Eminem and Snoop Dogg have paid tribute to Def Jam pioneer hip-hop artist Bo$$, following her death at the age of 54. Bo$$ whose real name is Lichelle Marie Laws, was the first ever female rapper to be signed to Def Jam, with her one and only album titled Born Gangstaz released to success in 1993. While no cause of death has yet been released, Bo$$ was known to have struggled in the past with kidney failure.
Eminem was among those to pay tribute to the pioneering artist, taking to X (formerly known as Twitter) on Wednesday (March 12, 2024) to his fellow Detroit native. “Bo$$ rep’d the D so well as a pioneer. Such a talented MC. RIP!!!” Em wrote. Snoop Dogg also mourned Bo$$’ passing after hearing the news, writing on Instagram: “Damn. My homegirl before I got on. In the D. Game.”
Bo$$ rep’d the D so well as a pioneer. Such a talented MC. RIP!!!
Bun B was the one who broke the tragic news earlier this week, posting on social media: “Rest in peace to my big sis Lichelle Laws AKA Boss. One of the best female MCs and a dear friend. Give Rick Royal a hug for me. Long Live The Org!” DJ Premier also left a heartfelt tribute to her: “Damn! R.I.P. BO$$. Condolences to your family… We did a dope ‘Deeper Rmx’ @defjam never released. Back in 1993 she came to D & D and recut her vocals to my beat. It was so RAW. We had a good session drinking 40’s, puffin Lah and vibing. Can someone at Def Jam find that in the Vaults? I want a copy of that Remix. Sleep Peacefully Queen. S–t was mad real.”
Warren G also posted about the news as he wrote: “Rip Lichelle aka Bos one of the Dopest females to rap and was a good friend and label mate. #DefJam.” Various other artists posted tributes to Bo$$ including Jermaine Dupri, Jadakiss, 9th Wonder, Ed Lover, Lloyd Banks and Slim Thug.
Legendary hip-hop producer DJ Premier talks with Noah Callahan-Bever of Idea Generation about a journey from his early days as part of the duo Gang Starr, to producing for then up-and-coming rapper Jay-Z and helping to shape his sound, to carving his own lane, forming PRhyme with Royce 5’9″ and becoming one of the greatest producers in hip-hop history.
“Mike has pitched this idea, it was during them working on Slaughterhouse, but it was taking so long and Mike was like ‘how about y’all do a project like a quick EP where you use Adrien Young’s sound only and make a quick EP of Slaughterhouse.’ I was very against it. I was like ‘nah, I like to dig and make beats through digging.’ Everybody was leaning on me about it and it just went silent.” said DJ Premier.
Then he continued: “Time passed, Royce hits me again like ‘what me and you gon’ do?’ Royce was just getting sober and had not rapped a long time. And for me knowing the not sober Royce, his bars, his delivery is always on point, sometimes you sober up…I’m glad he’s sober because the most cleanest and healthy lifestyle is the best, that does not mean that you gonna still pull off the Royce that we all know and love. So, I remember I was in LA for some business. I met Amanda Demme there. She told me I’m photographer and she was like ‘I gotta show my stuff, it’s real wicked.’ She starts showing me all her stuff and I’m like ‘yo, this s–t is bugged out, damn.’ She asked ‘what do you working on?’ I said me and Royce are doing this project, it’s gonna be called DJ Premier, Royce Da 5’9″, we are not PRhyme yet. She’s like ‘you should let me do pictures for y’all.’ I’m like ‘with all these weird a-s pictures?? We gotta look like hip-hop s–t’ and she goes like ‘nah, it should be art! Let me do something creative.’ I was like ‘I’ll introduce you to Royce whenever we get to that point.”
