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Bizarre of D12 pens heartfelt letter to Eminem after Rock Hall induction

Eminem’s artistic journey started in hungry desperation at an obscure studio in Detroit, on 8 Mile Road and yesterday it led him into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame.

The Detroit legend, in one the most triumphant moments of his much-decorated career, was enshrined in the rock hall during a long, star-filled ceremony at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Eminem, who was inducted by legendary producer Dr. Dre, and was joined by Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Ed Sheeran, became the 20th inductee from Detroit  in the institution’s 36-year long history.

“I realize what an honor it is right now for me to be up here tonight, and what a privilege it is to do the music that I love — the music that basically saved my life,” said Eminem during his acceptance speech before reading an alphabetical list of more than 100 legendary names, famous and obscure — fittingly slipping into a rhythmic flow as he rattled them off.

“I would not be me without them. I am a high-school dropout with a hip-hop education, and these are my teachers. It is their night just as much as it is mine.” said Eminem.

It seems his long-time friend and D12 member Bizarre got emotional after watching Eminem getting recognized by the board of Hall Of Fame and penned heartful letter to Slim Shady on Instagram:

“Man, where do I begin… We started off two kids from Detroit with the dream to some rappers… We put so much work into this from the days on Novara, the days on 7 Mile in Fairport… Catching the bus to how I can be down in Florida to meet Paul Rosenberg in New York… To the rap battles with Wendy Day… I think the worst day of my life was when my mom went out and moved me to Dallas, Texas at the middle of our journey. But I guess God had something planned for us because a month later you got signed to Dr. Dre… So I just want to give you your flowers and thank you for being a big brother and always believing in me. Believing in us, D12! Man, Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame… WOW! … I could not be more happier. Congratulations Eminem… You know Proof and Bugz are smiling right know…”

You can check Bizarre’s post below:

Royce 5’9″ laughs hysterically at a thought that he can beat Eminem in a rap battle

Image: Royce 5’9″ & Eminem

Last night, Eminem was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame by his mentor and long-time friend, a legendary producer, Dr. Dre.

Slim Shady was accompanied by his daughter Hailie and performed some of his greatest hits alongside Denaun Porter and The Alchemist with special guests, including Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler (“Sing For The Moment”) and Ed Sheeran (“Stan”).

While fans have been expecting 50 Cent and Royce 5’9″ to be beside Eminem on this special night, they were both absent. Fifty is currently on his world tour and was performing in Finland on the same night as Rock Hall ceremony. As far as Nickel, he looks heavily involved in Marshall Mathers Foundation. As you might know, Royce is the director of community engagement and social justice initiative, since 2020.

Royce 5’9″ has recently shared a screenshot of the tweet that says: “Royce 5’9″ would murder Eminem in a freestyle battle. I’m not starting nothing. That’s just how I feel.”

In his Instagram post’s caption, The Detroit emcee wrote: “Hahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahaahahahahhahahahahahahaha Thank you so much for the high praise but I had to laugh at that one… Love man… Hahahaha… My brother said “Freestyle” battle… I remember I tried to play with him on some freestyle s**t in the studio when we were kids… Let’s just say, I never tried that again… lol.”

Eminem and Royce released “Hell: The Sequel” extended play back in 2011, as a hip-hop duo called Bad Meets Evil. Since then, fans have been waiting for the duo to release another joint project but the two Detroit legends don’t seem to find a time to make fans wishes come true. Even, under Royce’s “freestyle battle” post, Detroit rapper Lazarus commented: “We need “Bad Meets Evil” Part 2.”

Check Royce’s post and the screenshot of the Lazarus’ comment below:

Eminem tells his daughter Hailie to ‘plug her ears’ while talking about drugs at Rock Hall ceremony

Eminem, notching one of the most triumphant moments of his career, was enshrined during a star-filled ceremony at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The hip-hop legend became the 20th Detroit artist inducted in the Rock Hall’s 36-year history.

“I realize right now what an honor it is right now for me to be up here tonight, and what a privilege it is to do the music I love — music that basically saved my life,” said Eminem during his acceptance speech.

Eminem was inducted by his mentor and longtime collaborator, legendary producer, Dr. Dre, who saluted him as an against-the-odds-white rapper who went on to become the best-selling artist in hip-hop history.

Eminem’s induction moment included a medley of hit material that included guest appearances from Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler (“Sing for the Moment”) and an acoustic guitar-wielding Ed Sheeran, who supplied Dido’s vocal parts on iconic single “Stan.” At Eminem’s side was his friend, former D12 member and longtime hype man Denaun Porter with The Alchemist behind the boards.

Eminem was also accompanied by his daughter, Hailie Jade. During his acceptance speech, Eminem addressed the 26-year old influencer to ‘plug her ears’ while talking about his drug addiction.

