Qatar is the first Arab country to host the FIFA World Cup and it has produced the Arab world’s first quarterfinalist: MOROCCO.
In the history of World Cup, Morocco became only the 4th African country to reach the quarterfinals at the biggest Football tournament in the world by surprisingly beating one of the most finest European football country, Spain, 3-0 in a penalty shootout after a 0-0 draw all the way through the extra time.
The Moroccans has played only their second knockout game at a World Cup history. Other Arab nations that participated in this tournament were Qatar (the hosts), Saudi Arabia and Tunisia but all of them were eliminated in the group stages, even though Saudi Arabia began the tournament with one of the biggest upsets in history by defeating Maradona and Messi’s home country: ARGENTINA.
The game’s 120 minutes could not reveal the winner so the penalty shootout was ahead. To give the players motivation, Eminem‘s biggest hit, Oscar and Grammy-winning song “Lose Yourself” was played at the Education City Stadium.
“They are now playing Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” before the Spain vs Morocco penalty shootout. I wonder who Slim Shady would support.” wrote ESPN FC journalist Cesar Hernandez on his social media accounts.
Check the reactions below:
They’re now playing Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” before the Spain vs Morocco penalty shootout.
Last Friday, The 2022 edition of Art Basel’s Miami Beach fair was celebrated with a party at private mansion of Wayne and Cynthia Boich. The star-studded event featured a guest appearances from the likes of Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, Academy Award winner Leonardo DiCaprio and tennis legend Serena Williams.
According to the sources, 50 Cent delivered not one but two performances for the packed audience. Based on reports, we can thank Kim Kardiashian for that.
The hip-hop legend kicked the night off with a 46-minute set that included his career’s some of biggest hits, that included Get Rick Or Die Tryin’ and The Massacre chart-topping singles: “In Da Club,” “Candy Shop,” “Just a Lil Bit,” “P.I.M.P.,” and “Disco Inferno.”
Later on, Fiddy ran into Kim and Khloé Kardashians backstage. After paying a with to the family, 50 Cent returned to the stage to treat the crowd with another performance.
“50 said he was headed out and Kim Kardashian responded: ‘Did we miss your set?,’ prompting the rapper to ask, ‘Do you wanna see it? Good, let’s go,’” a source told Page Six magazine.
Later that night, Fif took to Instagram to share photos of him with the Kardashians. In the caption, he wrote: “About last night. This party was so crazy. I was leaving ran into this crew went back on stage and started over. LOL Good times!”
YOU PEOPLE official trailer has just been unveiled by Netflix!
YOU PEOPLE is an upcoming comedy movie directed by Kenya Barris, which he co-wrote with Jonah Hill. The movie stars an ensemble cast that includes Eddie Murphy, Jonah Hill, Lauren London, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Sam Jay, Molly Gordon, Mike Epps, Nia Long, Deon Cole, Rhea Perlman, and David Duchovny.
The film is scheduled to be released on January 27, 2023 on Netflix.
The official trailer of the film features Dr. Dre’s classic song “What’s The Difference,” featuring Eminem and Xzibit. The song was released along Dr. Dre’s 1999 album 2001 and it is produced by Dre and Mel-Man. The beat samples “Parce Que Tu Crois” by French singer Charles Aznavour.
Critics praised the song, especially Eminem’s feature, describing him as “cutting through particularly effectively” on the track and his verse described as “mesmerizing, equal parts performance art, battle rap, storytelling, and raw charisma.”
Despite not being released as a single, “What’s The Difference” was commercially successful. It debuted at No. 76 on United State’s Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The song is also certified gold in the United Kingdom for selling more than 400,000 units in the country.
During the recent episode of The Big Podcast, legendary Shaquille O’Neal had a completely different energy. The Los Angeles Lakers legend seemed to be in a mood of destroying everything that came in his sight. Shaq made a jaw-dropping move while trying to prove his point and he actually warned ‘Eminem’ and ‘Kanye East’ of dire consequences.
The 4-time NBA champion and his crew discussed various issues including Patrick Beverley & Deandre Ayton’s scuffle during the game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Phoenix Suns. O’Neal also gave his take on Ruby Gobbert’s supportive comments toward his team Minnesota Timberwolves as well. However, the most hilarious moment of the episode was Shaquille O’Neal going all crazy just to prove a point.
During the interview, the Big Diesel went into beast mode and claimed that he did not want to sit in his chair anymore. Just to prove his point, Shaq broke the massive thronelike chair he was sitting on, leaving Tuner and Spice Adams laughing hysterically. Eventually, the chair could not take Shaq’s power and collapsed completely. The Big Diesel proclaimed that he would sit in the tilted chair the whole episode.
