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Peter Gunz talks trying to get Cory Gunz signed to Eminem, reveals Eminem is still their dream collab

Peter Gunz from Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz hip-hop duo, who released their debut album back in 1996, has recently sat down with Math Hoffa where the The Bronx, New York-rapper revealed that he was trying his best to get his son Cory Gunz signed to Eminem‘s Shady Records.

Cory Gunz who is currently signed to After Platinum Records, Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, and Universal Republic Records also revealed that Eminem is still his dream collaboration.

“Cory was raised on LL, Rakim, Kane, KRS-One, Redman, Jay-Z, Biggie, Nas. He only heard that and I would give him those patters and gave him like a homework. Go write like that, do this, do that. I would give him sprinkle of everything. Little bit of Slick Rick, little bit of De La Soul, Tribe Called Quest, Busta, I wanted him to get full package. And then this rapper came along called Eminem and his patterns intrigued Cory and the rest is history.” said Peter Gunz.

Later in the interview, Peter continues: “I’m still a fan of Eminem. Yeah he may not be the same if he was black I get when people say that. He says it himself but that does not take away from him being incredible. Sometimes he says some s**t we can’t relate to but he also says meaningful stuff. He’s incredible to me. In my humble opinion, I think Eminem is incredible.”

“I met with Paul Rosenberg. I was really trying to get Cory next to Eminem. I even tapped the producers just to get next to Eminem, even if I didn’t want the beat. It was Mr. Porter but beat was fire. I felt like, if we get the beat from him and Cory rapped on he would play it for Eminem and that’s maybe set it up. That was my thinking of to try get him over there. It never panned out that way but things happen the way it supposed to happen.” Peter added.

Then Cory continues: “I wanted to work with Shady Records and to this day still I do. Cory and Eminem, that’ would be a dream come true. Shout out to Royce too.”

Peter adds: “That would be like me getting a song with Prince. That would be something on my bucket list if that happened before I die. Even before my own dreams, to get Eminem and Cory on a record or hear them rhyming together would be a dream come true because Cory one of the ones that can hang with him in my humble opinion.”

You can watch the interview below:

D12 & Obie Trice to open for Snoop Dogg on 2023 Australian Tour

After almost 9 years, Snoop Dogg is coming back to Australia again and he’s bringing D12 with him!

The long-beach, California legend has officially dropped one of the most iconic special guest lineups ever for his “I Wanna Thank Me” tour! Former Shady Records artist Obie Trice, D12, Tha Dogg Pound (Kurupt and Daz Dillinger) and Irish hip-hop outfit Versatile will all be joining Snoop Dogg on his forthcoming arena tour.

“I Wanna Thank Me” tour will see the West Coast rap icon celebrate the release of his 17th album ‘I Wanna Thank Me’, and documentary of the same name, released in back 2019.

While the ‘I Wanna Thank Me’ documentary celebrates 25 years of Snoop Dogg – a career that has seen the Doggfather cement his undisputed influence on music with chart-topping, multi-platinum records, while also solidifying his importance as a cultural icon, actor and businessman – the upcoming Australian tour will be all about the music!

After last year’s historic Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime performance with Eminem, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar and Anderson .Paak, Snoop was recently announced to join the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Snoop will be joining JAY- Z and in the hall.

“February x March 2023 im on tha way there it was worth tha wait ‼️‼️‼️” said Snoop on his social media accounts. Check out the tour dates and his post below:

Monday, 27th February – RAC Arena, Perth, WA
Wednesday, 1st March – Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, NSW
Thursday, 2nd March – Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, NSW
Saturday, 4th March – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday, 5th March – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, VIC
Tuesday, 7th March – Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, QLD
Wednesday, 8th March – Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, SA

Tickets are on sale via TEG Dainty.

Vote Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg & Eminem for Billboard’s “Best Super Bowl Show Ever”

We are few weeks away from Rihanna to take over the sage at the Super Bowl LVII halftime show on February 12, 2023. But before the pop superstar makes her triumphant return to the music stage, Billboard looks back on the iconic halftime spectacles that have come before her.

The 2023 game marks 30 years since Michael Jackson‘s Super Bowl performance of 1993, which marked the beginning of a new kind of halftime show.

Last year, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg headlined an epic hip-hop show with help from Eminem, 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar and Anderson .Paak that electrified the hometown crowd at Los Angeles SoFi Stadium with hits like “The Next Episode,” ‘Still D.R.E.,” “California Love,” “Lose Yourself,” “In Da Club” and “No More Drama” among few others.

Now Billboard wants to reveal the best ever halftime show and you can VOTE HERE.

50 Cent receives 21 new RIAA certifications

Aftermath has just updated the sales certifications for 50 Cent and it looks so massive!

Twenty one of Fifty’s songs have been certified either multiple platinum, platinum or gold by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It includes a mega hit single “In Da Club” almost hitting Diamond and “Patiently Waiting” with Eminem going platinum.

You can check the full list of the new certifications below:

9x Platinum – “In Da Club”

5x Platinum – “Candy Shop,” featuring Olivia.

4x Platinum – “21 Questions,” featuring Nate Dogg.

