Tag: 2020

Fat Joe says he turned down $10 million offer to fight 50 Cent when they had beef

Couple of days ago, Fat Joe took to Instagram Live where the rapper claimed that he was offered huge money to fight 50 Cent at the peak of their beef.

“I would not do it. When I had beef with 50 Cent, people were, like, fake offering me $10 million dollars, $5 million, to go fight Fifty one-on-one. I’m not scared of Fifty. I’d fight him for free at that time! But to get knocked out maybe, on TV, it is tough.” says Fat Joe.

Watch the interview below:

https://youtu.be/KXX4W1lwcvk

As you know, 50 Cent was Fat Joe were beefing back then. On the song “Piggy Bank,” 50 disses Fat Joe, Ja Rule, Jadakiss, Shyne, Kelis, Lil’ Kim and Nas. He also mentions Tupac Shakur, Jay-Z, Mobb Deep and Michael Jackson in the song, but not in a negative way. 50 and Joe finally squashed their long-time beef and now they are cool.

 

 

Nicky Jam says one of Eminem’s albums inspired him to make music

Hard Knock Tv’s Nick Huff Barili has recently set down with Latin trap and reggaeton artists Nicky Jam for in-depth interview where Nicky talks about his childhood and remembers both parents battling addiction.

Nicky also remembers listening to rap legends like Tribe Called Quest, Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, LL Cool J and wanting to be like them.

At one point of the interview, Nicky was asked to pick three albums which embody who Nicky Jam is and that’s where Eminem’s name surfaces.

“I could say Jay Z’s album, Reasonable Doubt, Blueprint. And Eminem’s album The Marshall Mathers LP. They gave me the vibe that I would like to do. Reasonable Doubt, that album was just like speaking the truth in a nice way, making it sound so nice to hear. And Eminem cause, Eminem had no hair in his tongue. He would say anything. He was so good with words. All those albums made me to do albums.” says Nicky Jam.

You can watch the interview below:

In the related news, Nicky Jam and J. Balvin’s “X (EQUIS)” music video is close to 2 billion views on YouTube.

New Song: RJ Payne – “Ventilation Pt.2” (produced by Royce 5’9″)

After getting praised by Lil Wayne and Eminem, it has been a while since we have heard from RJ Payne, but the Brooklyn rapper is back in action with his latest project, titled Beautiful Payne 2.

The 7-tracked EP features Royce Da 5’9″ production on a song “Ventilation (Part 2).” Guest appearances include Cee Brown, Che Noir,  and L. Biz. Fully produced by PA Dre.

Make sure to support the EP and check out new Royce-produced track below:

 

Royce 5’9″ reveals he had Coronavirus, says he first heard about his Grammy nomination from Joyner Lucas & more

Yesterday Episode 12 of The Lupe Fiasco and Royce 5’9″ show called “Say What Media” was livestreamed on YouTube. During the conversation, Royce revealed that Joyner Lucas was the first person who called and congratulated on the Grammy nomination.

“I was talking to my doctor and then I noticed whole bunch of people started DMing me and texting me congratulations and I’m like why these people keep texting me this. And then my phone starts ringing. Then as soon as I hang up to my doctor the very first person who called was Joyner Lucas and he’s like ‘Yo congratulations ni**a!’ I’m like ‘CONGRATULATIONS FOR WHAT?!’ and he’s like ‘yo, on the Grammy nomination man.’ I immediately think to myself maybe they talking about Marshall album.”

“I didn’t even know Grammy were announcing nominations that day. I also didn’t know that E1, which is the company that I partnered up to release the album, I didn’t know they submitted it. I didn’t know my album got submitted for the Grammys.”

After the Grammy talks, Royce revealed that he has just beaten Coronavirus:

“I feel better now. I was sick, man. I was sick and I never get sick. I was man down for about 4 days. I was not feeling well. I had headaches. I had chills. It was like flu. It took about a week to get better. I feel great. But two of those days were really bad. I ain’t really wanted to talk. I was positive until yesterday to get negative.”

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Legendary Ice T says the last real gangsta rapper was 50 Cent

Back in 2009, in one of his interviews, legendary rapper Ice-T said: “I opened the door for Gangsta rap and 50 Cent closed it.” It does not look as if he has changed his mind after 11 years because in an interview with Unique Access Ent, Ice said almost the same thing.