“So I’m probably not supposed to actually be here tonight because of a couple of reasons. One of them that I’m a rapper, and this is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And there’s only a few of us right now that have been inducted in already, but there’s only a few of us.” said Em.

Then he continued: “Secondly, I almost died from an overdose in 2007, which kind of sucked. Hailie, plug your ears: because drugs were f—ing delicious, and I thought we had a good thing going man, but I had to go and f— it all up and take too many. God d–n. OK Hailie.” [Crowd laughed]

“OK, so. Hold on, I lost my motherf—in’ spot. Paul, did I say, I said drugs were delicious, right? And finally, I had to really fight my way through man to try and break through in this music, and I’m so honored and I’m so grateful that I’m even able to be up here doing hip-hip music, man, because I love it so much.” he added.

Check the video below:

Eminem performs with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler & Ed Sheeran at Rock Hall

Dr. Dre has just inducted Eminem into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.

“Over 20 years ago, Jimmy Iovine, who is also one of tonight’s inductees and one of my best friends, played a demo tape for me from a guy who called himself Eminem. The first thing I said when I heard it was, ‘what the f— did he just say?’ I loved it so much that I couldn’t stop listening to it.”

“A few days later, Jimmy called me and said, ‘you know he’s a White guy, right?” F—ed me up! The last thing I was thinking about when I was listening was that he was White. It never even crossed my mind. Looking back, I don’t know why it didn’t cross my mind. He certainly didn’t sound like a Black rapper, especially because of what he was saying. I guess it was my ignorance at the time, thinking that if you’re a really good rapper, you must be Black.”

“Not too long after that, we met for the first time. We hit it off and the next thing you know, we’re at my house working. The first time I put on a beat, he gets on the mic and says, ‘hi, my name is.’ Boom! And that was the beginning of what became an amazing creative collaboration.

“Then came the backlash. ‘Look at him, Dre! He has blue eyes! You can’t sign him! There was a massive amount of resistance from my own team and from a lot of people around me: people who had never even heard the music, but didn’t want me to sign him or work with him simply because he was White.

“While everyone else around me had their doubts, I knew that his gift was undeniable. His raw, dark, and humorous lyrics coupled with an impeccable cadence stood out from anything I had ever heard before, and he was hungry. Both of us were. We were two artists in do-or-die situations: he was desperate to find a way to feed his family and I was searching for something to sink my teeth into creatively. Each of us was exactly what the other needed and I was willing to bet my entire career on it.”

“My rebuttal to those naysayers went something like this: ‘he’s going to be the biggest selling artist on our label.’ Little did I know he was going to be one of the best-selling music artists of all time.” said Dre.

Aside of the induction, Slim Shady performed “My Name Is,” “Sing For The Moment” with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, “Rap God”, “Stan” with Ed Sheeran, “Forever” and lastly “Not Afraid.”

You can check the videos and photos below:

Dr. Dre inducts Eminem into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame

Eminem is being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame by Dr. Dre right now and it is being simulcasted on SiriusXM’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Radio channel (310) and on Volume on the SXM App. HBO will film the event to air at 8 p.m. ET on November 18, 2022.

Some clips are already coming out from the show. In his introduction speech, Dr. Dre says:

“Over 20 years ago, Jimmy Iovine, who is also one of tonight’s inductees and one of my best friends, played a demo tape for me from a guy who called himself Eminem. The first thing I said when I heard it was, ‘what the f— did he just say?’ I loved it so much that I couldn’t stop listening to it.”

“A few days later, Jimmy called me and said, ‘you know he’s a White guy, right?” F—ed me up! The last thing I was thinking about when I was listening was that he was White. It never even crossed my mind. Looking back, I don’t know why it didn’t cross my mind. He certainly didn’t sound like a Black rapper, especially because of what he was saying. I guess it was my ignorance at the time, thinking that if you’re a really good rapper, you must be Black.”

“Not too long after that, we met for the first time. We hit it off and the next thing you know, we’re at my house working. The first time I put on a beat, he gets on the mic and says, ‘hi, my name is.’ Boom! And that was the beginning of what became an amazing creative collaboration.

“Then came the backlash. ‘Look at him, Dre! He has blue eyes! You can’t sign him! There was a massive amount of resistance from my own team and from a lot of people around me: people who had never even heard the music, but didn’t want me to sign him or work with him simply because he was White.

“While everyone else around me had their doubts, I knew that his gift was undeniable. His raw, dark, and humorous lyrics coupled with an impeccable cadence stood out from anything I had ever heard before, and he was hungry. Both of us were. We were two artists in do-or-die situations: he was desperate to find a way to feed his family and I was searching for something to sink my teeth into creatively. Each of us was exactly what the other needed and I was willing to bet my entire career on it.”