“The next day, we are about to fly back and I’m packing my stuff. We have not heard anything from PRhyme yet. I had already made 3 beats that I gave to Royce and he said ‘I’m gonna work on them and let you hear what I did and see if you like where I’m going cause I have not rapped in so long. So you tell me if I still sound like Royce.’ When I was packing I decided to go Puff’s party. Right when I go downstairs and get a ride to the party, Royce texted me and goes ‘just sent the first song, tell me what you think.’ I was like ‘damn man, I’m leaving in the morning, I’ll listen to it tomorrow.’ But when I’m getting to the door to go to the lobby, I was like ‘let me listen to it now, it’s either him sounding Royce or I’m gonna tell him falling off,’ man, the song PRhyme is what he sent, as soon as I turned it on, I’m like ‘HE’S BACK’! And I listened to the rest of it, I’m like ‘he sounds like when he drinks, but he’s sober!’ I called him ‘dude, you are back! That’s the Royce I was hoping to hear! Let’s get this album cracking!'”
“Royce stays up in so many different hours. He’ll call you at all different types of hours of the day. He’ll stay up for five days straight, not sleep, just be recording. He’s like a Kanye in that regard. Right before I get to the airport, he goes ‘yo, how about we call ourselves a name like a group? Instead of being DJ Premier and Royce Da 5’9″‘ I was like ‘you got a name?’ he’s like ‘how about we call ourselves PRhyme?’ P and R is capital, P is for Premier and R is for Royce and ‘hyme’ just encompasses everything of hip-hop together. I was like ‘I like that.’ Started coming up with logos. He was like ‘yo, Eminem’s art guy is really good. Can we use Eminem’s art guy to do something? He showed me PRhyme logo and I liked it. And he said, from now on, we are PRhyme!”
“We have PRhyme, PRhyme 2, I love PRhyme 2 and PRhyme 3 is a doozy! That’s all I can say. That one we are not going to announce until it’s done but you are definitely going to be like ‘oh, sh-t!'” DJ Premier added. You can watch the interview below:
On Saturday night November 5, 2022, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducted its 2022 class in grand fashion at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Inductees included Eminem, Dolly Parton, Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Duran Duran, Eurythmics, Lionel Richie and Carly Simon. Judas Priest and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis have also joined the Rock Hall with the “award for musical excellence.”
In his acceptance speech, Eminem thanked more than 100 hip-hop acts for being his influences, including Gang Starr, a duo that consists legendary DJ Premier and Guru. Gang Starr was at its height from the year 1989 to 2003, and are considered one of the best MC-and-producer duos in the history of rap. They are recognized for being one of the pioneers of jazz rap.
In is latest Twitter post, Preemo shared the clip where Slim Shady shouts out Gang Starr and thanked him for including Brooklyn, New York-based duo in his long list of influences during his induction speech: “Thanks Eminem for including Gang Starr in your acceptance speech at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction. To be mentioned along so many historic greats let’s us know we did it right and touched so many lives. Continue to be great. R.I.P. GURU.”
You can check the original post below:
Thanks @Eminem for including @gangstarr in your acceptance speech at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction. To be mentioned along so many historic greats let’s us know we did it right and touched so many lives. Continue to be great.
R.I.P. GURU 🙏🏾👑💚🕊
Salute @thereelbigshugpic.twitter.com/y10Y7o3IdM
“Keys To The City” is a song by Eminem, produced by DJ Premier which was supposed to be released back in 2008 along with King Mathers album but the track has never seen the light of the day.
In a recent question and answer session on Reddit, Preemo was asked what exactly happened to the track, on which the legendary producer replied: “Do not know what Eminem is doing with that song. Heard it once like 10 years ago and never got an update on it.”
DJ Premier has previously worked with Eminem only once in 2020, on a track “Book of Rhymes” from Music To Be Murdered By album. Preemo also officially remixed Royce da 5’9″s “Writer’s Block” song, featuring Eminem.
Eminem NFTs are quickly sold out. 50 Cent got two of them. Legendary producers DJ Premier and Fredreck also got one for each. Check out the posts below:
Salute My @eminem On A Huge NFT Drop!!!
Copped Me A “Marshall Mathers” Edition For My Collection.