“To me, the last gangster rapper was 50 Cent, because to me, he embodied that image. You know, that ‘I don’t give a f**k. 50 Cent had you really believe you did not wanna f**k with him. I heard 50 Cent when he was beefing with Fat Joe and he was like, ‘Fat Joe, I am right down the street. It is real hard to find a ni**a when you know he got a gun, ain’t it. I was like, ‘Okay!’ [laughs].”

“I think now, the new trap rappers, you know, they convince me they can get high, they convinced me maybe that they can sell a little drugs, but they do not scare me. I think if you a Gangsta rapper, you scare me a little bit. I do not think there is no new people that do it.”

“Well you got Kendrick who keeps a nice little hood edge on his s**t. You know he is from Compton, you know he is from the hood. And when I say 50 Cent, I also put The Game in that conversation because Game is apart of G-Unit, but once that movement happened, I do not know. They do the Drill rap out of Chicago and stuff like that, youngsters and stuff, but I do not know. That is just from me.”

“YG is cool but that’s not it. We scared the world so quickly, but then when Eminem did it they were like, ‘Okay,'” Now, people are kind of conditioned. It’s not like when Ice Cube came out and said, ‘Crazy motherf*cker named—,’ what the f**k?! Who are these motherf*ckers, like yo! Now, everybody is like, ‘Okay. Cool. you are gonna Crip walk and dance and s**t.’ It’s not as threatening now.” says the rap icon, Ice T.

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Ty Dolla Sign names the only one rapper that is better than Eminem

Ty Dolla Sign joins Hot Freestyle on ‘Chop Up’ with Tallie Spencer to discuss becoming the go-to guy for hooks, importance of family, importance of consistency, Snoop Dogg comparing him to Nate Dogg and why Eminem is his dream collaboration.

Tallie Spencer: Which of these artists have you not done a song with, as a feature: Babyface, Fatty Wap, Eminem or French Montana?

Ty Dolla Sign: I have not done a song with Eminem yet. Which I would love to. He’s the GOAT for sure.

Tallie Spencer: You think you ever see that happening in future?

Ty Dolla $ign: Yeah. I always said like the only rapper that I think is better than Eminem is Slim Shady. [Laughs] So for sure it will happen. What’s up Em? Holla at me.

You can watch the interview below:

Verzuz batte between Dr. Dre and Puff Diddy might happen !

The second season of Verzuz Battle kicked off with record-breaking Gucci Mane versus Jeezy. Since then fans have been wondering which battle will be next and we just might be getting closer to the clash of two music titans: Dr. Dre and Puff Diddy.

During a recent interview with TMZ, Timbaland and Swizz Beatz spoke about their unbelievably successful show with Instagram Live and Apple Music, talking about the possibility of a fight between Puff Diddy and Dr. Dre, which might actually be in the works.

“Now that’s something different. Everybody has these magical wishes that they want to see on Verzuz but the universe has been bringing these magical wishes so I can not even say what is not gonna happen because a lot of the Verzuz, just like the last one we’ve seen, everybody said that it could not happen. Right? So now, we just let the universe naturally make things happen.”

“I am not not gonna say no about Dr. Dre and Diddy battle. I am never gonna say no anymore.” says Swizz Beatz. Watch the video below:

N.O.R.E. names one thing that can get Eminem killed in a Rap Battle

In one of the latest episodes of MATHHOFFATV, a rapper, actor and media personality N.O.R.E. has talked about battle rappers and named what Eminem lacks for battle rap that might get him lost in the battle.

“Showmanship is a problem in battle rap. It is about the showmanship and that is something that unfortunately in battle rap you can not teach, that is an experience. What I am saying is, for a seasoned artist that has been twenty years in the game as an artist, it is hard for that man to go back and battle. And I think Eminem lyrically could beat a lot of people but I think the showmanship is going to kill him bro.” says N.O.R.E.