“My rebuttal to those naysayers went something like this: ‘he’s going to be the biggest selling artist on our label.’ Little did I know he was going to be one of the best-selling music artists of all time.”

“From the moment he introduced himself to the world with ‘The Slim Shady LP,’ he skyrocketed to the top of the charts and stayed there for 100 weeks while earning a Grammy for Best Rap Album and Best Rap Solo Performance.”

“Can you believe after promoting violence to little children and killing his daughter’s mother, this guy still had more s— to get off his chest?”

“Well, then ‘The Marshall Mathers LP’ dropped. On that album alone his alter ego, Slim Shady, tied me up in his basement, had sex with his mother and killed his daughter’s mother, again, while proceeding to offend just about every special interest group we have. It clearly struck a collective chord and became one of the fastest selling solo albums in United States history.”

“Em would go on to overdose, relapse and recover not only on his albums, but also in real life. Let me tell you something, this guy goes through a lot of s–t just to get a concept for a song.”

“But here is Em’s genius, with his incredible wit and wild imagination: he was able to hold up a mirror to White America while also expressing the pain of living through poverty in dysfunctional families devoid of hope. Eminem brought hip-hop to middle America and offered kids who looked like him a way to connect to it.”

You can watch the videos that are available online below:

Eminem & Hailie arrive at Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony

Eminem will be part of the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame’s class of 2022, inducted today, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. He will join the other performer inductees that night, including Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, Duran Duran, Eurythmics, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie and Carly Simon.

Slim Shady will become part of the Hall’s hip-hop corps that also includes legendary acts like Eminem-inducted Run-D.M.C., LL Cool J, whom he performed with during last year’s ceremony, The Notorious B.I.G., N.W.A, Public Enemy, Tupac Shakur and Jay-Z, the iconic rappers who influenced one of the greatest rappers in history.

In doing so, he also becomes part of the ongoing discussion about whether rappers belong in the Rock Hall.

“It’s an odd sort of thing, sure. It’s something that I think a lot of people are struggling with, especially as time goes on because the face of music has changed a lot, and it continues to evolve. If it were just strictly rock n’ roll by traditional standards I think they would be hard-pressed to find enough people to induct 10, 15, 20 years from now. So I think they have to change with the times and not bend their beliefs but change their way of thinking a bit. I think the fact that they have inducted people like LL and Run-D.M.C. is great. I think Em would like to see a lot more rappers get recognized in the same fashion.” said Eminem’s manager and long time friend, Paul Rosenberg.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be simulcast today on SiriusXM’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Radio channel (310) and on Volume on the SXM App. HBO will film the event to air at 8 p.m. ET on November 18, 2022.

Eminem and his daughter Hailie have just arrived at Microsoft Theater. You can check the pictures below:

The D.O.C. & Vanilla Ice react to Eminem’s verse on Kanye West’s “Use This Gospel” remix

Legendary rapper The D.O.C. has recently shared a video of him reacting to Eminem’s verse on Kanye West’s “Use This Gospel” remix, which was released by DJ Khaled through his “God Did” album.

In an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music’s Beats 1, Khaled revealed how the remix ended up on his album. He stated that West had played him Jesus Is King Part II in full a year and a half prior, calling it “incredible”. Even though West and Khaled had recorded a couple of tracks for God Did, they were never finished due to the rapper’s busy schedule. As part of a “last minute magic gift”, Khaled asked West if he could include the remix on “God Did” since it perfectly fit the album’s theme. According to Khaled, West loved the idea, which he joked “You know Ye don’t love no idea”. Before confirming the inclusion, West insisted on contacting both Dr. Dre and Eminem for their approval which he received shortly after.

The song was commercially successful too. It peaked at No. 49 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The remix further reached the top position on both the US Christian Songs and Gospel Songs charts, becoming the first number-one on these charts for both Khaled and Eminem. It also marked the first entry for both artists and West’s fifth chart-topper on the two charts.

In the video which recently surfaced online, The D.O.C. says: “I think Eminem is one of the greatest. No question about it bro. Em is off my tree. You know, every one of us come from somebody. I can hear me in him. He’s a true f**king artist.”

Under the video, Vanilla Ice, who has got a long history with Eminem, commented the fire emojis under The D.O.C.’s video. Check the video below:

Eminem’s daughter Hailie dresses as female Grinch for Halloween

Eminem’s daughter, Hailie Jade, is always rocking refined and elegant outfit and her 2022’s Halloween costume was no different.