3x Platinum – “Just A Lil’ Bit.”

3x Platinum – “Many Men (Wish Death).”

3x Platinum – “P.I.M.P.”

2x Platinum – “Disco Inferno.”

2x Platinum – “Ayo Technology,” featuring Justin Timberlake And Timbaland.

2x Platinum – “I’m The Man,” featuring Chris Brown.

Platinum – “I Get Money”

Platinum – “Patiently Waiting,” featuring Eminem.

Platinum – “Best Friend.”

Platinum – “Outta Control”

Platinum – “Hate It Or Love It,” by The Game, featuring 50 Cent.

Platinum – “Window Chopper.”

Gold – “If I Can’t”

Gold – “Get Up”

Gold – “My Life,” featuring Eminem and Adam Levine

Gold – “Baby By Me,” featuring Ne-Yo.

Gold – “Hustler’s Ambition.”

Gold – “What Up Gangsta.”

NOTE: Platinum means 1,000,000 unit sales in the United States. 5x Platinum means 5,000,000 sales and so on. Gold means 500,000 unit sales. Diamond equals to 10x Platinum which equals to 10,000,000 unit sales.

50 Cent shared the screenshot of his latest accolades on Instagram with the caption: “Can you imagine if i kept all my hits for my self.” On which producer Symbolyc One, who produced “My Life” for Fif, commented: “Honored to share a gold plaque with ya bro!” Tony Yayo and Uncle Murda also replied with fire emojis. You can check the post below:

The Game shows love to Dr. Dre & 50 Cent on “The Documentary” 18-year anniversary

The Game has recently celebrated 18-year anniversary of his debut album The Documentary and gave out some flowers to Dr. Dre, 50 Cent and a few other people who were instrumental in the making of his classic album.

“18 years ago today… A hip hop classic was born. All I wanted to do was tell my story and make sure my son would never live the life I did. Snoop Dogg passed me the torch, Busta Rhymes kept me focused… Dr. Dre laid the foundation and 50 Cent helped put the puzzle together.” – said the Compton rapper.

The The Game continues: “I took Jonathan Mannion to the depths of Compton, California and showed him the heart of what I survived. He captured the essence of my city, my hood and brought to the world my vision. Always remember, it is no longer a dream once it becomes reality.”

Lots of his peers reacted on the post. Producer Symbolyc One commented: “Used to wear this album out!!!!” Busta Rhymes also replied: “Congrats King. We had fun goin’ Bar for bar late studio nights family!!” DJ Premier said: “Certified Classic!” And DJ Paul commented: “Classic as f—k, All styles was on here.”

The critically acclaimed album The Documentary debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 and is certified Double Platinum by RIAA. (The certification has not been updated for ages. It might be 5x platinum by now.)

The Documentary included hits such as “Hate It Or Love It” and “How We Do” with 50 Cent, some of the best Dr. Dre beats and features guest appearances from Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Nate Dogg, Faith Evans, and more.

You can check The Game’s anniversary post below:

Jamal Crawford: “Jay-Z’s effect on rap is bigger than any albums sales Eminem will ever have”

In the latest episode of TNT Tuesday Night show, Jamal Crawford, Shaquille O’Neal and Spice Adams spoke about LeBron James’ marching towards breaking record hold by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, dicey situation of Golden State Warriors in the league and the NBA world as a whole.

During one segment of the episode, Crawford asked Turner to name her top five players of all time. Following her response, Shaq and Crawford weighed in with their choices. This resulted in a debate that silenced the Big Aristotle.

Both Crawford and Turner named Shaq as one of their top five, but both did not name him in the top two category. When Turner emphasized her choices, Shaq thanked her for thinking of him and replied: “Thank you for thinking of me but there is no need to waste your energy.”

Basketball is undoubtedly a game of numbers. However, Crawford believes that the dominance and influence of a player on the game weigh more than any number or stat. He explained this by drawing a parallel with the rap game. Jamal Crawford said: “ The dominance outweighs the numbers…Like, Jay-Z’s effect on hip hop is bigger than any album sales that Eminem will have. That’s how it goes.”

Shaq gave a nod by saying: “That’s a good point.”

You can watch the interview below:

Trisha Paytas reacts to her & Eminem video resurfacing

The singer and OnlyFans model, Trisha Paytas, parodied Jessica Simpson’s role in the 2005 action comedy road film The Dukes of Hazzard remake for Eminem’s second single “We Made You” from Relapse album, released in 2009.

Upon its release, the music video raised eyebrows with its impersonation of major newsmakers at the time, including Paytas as Simpson, adult-film star Lisa Ann as Sarah Palin and RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Derrick Barry who is famed as a Britney Spears impersonator.

A Twitter fan-page that is dedicated to 2000s pop culture shared the clip with the caption: “Eminem was such a menace because how you open a song with ‘jessica simpson, sing the chorus’ and Trisha Paytas appears.”

eminem was such a menace bc how you open a song with ‘jessica simpson, sing the chorus’ and trisha paytas appears
pic.twitter.com/65Y9VHbDnW

— 2000s (@PopCulture2000s) January 17, 2023

Many fans replied and Paytas also weighed in on the tweet, saying her cameo made her an “icon.” She said: “I will always be an icon thanks to this music videos. 14 years later and it’s still going viral.”

