Lil Nas X, who has recently trolled rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine for making a public homophobic comment, has recently shared a video of him ‘freestyling’ over Dr. Dre and Eminem’s “Forgot About Dre” in support of Eminem after Gen Z tried to cancel the Detroit legend on her viral TikTok video. Check out Lil Nas’s video below:
Last Friday, Eminem released an animated lyric video for his 2020 single “Tone Deaf,” from Music To Be Murdered By album, which appears to be a response to a TikTok campaign to the real Slim Shady. The video, in typical antagonistic Eminem fashion, features images of disgraced figures like Bill Cosby and Harvey Weinstein. This is the latest in a growing #canceleminem movement that has highlighted a divide between Millennial Eminem fans and younger Gen Z critics.
While sharing on social media, Eminem quoted: “I won’t stop even when my hair turns grey (I’m tone-deaf) / ‘Cause they won’t stop until they cancel me.” Watch the video below:
On this day, exactly 10 years ago (March 9, 2011), Eminem made The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) history as the Detroit legend became the first and the only hip hop artist to have two diamond selling album in the United States: “The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)” and “The Eminem Show (2002)” both albums sold more than 10 million units, each.
Additionally, Eminem has THREE diamond selling singles: “Lose Yourself (2002),” “Not Afraid (2010)” and “Love The Way You Lie (2010),” featuring Rihanna. Reportedly, “Recovery (2010)” album and “Curtain Call: The Hits (2005)” compilation are also close to diamond certifications.
Trae Tha Truth and Mysonne have recently released a new joint album “If You’re Scared, Stay Inside” and it includes a song “Lyrical Cypher,” featuring lyrical mastermind, Black Thought.
In the song, Trae Tha Truth references Eminem with the following lines:
“I’m shady like I’m Eminem These wack b**ches, I’ve been in them My staple thing no synonym My waves lately, they swimming in.”
Speaking to Matt Pinfield, Corey Taylor talked about the controversy surrounding an offensive Eminem lyric on “Love The Way You Lie” song with Rihanna which was started by young TikTokers.
“I was just reading about how Gen Z is trying to cancel Eminem because of one line that was in a Rihanna song that he did with her. And I am just like, is that where we are right now? I mean, at this point, you are talking about the Salem witch trials. You are talking about, you know, America in the ’20s where the KKK was like a political force. You are talking about complete condemnation without context or any rationalization for an action like that.”
“To me, that is the most dangerous, when the mob decides that you are gone. I mean, that is Caesar at the Colosseum, for God’s sakes. That is when it is dangerous. The level of censorship that we are starting to see and I am not saying that certain things have not been said that easily offend people. However, the flip side of that is that you ca not even make a joke anymore, even in the cleanest of situations.”
“It is starting to really kind of form in my head. I may actually write it soon. Because it is really kind of out of control out there right now. And there is not one hint of satire, There is no hint of Irony. It is just all-out rage and it is all through smartphones. And that is when it is really greedy, That is when it is really dirty. It can not be that way. If we can not have a conversation how the hell are we gonna communicate and if we can not understand the difference between metaphor and complete reality then we are in real trouble. And that is where I am leaning with the book.”
American media personality, YouTuber, model, and singer, Trisha Paytas, who made cameo in Eminem’s 2009 “We Made You” music video, has recently shared a clip of her speaking about Eminem, aimed to the recent ‘Cancel Eminem’ activity on TikTok.
Trisha remembered the encounter she experienced with Eminem behind the scenes of “We Made You” video shoot: “Behind the scenes with Eminem was so fun. He was so nice. He was like ‘hi, thank you for doing this.’ He was insanely nice person.” Watch the video below:
Detroit rapper Sada Baby has recently done a live stream on Instagram where he showed love for Royce Da 5’9″, Big Proof and Trick Trick but was salty towards Eminem.
Sada Baby said: “You know I’m heminem. Not Eminem but I got love for Royce Da 5’9″, I love Royce. His homeboy [Eminem] is just weird. I love Trick Trick, his homeboy is just weird. Rest in peace Big Proof, he died two blocks from my grandma’s house, his homeboy is weird.”
For the record, Sada Baby and Eminem both jumped on Big Sean’s “Friday Night Cypher.” You can watch the video below:
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), which is an organization that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide, has revealed the list of the best selling artists worldwide and Eminem makes into the Top 10. You can check the lit below:
One of the Hollywood’s power players, Anthony Mackie, whose latest film, Outside the Wire, is currently trending on Netflix, has recently visited Hot Ones on First We Feast where the host asked the actor how did he prepare for a Papa Doc role in Eminem’s 8 Mile movie, on which he replied:
“You know what’s interesting? I find myself very lucky to have studied Shakespeare. When you look at Shakespeare, the way he wrote, he wrote in verse. So the idea of approaching a rapper from the perspective of an actor, you are really just speaking in poems. I always said, one of the greatest rappers that ever lived was William Shakespeare. So It helped a lot as far as being able to understand the cadence, the verse, the meter and putting those words in rhyming couplets and into form.”
At the age of 18, Ryan Smith aka ‘Spidey’ moved to Los Angeles with $280 and a gas-guzzling Jeep with no roof or doors to his name. His dream of becoming a music video director was quickly realized when he commissioned his first video for multi-platinum selling artist Bone Thugs N’ Harmony. Since then, he has directed more than 150 music videos, and has worked with superstars across all genres of music such as Eminem, Duran Duran, Good Charlotte, Xzibit, Gavin DeGraw, 3 Doors Down, Shinedown and Cyprus Hill, to name a few.