The 26-year-old influencer and podcaster, posted a video of herself on Instagram, before and after dressing up as the Grinch and her final costume was marvelous. Hailie wore a furry green crop top and a mini skirt with a Santa Claus hat.

In her Instagram caption, Hailie wrote: “stealin christmas since ’95.” At the start of the video, she rocked a brown sweatshirt with no makeup on before panning to her all dressed up. She wore a spaghetti-strap green crop top that was completely covered in fur and she styled the top with a skintight, high-waisted skirt.

Her waist was cinched in with a thick black patent leather belt while elbow-length black leather gloves and a red Santa hat tied her look together. As for her glam, Hailie had her brown hair down in perfect curls while a sultry smoky eye, voluminous lashes, and a nude matte lip completed her look.

Check out Hailie’s video below:

New Song: Bizarre, Swifty McVay, Obie Trice – “Suicide”

Bizarre, Obie Trice and Swifty McVay have just dropped a new single, called “Suicide,” produced by Salam Wreck, who has previously collaborated with Eminem, D12, B-Real of Cypress Hill, Obie Trice and Daz Dillinger.

Earlier this year, D12’s Swifty McVay released an album titled Detroit Life 2 featuring guest appearances from Kuniva, Jon Connor, 80 Empire, Beez and Mr. Wrong among others.

Bizarre has recently linked up with Toronto production duo Adrian Rezza and Lucas Rezza, a/ka/ 80 Empire for their latest single entitled “So High” via Gladiator Records.

Obie Trice’s most recent project was released about 3 years ago, in 2019’s The Fifth which featured a collaboration with west coast legend Xzibit on a track “Space”.

You can bump the new track below:

G-Eazy dresses & performs as Eminem at his Halloween show

G-Eazy dressed up as Eminem for his Halloween show.

The Oakland-born rapper, who has named as one of his biggest influences while growing up, opened the show with “The Real Slim Shady” while dressed up as Eminem in the late 90s and early ’00s.

Eazy posted a selfie on his Instagram story, dressed as Slim Shady, with the caption: “HIM SHADY.” In the next slide, he put the picture of M&M’S (often referenced to EMINEM), saying “LMAO OF COURSE THESE ARE IN MY DRIVERS CAR.”

One of the fans posted a video of Gerald performing “I Mean It,” his biggest hit, with the caption: “G-Eazy or Slim Shady. TAO Chicago may never know,” which was re-shared by G-Eazy by himself.

Watch the video below:

Chinese soldier rapping Eminem’s “Mockingbird” goes viral & storms the charts

Eminem‘s “Mockingbird” is currently most streamed song from the 00’s and one of the most streamed songs in hip-hop genre on Spotify. It is also one of the most trending tracks on TikTok.

Aside from “Mockingbird,” “Without Me,” “The Real Slim Shady,” “Superman,” “Lose Yourself” and “Till I Collapse” is also charting in the Top 10.

 

After the song went viral on TikTok, one of the users decided to share an old footage of a Chinese solider rapping “Mockingbird” on the stage and it is going viral on social media.

“Mockingbird” is a song from Encore (2004), released as a single in 2005. The single peaked at No. 11 on the United State’s Billboard Hot 100, and No. 4 in the United Kingdom’s Official Singles chart.

The song earned Eminem an award at Teen Choice Awards and received a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Solo Performance, but lost to “Gold Digger” by Kanye West. “Mockingbird” is certified 5x Platinum in the United States for selling 5 million units in the country. It is also 2x Platinum in Denmark, Platinum in the United States and Italy and Gold in Australia and Germany.

50 Cent lashes out on Kanye West after Kanye’s alleged history of admiration for Adolf Hitler

Yesterday, 50 Cent shared now-deleted screenshot of the CNN’s article about Kanye West having “a disturbing history of admiring Hitler.”

In the caption, Fifty wrote: “I have never seen anything like this before. I think Kanye should buy the car he likes the best and just ride off into the sun set, it’s really a wrap. People are really hurt by this s**t. I have seen people in this position because of thing they have did not things they have said. Now you gotta master the art of shutting the f**k up! You gonna make everybody hot. Go cool off!”

Several hours prior to this events, Fiddy shared a screenshot of an article where Ye is saying “we got Donda school designs, we need to build with 50 in Houston.” 50 captioned that one, saying “OK YE lets build a school in Houston but go cool off, n***a you hot right now the Feds all on you!” This post is also deleted now.

50 Cent also hopped on the viral “cut ties” trend, in which rappers jokingly cancelled themselves. He shared a screenshot which said “Curtis Jackson has reportedly cut ties with 50 Cent” with the caption: “I’m getting rid of anybody who can get me f**ked up like Kanye right now! LOL.”

Other hip-hop acts also joined the latest trolling trend. Check out some of them below:

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