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Ez Mil freestyles on Bootleg Kev & names Hopsin as one of his influences

In July, once news broke that Filipino-American rapper and singer EZ Mil was hanging out and signing with Hip Hop royalty, namely Dr. Dre and Eminem, the Asian Hip-Hop world shook with anticipation. Now, he’s out hitting popular Hip-Hop podcasts to tell his story and show off his crazy freestyle skills.

During The Bootleg Kev Podcast, EZ Mil describes how his family moved to America, first to Los Angeles and then to Las Vegas. Then he talks about his love of making Death Metal songs and his favorite bands like Dying Fetus and Aborted. Bootleg Kev then pries back a few layers and questions him about his life-changing meet-ups with hip-hop icons, Eminem and Dr. Dre.

As usual on these podcasts, EZ Mil was asked to show off his skills on the mic so the audience could feel what Em and Dre saw in him, and EZ Mil impressed everyone by dropping rhymes in English, Tagalog, and back in English again. It’s a dope two minutes that proves that EZ Mil has the potential to be the first global Asian Hip-Hop superstar coming from the ground up.

Before freestyling, Ez Mil listed his hop-hop influences while growing up: “Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, A$AP Rocky, Tech N9ne, Hopsin, Snoop Dogg.” Check out the interview and the freestyle below:

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Westside Boogie talks “More Black Superheroes” album, his top 5 rappers, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem & more

Westside Boogie has recently sat down with Bootleg Kev to promote his upcoming “More Black Superheroes” album, the follow-up of his 2019 Shady Records debut album, “Everythings For Sale.”

When the interviewer wanted the Compton rapper to share the details about the album, like – if Eminem is on the album or any other features – Boogie refused to reveal any, but he did share some little details:

“There are twelve to fifteen songs on the album. Everything is a part of rollout. You know, you gotta surprise people. I wanted to be thirteen but I’m still trying to figure out. Probably take something out or add something in the last minute.” said Boogie.

Later in the interview, Boogie talked about Eminem: “He’s nice guy. Sometimes I feel bad for how big he is because he can’t do some of the stuff that regular people do. So I do see him as trapped in celebrity sometimes but I’ll take that.”

When asked to name his top 5 rappers dead or alive, Boogie replied: “My top five is always rotating so I’m gonna say with no order, its Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar, Jay-Z, Tupac and Eminem. Was Eminem political choice? Nah. He might be number one when we talk about the ability to rap.”

Boogie then gives some other details from his upcoming album: “As of now, I have four rapper features and the album is coming out in the next 40 days.

You can watch the entire interview below:

Grip freestyles on Bootleg Kev, talks how Eminem found his music, signing to Shady & more

Shady Records latest signee, GRIP has recently sat down with Bootleg Kev for an interview on his podcast where the two talk about how Eminem found his music, signing to Shady Records, Atlanta music and more.

On signing to Shady Records

“Eminem is like a coach who used to play basketball in NBA. I felt that. Before we even get to any paperwork or anything, he was just like ‘Yo, I don’t wanna change nothing, everything you do is great, creative control.'”

About getting Eminem & Royce 5’9″ on “IDFT!?”

“I chose the record which I wanted Eminem to be on. I played it before I told him and he was like ‘Damn, this hook is dope as f**k.’ I was like ‘that’s all I wanted to hear.’ With Royce, I already had the song constructed, like, the first half and second half and he just took the whole middle portion and killed that s**t which is what I was expecting him to do but then with Em s**t, I spent 16 bars. I was trying to be lyrical and do my own thing so when I sent it him and he sent back I already knew he was coming at least 36 bars. He went in. He went the f**k off. I don’t change s**t. I don’t change nothing.”

About his album “Snubnose” getting Eminem’s attention

“Em said he heard ‘Snubnose’ and the song ‘226’ caught his attention. I kinda rapping fast, switching cadences. For a long time, I was kinda upset cause it was great body of work and it fell under radar so for a long time I was frustrated. And its dope at least Em caught that s**t. It catapulted me to the next level. ”

You can watch the interview below:

GRIP also shows us why Eminem f**ks with him as the East Atlanta rapper spits some bars in an unforgettable freestyle.