However, the 15-time All-Star took the banter to a completely different level by firing shots at ‘Kanye East’ and ‘Slim Shady’. After Shaq, Spice Adams also tried to continue the banter by pretending to break his chair. Hilariously, the NFL veteran ended up actually breaking the chair leaving Shaq and Turner laughing their hearts out.
The whole fiasco led to a fiery comment from the Lakers legend. Shaquille O’Neal proclaimed emphatically, “If my chair ain’t like this next week when I’m coming. I’m gonna tear this whole goddamn studio up. Do not touch my chair. I’m telling you now Kenny Rogers, Kanye East, Slim Shady, ZZ Top in the back.”
Where this names come from? Shaq had actually renamed his crew members by the names of some iconic rappers like Kanye West, Eminem, and singer Kenny Rogers based on rough similarities in their appearances. And now it has turned into a running inside joke.
In a recent interview with Brian J. Roberts, 50 Cent explained how he found himself in a number of legal situations over the years and talked about Green Light Gang world tour, Surviving El Chapo podcast, racial nuances between Eminem and Tupac and much more.
During the interview, Fifty said: “I love Em. I don’t think people credit him for everything. I think the growth of our culture should be also a trophy for them. He had those Vanilla Ice situations, those guys that came were not respected and accepted and they were big f—ing artists. Me personally, my career is a fair reflection of my association to Em. Prior to my record coming out, the most solo black male artist sales was five million copies on Tupac’s All Eyez On Me, double CD. It was first time I seen something go diamond. And to have my first album sell 10 million records, if you discredit or disassociate the fact that I did it in association to Eminem who sold 23 million records on The Marshall Mathers LP, you are just a f—ing idiot. He authentically is ours. I love him to death. Ain’t nobody telling me s–t because he’s in tight seconds spot in my life for people who have done things for me who didn’t have to. And when I say this to him, he’s flattered by it. Behind my grandmother taking care of me and looking out for me when she didn’t have to, he’s the person that did that for me.”
50 Cent also ‘threatened’ people who keep discrediting Eminem: “People don’t understand why I’m like that with him but I’m always like that. If they get too crazy with the things they are saying about him, they are gonna see me do stuff that he probably wouldn’t do.”
Tony Yayo has recently sat down with VLAD TV where he talked about Eminem and revealed that he and his hommies run down Benzino during his beef with Slim Shady.
“[Eminem just got inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame] shout out to Eminem. One of the greatest. Shout out to Eminem. Always loved Eminem. Big accomplishment to being one of the best emcees in the world. Shout out to Eminem. Give him his flowers while he’s still here.” said YaYo
Then he continues: “He has always helped me in my career. He’s on my first album. He wore a Free Yayo shirt at the Grammys. So, I’m always gonna show him respect and love and salute him as well as Dr. Dre and everybody who else built this legacy. As well as Jimmy Iovine too. Cause Jimmy Iovine was a genius. Eminem was a genius. Dr. Dre was a genius. And we all fell in line. That was the best deal ever.”
“I feel like Eminem always got hated on. From, you know, Benzino and Source Magazine was big at that time, they were calling us ‘house ni–as’ and all kind of s–t back then when we were signed to Eminem. Color never really meant nothing to me. I’m from New York. It’s a Melting Pot of a color. I went to grade school and my first two friends were Ralphie and Frank Harveen. I say it again he was an Italian. I never seen color. It was white, it was black, it was Indian, Jewish, Spanish, Haitian, Jamaican, Trinidadian, Guyanese… So, I never felt that way.”
“Nobody every did anything in my career besides Eminem and 50 Cent. And I always say, him doing Free Yayo while I was in jail, I only had to do about two years and they kept my name alive. They started putting my name in the videos and Free Yayo shirt was selling. I’m always gonna salute him…Being attached to Eminem was the best deal, without Eminem and Dr. Dre we would not have that much of a success. Jimmy Iovine, Interscope, Shady, Aftermath – it was a f–king movement that was just f–king unstoppable. And you’ve seen how Eminem singlehandedly took down The Source magazine cause Benzino was always just f–king mad. I don’t know why but he was just always mad.”
“I remember me and my hommies run down on Benzino in Miami. I think that was the year when Suge got shot. I was on my ignorant s–t. We ran down on Benzino and I’m like ‘yo, why you always put me on magazine talking like that’ and he was like ‘yo we will give you a pass, you want it?’ I was like ‘yeah, I want the pass!’ but at the end of the day that’s an old s–t. I don’t wanna go back and forth with the ni–as online. I don’t do that. But the beef between Benzino and Eminem, I don’t know what it was, he was always mad at Em. And I looked at Eminem as a dude that looking out for us. F–k what color he is. He can f–king spit bars, he got f–king platinum records, he’s humble as f–k, he don’t bother nobody. But once you say something about him or his daughter, it’s a rap, he gonna rip your f–king head off lyrically and that’s what he did with the Nails In The Coffin. Rip motherf–kers head off. That’s what he’s gonna do. Trust me, Eminem is a type of dude that got diss records for everybody, you never know, he probably got diss records for me. He’s one of them motherf–kers.” – said Tony Yayo
“Even though I would never disrespect him. But he’s one of the motherf–kers who eat, sleep, s–t hip-hop. One of the top emcees in the world bro. I don’t give a f–k what color he is. He did me a favor that he didn’t have to!” he added.
Westside Boogie‘s “More Black Superheroes” album has made into Complex’s 50 Best Albums of 2022 list at No. 16.
“Maturation is impossible in an echo chamber. Westside Boogie breaks a cycle of trauma and repeated mistakes on More Black Superheroes, an album dedicated to Black mental health. Beyond repeatedly advocating for more Black people to go to therapy (!!), Compton-born Boogie uses his second studio album to tell the story of how he reached this point, against all odds. In beautiful fashion, Boogie strings together stories about his upbringing and dealings with love to prove that anyone can heal, no matter where they’re from.” — Jordan Rose (Complex)
“More Black Superheroes” album is a second release under Eminem’s Shady Records, a follow-up of Boogie’s 2019 project, Everythings For Sale. The 12 tracks-project features Storm Ford on an intro track “Killa Mode,” Mamii on “Nonchalant,” Soulja Boy on “Can’t Even Lie,” Shelley FKA DRAM on “Aight,” Smino and Teezo Touchdown on “Can’t Get Over You,” Kalan.FrFr. and Mamii on “Something Strange,” and Snoop Dogg on “Windows Down.”
Later this year, Boogie also dropped the deluxe version of the album, adding six additional tracks, three out of which was completely new records and three was the audio version of his live performances.
“Super proud of this ..another win because of YALL ..I know y’all tired of me saying I love u but damn ..Now my next s–t betta be number 1 or I’m tripping. thank u Complex.” wrote Boogie on his Instagram.
Former Shady Records artist Conway The Machine also made into the list. His first and only Shady Records release God Don’t Make Mistakes occupied No. 41 spot.
“With critically acclaimed albums like La Maquina and From King to a GOD under his belt, Conway had already reached the upper echelon of rap lyricists before making God Don’t Make Mistakes, and he could have coasted if he wanted to. But he’s not the kind of guy to take it easy. Instead, he pushed himself to go even harder and made the most introspective, well-rounded album of his career. Throughout the project, he peels back the curtain on his personal life, sharing stories about getting shot (“Guilty”) and grappling with the deaths of family members (“Stressed”). He mixes this in with the usual hard-edged grit we’ve come to expect from Griselda (“Bruiser Brody”) and even throws in some streaming-friendly gems (“Scatter Brain”). His Shady Records debut has it all. — Eric Skelton (Complex)
The critically acclaimed project was commercial success for Conway. The album debuted at No. 175 on US Billboard 200 charts and reached No. 30 on UK’s Official Chart.
For the full list of 50 Best Albums of 2022, visit Complex here.
Image: Eminem at the Academy Awards 2020, performing “Lose Yourself”
Billboard unveiled the 200 highest performing albums of 2022 based on sales and chart positions and Eminem’s four albums made into the list.
Curtain Call: The Hits, the album that was released 17 years ago, is No. 45 on Billboard’s 2022 year-end chart. The greatest hits compilation album by Eminem is also the longest charting hip-hop album in history with over 600 weeks being on the charts.
The Eminem Show, the album that was released in 2002, occupies the No. 166 spot. Followed by the second greatest hits album Curtain Call 2 which was released at the end of the summer of this year. And the last Eminem album that appears on chart is Music To Be Murdered By at No. 191, which was released in 2020.
Eminem also appears three times on Billboard’s Global 200 singles year-end chat. His 2002 hit single “Without Me” holds the No. 63 spot, followed by “The Real Slim Shady” at No. 177 and Em’s magnum opus “Lose Yourself” at No. 120.
Marshall Mathers is also at No. 43 on Billboard’s Top 100 Artists year-end chart, higher than the likes of Ariana Grande, Megan Thee Stallion, BTS, Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown, The Beatles, Queen, Michael Jackson, Travis Scott, Lady Gaga, DJ Khaled and Coldplay.
