You gotta let him listen.’ My dad didn’t really clock it, he was just like ‘okay’.” Ed Sheeran said.
Then he continues: “By learning that record and rapping it back to back to back it cured my stutter and I stopped ttttt-talking like that. Years later, I’ve made songs with Eminem and we have got to know each other quite well and he asked me to play Stan with him at Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.”
“I remember getting a call to do it and I was shooting 14 music videos back to back. I got the call like ‘do you want to go and do Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame with me?’ And it was my day off from shooting the music videos, so I was like ‘I can’t say no.’ So, I got to plane straight after the music video shoot, flew to do Rock Hall, and same night flew back and it was really worth it.”
“Eminem is quite reclusive. He does not see and met many people. The first time I met him, I was super nervous before I got invited to the studio in Detroit. And I was sitting there and be like ‘Is he gonna be standoffish’ and as soon as he walked in we just start talking about Marvel comics and stuff like that and I was like ‘okay we are cool.'”
“I’ve known him since 2017. Six years. We have done three songs together and I played with him twice on stage. He’s another person that I really relate to. He is also still live in his hometown. He has got his own ecosystem around him. All his people and family live there. So I kind of relate from that point of view. I think meeting people like him and talking to him on the level makes you feel less weird. I sometimes feel like a bit of a zoo animal or an alien to sort of whatever happens in my life there is always something that goes around and you speak to him and it’s kind of same thing.” Ed Sheeran added.
Georgian singer Katie Melua has recently sat down with Rich Pelley from The Guardian magazine where she revealed that she knew all of the lyrics off Eminem’s 2000 classic album, The Marshall Mathers LP, from top to bottom.
The song I do at karaoke
Many karaoke songs are in male keys – as are Christmas carols – because they are sung by males. Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen is one of the only male songs I can sing because Freddie was a vocal genius.
The song I inexplicably know every lyric to
I thought I knew all the lyrics to “Stan” by Eminem, but yesterday, I put it on, and they’ve gone away. I definitely knew all the lyrics to the Marshall Mathers LP when I was 15, but I haven’t retained them.
For the full conversation, check The Guardian here.
West Coast’s finest Kxng Crooked has recently interacted with fans on Twitter and gave Eminem his flowers for being mainstream but still lyrical monster.
“I like mainstream rappers who are still a high level threat on the microphone.. Like when Kobe won rings and still pulled up to Rucker Park ready for whatever..” he tweeted couple of hours ago.
One of the fans replied: “One of the many reasons I love Eminem is his ability to hit the mainstream but also finds ways to be underground and reach a wide audience.”
On which, Crooked responded back: “You work your way up to a position where you have Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine and millions of dollars behind you.. It’s very easy to lose your fangs as an emcee in that scenario.. Marshall never lost his fangs.. He’s still a lyrical threat.”
You work your way up to a position where you have Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine and millions of dollars behind you.. It’s very easy to lose your fangs as an emcee in that scenario.. Marshall never lost his fangs.. He’s still a lyrical threat. https://t.co/Xs78NK5uEB
Kxng Crooked and Slim Shady have previously joined forces on few occasions. Most recently the two jumped on a track “I Will” from Music To Be Murdered By album, which also features the rest of the Slaughterhouse emcees, Royce 5’9″ and Joell Ortiz, aside from Joe Budden for an obvious reason.
Dancer, singer, actress and YouTuber JoJo Siwa sang Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” as Eminem in the Wheel of Musical Impressions of That’s My Jam with Jimmy Fallon.
Hosted by Jimmy Fallon, “That’s My Jam” is an hour long music and comedy variety game show that draws inspiration from the most popular “Tonight Show” games. Each episode features two teams of two celebrities competing for a charity of their choice in a series of music, dance, and trivia-based games and musical performances. Signature games to be played include Launch the Mic, Air Guitar, Don’t Drop the Beat, Perfect Mash-Up, Wheel of Impossible Karaoke, Slay It, Don’t Spray It and many more.
The format was brought to Universal Television Alternative Studio by Fallon, longtime “The Tonight Show” producer Jim Juvonen and writer Josh Knapp. Adam Blackstone is Musical Director and will lead the house band throughout each episode. Mike Yurchuk will serve as showrunner.
You can watch JoJo Siwa performing Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” as Eminem below:
Russell Westbrook, an NBA star player, chose Nipsey Hussle as the greatest rapper of all time over the likes of Eminem and JAY-Z.
Russ Westbrook and his wife Nina played a social media bracket game over the weekend in which they eliminated eight of the greatest rappers of all time, with his late friend Nipsey emerging as the victorious.
On his approach to proclaiming Neighborhood Nip the G.O.A.T., the former NBA MVP chose him over Slim Shady, Nas, Lil Wayne, and eventually Hov.
Californian Westbrook, who favored Dr. Dre over Biggie, Lil Wayne over 50 Cent, and Ice Cube over Redman, is sure to enrage lovers of East Coast Hip Hop.