I will always be an icon thanks to this music videos. 14 years later and it’s still going viral

— Trisha Paytas (@trishapaytas) January 18, 2023

It’s not the first time Paytas has spoken about the impact appearing in Eminem’s video has had on her career. Back in 2014, in an interview with The Sun magazine, she told the interviewer: “I totally owe Eminem for giving me my start. This video opened up so many doors for me at 20.”

In one of her TikTok videos, she also revealed how good person Eminem is behind the scenes: “Behind the scenes, Eminem, he was very fun. And just like all over the place, and just like a ball of energy but once it turned off, like behind the scenes, he was like, ‘Hi, thanks for doing this.’ I remember Marshall, being like ‘Oh my gosh, you look better than the real Jessica Simpson, don’t be self-conscious. He was an insanely nice person.”

Eminem shows support to Boldy James after car accident

The Detroit rapper Boldy James has recently been involved in a two-car accident in his hometown and reportedly he is currently in a stable condition in hospital, according to the rapper’s publicist.

The “serious” accident took place on Monday, January 9, and left James with broken vertebrae in his neck among other injuries.

“After undergoing extensive surgery on his neck, Boldy has been removed from the intensive care unit and is now in stable condition. “Boldy and his family would like to express their gratitude to the incredible doctors and nurses that are taking care of him, and also to the communities’ emergency medical personnel and first responders.” – said his representative.

Lots of his peers wished the rapper a speedy recovery. Among those to send well-wishes to Griselda rapper was Eminem who tweeted last night: “Sending out best wishes for a quick recovery for The D’s own Boldy James!!!”

The Griselda CEO Westside Gunn also shared support: “I was waiting until the official statement to be released please keep my brother in y’all prayers. He’s a strong soul and fighter he’s still talking bout GXFR x 227 forever!!! Just hearing them words broke me down but GOD IS THE GREATEST and BO gonna be better than ever.” he tweeted.

Sending out best wishes for a quick recovery for The D’s own @boldyjames!!! 🫡🙏🏼

— Marshall Mathers (@Eminem) January 15, 2023

Boldy and Eminem have previously appeared on one track together and its Big Sean’s Hit-Boy-produced “Friday Night Cypher,” that also featured Detroit rappers Kash Doll, Payroll Giovanni, Royce da 5’9″, Sada Baby, Drego, 42 Dugg, Cash Kidd and Tee Grizzley.

“Friday Night Cypher” runs through seven beat switches and brings together rappers with very different styles over a nearly ten-minute run-time. It is notable for uniting individuals who have previously had disagreements, notably Eminem, Royce 5’9”, Sada Baby and Tee Grizzley.

Tony Yayo talks being in studio with Eminem, compares him to NAS

Tony Yayo has recently sat down with VLAD TV where he talked about being in the studio with Kanye West, 50 Cent, Dr. Dre and Eminem.

“To be in the studio with Dr. Dre and Eminem, that was my dream. I remember Fif calling me, smoking, and Dre’s playing in the clubs. That dude is best producer in the world and I’m in the studio with him. And we New York ni–as so I’m like this is a dream come true. Smoking LA weed, never left the hood, Dre is playing beats and I’m like ‘that’s dream come true!’ That’s why I’m always so humble. I might not have as much cars, chains, b–ches as other rappers but it’s not about that. It’s about experience, man.” said Yayo.

Then he continues: “Then we were in the studio in Detroit. It’s called as a b–ch. We are out there with Eminem. That’s f–king crazy. That dude just sold 16 million records. We used to go in LA with Dre and then we used to go in Detroit to mess with Em. Shout out to Tracy, Paul Rosenberg they all treated us as family over there.”

At this point, VLAD asked what makes Eminem to differ from another rappers in the booth. On that, he replied:

“I think what Eminem makes him astronomical is, when we were doing “Many Men” he was doing the production, cause does a lot of production on a lot of stuff on Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, it was the footsteps in the shots and he was like footsteps came from poltergeist, it’s crazy… Just like NAS, he’s as lyrical as NAS and then a lot of people say ‘I don’t really hear him in the club,’ but nah, it’s not about that, ‘I don’t really hear him in car,’ nah, that’s not about that too! Right now Eminem can sell out the stadium with no problem. 62 million monthly listeners on Spotify! Big boy numbers!”

“What he did for me and what I see he did for 50 and Banks and G-Unit as a whole, D12, Obie Trice, everybody went platinum and gold! Getting co-signs from him we had the overseas connection cause it was not really just Interscope. Interscope was part of Jimmy Iovine but Eminem is a machine in his own. He might not come outside and relate to other s–t that people wanna see him but still bro, look what he did with Griselda. They are fire but that Eminem cosign, when you look at Joe Budden and Slaughterhouse, Eminem cosign is a different kind of cosign. G-Unit would never be no serial video video game, socks, shirts selling millions if not Eminem and Dr. Dre cosign.” – Tony Yayo added.

You can watch the interview below: