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Robert Horry recalls talking trash with Eminem at 2005 NBA Finals

The fierce battle between the Detroit Pistons and San Antonio Spurs back in the 2005 Finals had Detroit legend Eminem watching and supporting the Eastern Conference champs. Making a fortune out of his impressive way with words, Slim Shady talked trash against the visitors. Robert Horry recollected being targeted by Eminem in Game 5 of the series during recent interview on Games with Names, hosted by former Super Bowl MVP Julian Edelman.

“I noticed in the clip earlier that you had you show Eminem up there. And I never talked trash, and Eminem was behind the bench saying, ‘You won’t be getting No. 6 tonight, buddy.’ I looked at him, and so I started talking trash to Eminem. After I hit my first shot, I said, ‘You in f–king trouble now, dawg. They better f-king get me.’ I said, ‘It’s on.’ … He just started smiling. He didn’t say much. And then after I did this dunk on Rip (Richard Hamilton), I looked at him like, ‘Told you. It’s f–king over.’ It was just one of those things I never talk trash but when someone talks trash to me and it’s Eminem, the one of the greatest rappers of all time, I had to talk trash back to him.” said Robert Horry. And the Julian Edelman added: “We gotta rename this game. It’s the Eminem Game. Eminem, thank you for talking s–t to Big Shot Bob cause it made him talk himself into a moment.”

Eminem was probably hyped for his hometown team, as the Pistons were gunning for a two-peat then. The artist was also sighted in the 2004 Finals and likely celebrated delightedly when they slayed the giant, the Los Angeles Lakers.

In 2005, though, they faced off against a squad that was also defensive-minded and played physically…As many folks expected, the series turned out to be a bloodbath, and the Spurs were fortunate that Horry found additional motivation in Game 5, which was the last contest hosted by Detroit because the Finals was played under the 2-3-2 format at the time and San Antonio had home court advantage. So, you can only imagine how rowdy the home crowd was.

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Rory wants Eminem’s “Stans” documentary to expose fans of Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé & Rihanna

During one of the new episodes of New Rory & Mal, Rory talked about Eminem‘s upcoming documentary “Stans,” which according to the synopsis, is a “revealing, edgy, and disarmingly personal journey into the world of superfandom, told through the lens of one of the world’s most iconic and enduring artists, Eminem, and the fans that worship him.”

During the podcast, Rory said: “I did see very interesting headline on my way here. Eminem is producing a Stan documentary about the obsessed fans. Now, when I first read the headline, I was hoping it was going to be direct shots at our biggest Stan groups like the Barbz, BeyHive, The Navy. Read more into it and it’s about his obsessed fans which I still think is gonna be an interesting doc, where even though it’s only gonna be Eminem’s Stans, I think some of the groups are going to have come to the podium, if it’s an effective doc to see how this is mental illness. I don’t think it’s a doc about Eminem fans that show them on TRL. I think it’s gonna make them look insane.”

Then he continued: “I think Eminem might be the only person who can do this right now. I think this is an extremally important topic to discuss, obsession just in general about people you don’t know. I don’t think any superstar would have balls even think it’s a smart idea to discuss the possibility of mental illness within your fanbase. Nicki could never expose that cause that’s her army. A leader is not going to expose his troops in any type of weakness. He’s going to utilize them and continue to manipulate them to get to the end goal. Em, and where are not going to have the same argument we had about that horrible BET Donald Trump freestyle, but my point in making that was that I respected that he made that decision even though the freestyle sucked, I respect this decision as well. I think this is an extremely important topic that needs to be talking about and I think Em is the only one who can do it. Because he’s cool, if he loses his fans, he is fine. And what other artists would to that? Beyoncé is not going to talk about BeyHive, unless it’s the most positive light ever. And she knows a lot of them probably have a weird obsess.”