Listen to the interview below and tell us your thoughts in the comments of our social media accounts:

6 times late Juice WRLD expressed his admiration to Eminem

Juice WRLD was a huge fan of Eminem. He had named the Detroit legend as one of his biggest influences and inspirations while growing up. Slim Shady’s influence is seen throughout Juice’s lyrics, whether he is mocking pop culture’s current establishment, referencing extensive prescription drug use, or rapping about violence against women. Check out interviews, freestyles and songs where Juice expresses his admiration to Eminem: 

July, 2018

Juice WRLD tells Sway: “I was really big on Eminem before Tupac. Eminem was the first legendary artist that got me like ‘oh my God, this is crazy.'”

August, 2018

Juice WRLD’s music video of “Lean Wit Me,” is inspired by Eminem’s “When I’m Gone.”

October, 2018

Juice WRLD freestyles for almost one hour over Eminem beats with Tim Westwood: “Shout out 2Pac, without him I would not be here, believe it or not. Shout out Eminem, same situation.” & “I would not be who I am without Eminem’s music.”

March, 2019

Juice WRLD references Eminem’s “Stan” in a song “Make Believe”: “You walked in, I’m listening to “Stan” on E, yeah, ecstasy. Matter of fact there’s a bridge that my car wants to meet. Road trip on me, it’ll be fun, you’ll see, but you don’t gotta sit in the trunk, you can sit next to me, Me and Stan, we alike, but he ain’t nicer than me
He was drunk drivin’, me, I’m just straight Perc-ules.”

April, 2019

Juice WRLD to NME Magazine: “People wanna see us fall out. You an Eminem fan? A perfect example. When he first came out, what was he doing? Talking s**t. About who? E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y. Everybody! Some people took it as offensive; others took is as funny. The rap game now – I’m sorry to say it – but it’s so motherf**king soft. You can’t do anything without someone being offended nowadays. When did we become so soft?” 

Read full here.

August, 2019

Juice to Montreality: “I f**k with Eminem so heavy. ‘I never meant to give you mushrooms girl, I never meant to bring you to my world.’ That s**t was fire. Watch it below:

Eminem names Treach’s verse that he’s still trying to catch up

Today, legendary rapper Treach, the lead rapper of the hip hop group Naughty by Nature, turns 49 years old. Treach was one of the biggest influences for Eminem while growing up.

Few hours ago, Eminem went on Twitter to wish Treach a happy birthday: “Happy birth day to one of the greatest rappers of all time! I am still trying to catch up to the greatness of the last verse on “Craziest” !” This is one of the rarest cases when Eminem posts on social media. Check the post below:

 

“Craziest” is a song by Naughty by Nature released way back in 1994, from Poverty’s Paradise album. The last verse belongs to Treach. Listen to the song below:

Couple of weeks ago, Treach did an interview with Fat Joe where he talked about Eminem:

“That is my light skinned brother. I mean, the fact that I am his one of the biggest influences makes me feel like I did my job. Anybody that I admire, all the fans and the millions of records and the tours worldwide and everything. It shows like we did something so when you hear from that caliber, it just humbles you. We kick it back and forth. Eminem for his birthday, my birthdays, we’d be kicking in it. So It is like mutual respect, you feel me? He is one of the dopest of all times, hands down. And It shows how the culture is so great. It brings everybody together. All races. Hip-Hop brings everybody together. So that is my bro-bro. I love Em.”

You can watch the interview below:

https://youtu.be/u6CFphmLWUs

Spotify unveils the list of most streamed artists in every country in 2020

As the year closes, Spotify ‘s top lists are coming. The data for the few countries are already available. The list is being updated. Check back soon for the data from other countries. Meanwhile, check Spotify lists for few countries below.

Most streamed artists in the United Kingdom in 2020:

#1 – Drake

#2 – Juice WRLD

#3 – Eminem

#4 – Ed Sheeran

#5 – The Weeknd

Most streamed artists in Canada in 2020:

#1 – Drake

#2 – Juice WRLD

#3 – Eminem

#4 – The Weeknd

#5 – Post Malone

Most streamed artists in Australia in 2020:

#1 – Juice WRLD

#2 – Drake

#3 – Taylor Swift

#4 – Eminem

#5 – The Weeknd

Most streamed artists in South Africa in 2020:

#1 – Drake

#2 – Juice WRLD

#3 – Kabza De Small

#4 – Khalid

#5 – The Weeknd

#6 – Travis Scott

#7 – Pop Smokes

#8 – Post Malone

#9 – Billie Eilish

#10 – Eminem

Most streamed artists in Saudi Arabia in 2020:

#1 – BTS

#2 – Travis Scott

#3 – XXXTENTACION

#4 – Billie Eilish

#5 – Drake

#6 – Juice WRLD

#7 Aseel Hameem

#8 – Halsey

#9 – Eminem

#10 – The Weeknd

Royce 5’9″ about talks Cordae, Mac Miller, Eminem, Lord Jamar & more

Royce 5’9″ has recently set down with @threeletterman3 to talk about many things. You can check out the full interview below.