Spidey Smith has also directed Yelawolf’s music video of “Best Friend,” featuring Eminem from the “Love Story” album. Yesterday, Spidey dedicated an Instagram post to the day of shooting the video and revealed something that we never heard before.
Spidey tells the story: “This was my second time working with Eminem !! The first time directing him I was 22 years old… Young and naive to say the least. Simply stoked to have him in front of my lens. This go around I was 40 and a hell of a lot more seasoned..
As a director it’s extremely important to check in with the artist periodically while capturing their performances to gauge their feelings about how they are seeing themselves on the playback monitor. Midway through Em’s church performance, he and I were chatting about his shots ..
Me: “Em how you feeling about what you’re seeing ?
Em extremely serious and straight faced in front of everyone: “I don’t know man.. I’m just not feeling it. It’s probably me.. I don’t know… Maybe I’m off or something. I wish I knew what to tell you.”
This went back and forth for what seemed like eternity but in actuality was 2 or 3 minutes. I was beginning to sweat but contained my sudden panic.
Me: “I think I know what you are needing. Let me fix .. (I really had no clue… I just wanted to remove myself to think quickly and clearly haha)..
As I began to walk back to set to sort out anything I could think of, Em yells, “Yo Spidey ! Haha I’m just f**kin’ with you ! I love everything haha! “
Shortly after Paul Rosenberg whispers at me and says, “ that’s how ya know Em likes you !”
I’ve never felt more relief while on set than that moment !”
In one of the recent episodes of The Brilliant Idiots, Charlamagne Tha God and Andrew Schulz talked about the recent trend on TikTok where the users are trying to cancel Eminem.
Charlamagne Tha God: TikTok is trying to cancel Eminem. I think it’s funny as f**k when kids go back to the eras where they should not be even playing around. If you were talking to a child, you will be like ‘don’t go in that 90’s box.’ Thy are just playing old Eminem lyrics and doing what outrage culture does. Trying to build a case against Eminem. But I’m going to tell you why it will never work. THAT’S EMINEM’S WHOLE STICK.
Andrew Schulz: Yeah, it’s tricky man, because if you go back and listen to some Eminem songs or even like skits, Eminem was one of the wildest people in history bro.
Charlamagne Tha God: “Eminem was the reason we thought we could get away with that type of s**t. [Laughs] For real though. In the era we grew up where there is a bar so if you are growing up in entertainment, you are performer, you are rapper, comedian, radio personality, if your bars are the Howard Sterns and The Stars and Eminem, all these people you hear saying wild s**t, what are you supposed to do? It’s crazy but the funny part is seeing little kids being upset about it. You are not going to build a case against Eminem. You know why? Cause all the people who have a power to ‘cancel’ or whatever the f**k that means, they grew up loving Eminem too. Eminem was one of the biggest stars in the world and at one point THE BIGGEST STAR. He was everybody’s guilty pleasure. I never was a fan. I respected him as a lyricist but I never was a die-hard Eminem fan. But he has a lot of die-hard fans.
Battle rapper Daylyt has recently done an Instagram Live session where he talked about why Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” is the anthem for anyone who is battling anything and what is the difference between prime and today’s Eminem.
“Prime Em… What Eminem does with his rhyme pattern is so amazing bro. It’s Amazing. Then I’m listening to doubles and stacks and the passion he puts in his verse. Yo, Em is so fire. Prime Em, ni**a’s so fire. I’m listening to this “Lose Yourself” song and I’m thinking of the setup of that record and as a battle rapper and a person that has stepped into any battle, I don’t just mean battle rap, I mean basketball games, sports, anything that was a moment that could shift your life, this song spoke to you. Any moment in life where you go. This record is for all those moments. And I think about that all the time, like, yo, that’s fire!”
“I just when through Em’s whole catalog and then I went though new catalog and I realize what is the problem with Em right now. Em has grown, mentally, physically, spiritually. He can’t rap about the things he rapped no more. But mainly, I’m gonna tell you, mainly what is hurting Eminem. Right now, it’s beat selection. Em is trying to do what he normally does over modern beats and he’s traying to add modern style production inside of his ability. Like, when you are adding water and oil together, it just don’t mix. If Em is to get on some boom bap, some heavy boom bap s**t…BOY! We need Eminem and Alchemist. We need Eminem and Dilla. We need Eminem and Willie D. We need Eminem on whoever produces for Conway The Machine. We need Em and them type of ni**as bro. Em will do DAMAGE if he gets back to those type of beats. Em would do an ultimate damage. And I’m only saying this because I want to put energy out there and hopefully Eminem is watching this. And hopefully somebody that’s related to Eminem is watching this. And tell Em I said this personally.”
“At the Eminem universe, they hate me and love me because I’ve been f**king with Em so much. And I troll a lot because I’m a fan. That’s what fans do. They troll and say opposite of how they feel. I’ve been listening to a lot Eminem and other than that, I’ve been listening to a lot of Ice Cube, Tupac, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole…”
Late rapper Pop Smoke hit an impressive feat on the Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop album chart in the United States . Just a few days ago, Billboard reported that Pop Smoke’s posthumous album, Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon, which is executive produced by 50 Cent, reached an accolade that was unseen in 30 years on its Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
According to the Billboard, Pop Smoke’s album is the longest-running No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop album chart since 1990 (in the last 30 years), leading the chart for the 17th week. The record was held by Eminem’s 2010 album, Recovery which spent 16 weeks on the charts. Overall, legendary rapper M.C. Hammer’s Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt Em album, dominated the chart for 29 weeks back in 1990.