For more details about the year-end charts, visit Billboard here and check the tweets below:
#4. Rap Digital Songs Sales Artists
#6. R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs Artists
#8. Catalog Artists
#16. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Artists
#18. Top Rap Artists
#19. Billboard Global 200 Artists
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Skylar Grey has recently told her fans on Instagram to ask some unique questions. “Ask me something. Unique questions only…” – she wrote on her story while sharing one of her newest photos.
One user asked: “Are there any lyrics that you regret writing or do not believe anymore?” On which she replied: “Oh so many lyrics I have written that I no longer relate to…But no regrets.
Then she continues: “But I do sometimes wish I had not done that silly bicycle song. I was still finding my way back then. I would have so much rather done a dark beautiful song and video with Eminem…I feel like I kinda blew that opportunity. I was after a ‘hit’ rather than just making art.”
Skylar Grey and Eminem have made 10 songs together and “C’mon Let Me Ride” is one of them. The song dropped in 2012 from Skylar’s “Don’t Look Down” album and it is produced by Alexa da Kid. It samples the chorus of the 1978 hit song “Bicycle Race” by Queen.
The song is meant to poke fun at the prevalent theme of s-x in current pop music. Sky and Em use euphemisms for s-x in an exaggerated, sarcastic interpretation of what pop music is seemingly all about.
“The video is a combined effort between director Isaac Rentz, me and Eminem, and we just wanted to make sure it was very clear that it’s a sarcastic song.” said Skylar Grey in the interview.
Check the screenshot of her story and listen to “C’mon Let Me Ride” after the jump below:
Eminem’s former bodyguard, Byron Big-Nazz Williams, who wrote a book about him called Shady Bizzness: Life as Marshall Mathers’ Bodyguard in an Industry of Paper Gangsters, once did an exclusive interview to promote his book and revealed some of the crazy facts he encountered while working with Slim Shady. According Byron Williams:
1. Eminem lives in constant fear of his wife Kim, who beats him up in drunken fights and banned woman from going backstage on his Europe tour.
2. He picks on gays and lesbians in his song lyrics because he sees them as easy targets.
3. Eminem was terrified of a 15-year-old fan he thought had begun to stalk him. Every time they turned around she was there. She was at every show standing outside trying to tell him how much she loved him. She knew our hotels and everywhere they were going. She even knew places they were going to be that no-one from outside was supposed to know. It really put Eminem on edge. He was convinced a deranged fan would one day kill him. He is worried about the guy who just steps out of the crowd and goes `bang’ and it’s all over.
4. He asked for FBI protection after receiving death threats.
5. Eminem cried because he missed his five-year-old daughter Hailie while being on tour.
6. He claims to have been involved in a drive-by shooting – but was armed only with a toy paint-gun.
7. Eminem uses drugs constantly to cope with the pressure of fame.
8. He hates to be alone and sleeps with the light on.
9. Eminem has a lot of money, but he is miserable. His wife does not make him happy, the music does not make him happy – only his daughter makes him happy.
10. He may have this tough image but basically he’s a very screwed up and insecure person.
11. Eminem was like a one-man walking pharmacy. One day he took 14 different drugs. It started with ecstasy for breakfast, then liquor, Vicodin, valium, magic mushrooms, marijuana, Tylenol 3, and a host of other over-the-counter drugs.
12. During Eminem’s UK tour at that time, he was the subject of a police investigation after apparently taking drugs and drinking on stage. It was later claimed the drugs were chewing gum and the drink was water. Em often took drugs before going on stage to give his act “an edge.”
13. Some of the things that went on while Byron Williams was on tour made made him think he was working for the Devil.
14. He would always take ecstasy half-an-hour before a show so it would really kick in when he was on stage.
15. Sometimes Em would drink so much you could smell the liquor coming from his pores.
16. He is made up of three personalities. There is Marshall Mather, who is the good father who wants to keep his family together; there is Eminem, the one who writes the songs; and then there is Slim Shady, the crazy one who gets into all the troubles.
17. Kim herself is no angel. She throw a lamp at Eminem on a tour bus, knocking him down. Eminem is terrified of her. She is one tough lady and bigger than him.
18. He knows if it gets too bad, she will walk away with Hailie, and he could never take that.
19. One day either she is going to kill him or he is going to kill her.
20. Kim is not on the tour with Eminem so she wanted to make sure he behaved himself. Women, including catering staff, are not allowed backstage and none have been anywhere near his changing room. No one could quite believe it at first but he has stuck by his wife’s wishes.”