On the Grammy nomination

“I think its a great category and I am not just saying that. Anybody who wins from the best rap album category that’s a win for the culture. I promise you on everything I love, I f**k with everybody in the category. Every album. I would love to see Nas get one though. ”

On Fredro Starr

“You care coming to business to develop beautiful relationships with this people that want to se you do well and want nothing but the best for you. I want nothing but the best for Fredro Starr. That will always be the case for me because I grew up as a fan and he’s my brother. I want what’s best for him. Whether we are cool or not. But you can’t really say the same thing about Mr. Executive sitting next seat who can no longer make money with you no longer. All that kind of energy that ni**as put towards, trying to build relationships with these people, we need to use that energy to built relationships with one another and not tear each other down.”

On the new song “Father Figure”

Tobe Nwigwe called me and asked me to do it. Of course I told him yes. And Black Thought turned his verse right around like it was nothing. I’ve been doing so many things outside. I launched mental health initiative and when the pandemic first started I was doing some work with the front line people with the hospitals. It was taking me a very long time to actually get in here and done. They were waiting for me and we just shot the video.”

On Black Thought

“It’s hard to be a friend with Black Thought [laughs]. He does everything perfect. He’s always on time. He always does everything right. I sent my verse to Tobe and Tobe hit me back like ‘yo I told you I wanted you to keep it clean,’ so I did go back and change it. I had to change it because the verse was filthy. I had Rihanna line on there. So I had to change verse. Black Thought’s verse was squeaky clean. No cursing. I was like ‘oh this guy man!'”

On next Bar Exam project

“That’s always possible. I love Bar Exams series. I’m not thinking doing it now but I definitely love doing them.”

On why Cordae didn’t make The Allegory album

“Vince Staples set his verse last day because originally YBN Cordae was there in that spot. Atlantic would not clear YBN Cordae and I had to take him off cause they said they wanted to keep him young. These labels, they are so caught up young, young, young…Obviously the kid wanted to do it so why put him in that position and now the album is nominated for Grammy. You don’t think that was a bad move from them?”

On Eminem not receiving Grammy nod

“I’m not shocked. Everybody been giving hard time to Marshall. I don’t know where that s**t is coming from. Nothing in regards to Marshall surprises me anymore. But I don’t care and I don’t want him to care. He set the world on fire for six times over. He don’t owe nothing else. So I want him to sit back and just enjoy. That s**t ain’t even serious.”

On Eminem

“He doesn’t get credit for nothing man. People swear like he’s some white privilege like f**king MC Gasto. Em is like straight connoisseur. Like straight up historian. The very first day I walked into that hip-hop shop you don’t think Marshall was in there? Fat with dark hair and weird glasses? You don’t think he was standing right there? He’s FROM THAT S**TS.”

On Mac Miller 

“I love Mac Miller bro. I’ve always thought he was super nice. Super slick with it. And I think he was nice because I didn’t take him that serious because my first time hearing about him was being endorsed by Donald Trump way back in the day. This was before Trump’s presidential campaign. But then I was like ‘that motherf**ker can go hard!’ Me and Mac ended up being cool on some sobriety s**t too. Cool kid. I like him and he’s so dope.”

On his favorite video

“I like Caterpillar video a lot. I like Fast Lane. I like Fast Lane because all of the words on the screen. I thought that was real cool video.”

On Lord Jamar

“I gotta walk like I talk. I respect a legend. After that VLAD situation. He reached out. I remember calling Marshall about it. And I told him I really wanted to do that interview. I want to speak to him. And Em was like ‘yeah man, I’m not even on that.'”

You can watch the full interview of Royce 5’9″ below:

https://youtu.be/rIrEMBV5iuw

 

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