Legendary producer DJ Premier, who has recently collaborated with Eminem on a song “Book Of Rhymes,” from Music To Be Murdered By: Side B album, have posted a picture of Eminem and Rakim on his Instagram story.
Preemo tagged both emcees on a post but without any caption. Could this be any hint on something? DJ Premier, Rakim and Eminem on a track? Too good to be true, right? Check out the screenshot of the post below:
“Book Of Rhymes” is No. 5 song on Eminem’s latest release, the deluxe edition of Music To Be Murdered By: Side B, which is accompanied by scratches from legendary beat-maker DJ Premier, produced by Luis Resto, Illa Da Producer and Eminem.
The song also plays off the title of the Alchemist produced ‘Book of Rhymes’ song by Nas from God’s Son. There is also a likely sample of the Nas song in the end in the DJ Premier mixing part, towards the ending of the song.
Preemo doesn’t look to get enough off of the track as he added more scratches during an Instagram session. “You killed it.” Eminem’s manager Paul Rosenberg commented on the post.
A lead vocalist and lyricist of the bands Slipknot and Stone Sour, Corey Taylor has recently set down with Bert Kreischer on 441st episode of the Bertcast.
The two talked about why Corey quit drugs and alcohol, the old music business versus the new music business, fame, horror movies, his new solo album, the story behind the Slipknot masks and much more.
During the interview, Corey Taylor said that he is a massive Eminem fan and also revealed that he loves Prince and generally, many artists from Midwest.
“I am a massive, massive Eminem fan, man. And I loved anybody from the Midwest because I still considered Michigan the Midwest. I love anybody from the Midwest who made it. So not only was I into Eminem, but I was also into Prince because Prince was Minneapolis.” said Corey.
Watch the interview below:
This was not the first time Corey fanned out on Eminem. Few years ago, in an interview RockSverige, the singer revealed that Eminem is his dream collaboration.
“I would love to do something with Eminem. I would love to trade some stuff back and forth with him, because I love the way he writes and the way he flows and the attitude; you know, the emotion that is in it. And I am very, very attracted to that. And I would love to do something where we kind of go back and forth. Will it ever happen? Probably not. But, you know, it is still a dream.” said Corey Taylor.
On this day, 6 years ago, December 9, 2020, Royce 5’9″ and DJ Premier released “PRhyme,” a debut album as a duo PRhyme under their own record label PRhyme Records. The album features Killer Mike, Jay Electronica, Common, Ab-Soul, Schoolboy Q, Slaughterhouse, Mac Miller and soul singer Dwele. As well as Logic, Joey Bada$$, Black Thought, MF DOOM and Phonte on the deluxe edition.
It also debuted at No. 59 on the US Billboard 200 and No. 7 on US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. On the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums year-end chart, the album finished at No. 95.
PRhyme received high praise from Critics. “PRhyme is the perfect alternative for listeners who are tired of juvenile lyricism, mud sippers and unintelligible hooks.” said XXL magazine in their review.
On this day, 18 years ago, Eminem dropped 8 Miles OST which featured career defining tunes like “Lose Yourself,” “8 Mile,” “Lose Yourself,” D12’s “Rap Game,” 50 Cent’s “Places To Go” and more.
The album earned Eminem number one movie in the country, number one album in the country, number one single in the country, Diamond certified single, Academy Award, Grammy Award and critical acclaim.
Legendary producer, DJ Premier, who is one of the contributors in the album, took a moment to reflect on the album’s 18 years anniversary on Instagram. Preemo posted the cover of the album with the caption that reads:
“18 years ago, October 29, 2002. Eminem dropped the soundtrack to his debut film ‘8 Mile.’ Thanks for having us create and original Gangstarr song “Battle.” Rest in peace GURU.”
Considering how close Eminem and Preemo got together, it’s unbelievable that they have never collaborated on a track, especially when Royce Da 5’9″ has done two full project with Premier.
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