21. Williams saw him cry for the first time in Boston when Em couldn’t deal with the pressure of the tour. According to him, it was a sad sight. They were pressuring him for more and more interviews and it drove him crazy. They were always asking the same questions. He cried and stormed out of the hotel. He missed Hailie, and Williams saw him as human because of that. He was real – and had real feelings – even though he was intoxicated all the time.
22. Williams says: “I was told he had been getting death threats because of his comments about gays, and he has asked the FBI for help. He treated these threats seriously and was genuinely scared.
23. Eminem made derogatory remarks about gays and lesbians because he thought it was funny. He called them fa—ts and stuff. It all started out as jokes to tease people. But it’s backfired.
24. He started picking on gays and lesbians because it was his opportunity to be the bully. He was so used to getting kicked a lot himself. He was beaten up a lot while growing up. In his eyes, he saw the gay community as vulnerable.
25. He disrespects people and he thinks it’s funny. He thinks they are going to find it funny as well, but they don’t.
Canadian electronic music duo Zeds Dead pulled up to Detroit on their current tour this past weekend and unsheathed an epic mashup of Eminem‘s iconic single “Lose Yourself.”
With Eminem being a Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Detroiter, there could not have been a better place to serve this one up, and the crowd absolutely ate it up, just like Mom’s Spaghetti.
Deadbeats’ social media account, the duo’s own label, shared a video of them dropping the track with the caption “when in the D.” The crowd reaction will straight up give you chills.
Zeds Dead currently has eight more stops on their current North American tour for the remainder of the year 2022, concluding with a New Year’s Eve stop in Denver for Decadence NYE. To snag tickets to their shows, follow this link here.
You can check out the “Lose Yourself” performance below:
Brand Nubian’s Lord Jamar has recently appeared on MRecktv’s “Backstories” podcast where he talked about Eminem and Royce 5’9″.
“Royce came on my show. Matter of fact, shout out to Royce. He just hit my out of the blue last week and he was like ‘hey, peace, I’m just checking on brother.’ I was like ‘man, I appreciate you. Thank you’. We gotta do another live. He was like ‘whenever you are ready.’ I was like ‘peace.’ I felt good about that too. That was nice. Out of f–king nowhere. Little s–t that you can do in people’s lives that doesn’t cost money, where you can really bring light to somebody’s day and that was it. Shout out to Royce. So, yes, we did rectify.” said Lord Jamar.
Then he continues: “Eminem is his hommie. What I said was not about Eminem. It’s more about what Kanye is saying right now. This is just about… us as black people, who are the creators of the hip-hop, this is about us deciding who is who and what is what. That’s all it ever was about. It was never about any hatred towards Eminem. Don’t know him personally. It was just about saying ‘you all can’t tall me who the king of hip-hop is based on whatever criteria you say.’ We as black people decide who is the king. And it might not be based on how many records they sold. That’s it. But then you get all the kick back, you know, people wanna backtalk me, and then I had to say s–t like ‘well, if you keep it real, no shade, we was not even listening to Eminem like that. I don’t wanna get back in this cause this will sound controversial but I’m just saying he didn’t have same impact on our culture than others. So, how you gonna call him a king? I don’t care how many records he sells. That’s it. Nothing against him.”
“There was never beef on my side and he made a song and all that. He hit me on the verse but it was nothing. It was like, it almost proved my point! NO, I didn’t respond. You know why? It was not like Drake hit Meek Mill. He said ‘you just got bodied by RnB ni–a.’ That’s done in our world. They played that in the clubs! Meek Mill had to go into the club and hear that! You think I went one club? one cook-out? Anywhere where they played that diss song? Do you think I had to hear that anywhere? And be like, ‘oh s–t, let me get outta here, they playing that song.’ NO! That never happened. Proving exactly what I was saying. I never even felt the sting cause there was no sting to feel. ‘Buhuhuuhhu, go fix the remote.’ That’s not even worth of response. No matter what I did. I could say the illest s–t and all his fans would say he is the illest ni–a. So it would not even matter.” – Lord Jamar added.
As you might already know, after continuously discrediting Eminem in the interviews, Slim Shady responded Lord Jamar in a song “Fall” from Kamikaze where he raps: “And far as Lord Jamar, you better leave me the hell alone / Or I’ll show you an Elvis clone / Walk up in this house you own / Thrust my pelvic bone / Use your telephone, then go fetch me the remote / Put my feet up and just make myself at home / I belong here, clown! / Don’t tell me ’bout the culture / I inspire the Hopsins, the Logics, the Coles, the / Seans, the K-Dots, the 5’9″s, and oh / Brought the world 50 Cent, you did squat / Piss and moan, but I’m not gonna fall, b—h!”