“Now, here is what it sucks that it’s Eminem. We are gonna watch it. All Eminem fans are gonna watch it. It’s gonna do great. It’s gonna do crazy numbers. The people that I think need to watch it are not gonna see it because it’s Eminem documentary. Even if Nicki did something like this, all the fans that hate Nicki, would still watch it to then debate and hate each other. Eminem fans, it’s Eminem fans, and no one else. Nicki fans, every time Cardi B drops, they are going to watch it and vice versa, even Beyonce versus Taylor Swift. There is rivalries between these hives that needs to be addressed and if one of them did something, all the other hives would watch it. Eminem’s hives just mind their own business over here and no one even give a f-ck.”

“Em has spoken about that type of stuff in White America so I know he’s not scared to address like ‘hey a lot of my success and weird fans are based off the marketing of being a white blonde kid from the Midwest. I guess my point more is, if hypothetically Nicki did something like this and expose some of the Barbz for probably having a weird obsession that needs to be studied a bit just for the humanity. All of the Bardigang would watch it to clown how mentally ill the Barbz are and I think we need that moment for Bardigang to look in the mirror at the same time. Cause they are gonna watch it and they will clown all the Barbz, but then Barbz turn around and say you just mentally ill. They just broke down how Stans are legitimately need to be studied. This is an obsession and weird mental illness that we need to fix but no one’s gonna look in the mirror [after watching Eminem documentary]. Barbz are not gonna watch it and be like ‘oh, man.’

“Back to my point about Em and his fanbase, I think its gonna be like his recent albums where it’ll do a lot of numbers but it won’t spark any conversation outside the Eminem fanbase. There gonna be some write ups on press cause of course it’s Eminem but I just don’t know if it will reach where it needs to reach. And that’s the internet Stan community for real that needs to look at themselves in the mirror after watching that doc and saying ‘AM I STAN?!’ from that video.” Rory added.

You can watch the New Rory & Mal podcast below:

Eminem & 50 Cent get nominated at 2024 XXL Awards

2024 XXL Awards nominees are here and our boys 50 Cent and Eminem receive nominations in different categories. XXL Awards Board Members that consists of hip-hop industry’s movers, shakers and veteran artists, including Eminem, 50 Cent, Fat Joe, E-40, Future, Ghostface Killah, Gucci Mane, Juicy J, Just Blaze, Lil’ Kim, Missy Elliott, NORE, Pusha T, 2 Chainz, Paul Rosenberg, Peter Rosenberg, Run The Jewels, Styles P, Tech N9ne, Big Boy, Bun B, Ebro Darden, Charlamagne Tha God, Cam’ron, Sway Calloway, DJ Kahled, DJ Drama, Jermaine Dupri, DJ Woo Kid among many others will be selecting the winners for 11 categories while the fans vote for their favorite rapper of the year in the 12th category, The People’s Champ.

Aside Eminem and 50 Cent being on board of voting, they are also nominated in different categories. 50 Cent is up against Travis Scott, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Rod Wave, Doja Cat and Lil Uzi Vert in “Performer Of The Year” category. He’s also nominated for The People’s Champ against 21 Savage, Cardi B, Central Cee, Destroy Lonely, Drake, Doja Cat, Ice Spice, J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Kid Cudi, Killer Mike, Latto, Lil Durk, Megan Thee Stallion, Nas, Nicki Minaj, Playboi Carti, Sexyy Red and Yeat.

Eminem is nominated for Hip-Hop’s Humanitarian Of The Year against E-40, Fat Joe, Jay-Z, Latto, Lil Durk and The Weeknd. Voting for The People’s Champ category ends Sunday, February 18 at 11:59 p.m. EST. Go vote for 50 Cent here. You can vote in every one hour.

The winners will be announced later this month.

Polo G shouts out Eminem in a new single from “Hood Poet” album

As Polo G prepares to release Hood Poet, his first new album since 2021, the Chicago hip-hop artist takes one last look in the rearview with its first single, “Sorrys & Ferraris.” While he reflects on when he “used to chase a bag on that curb,” he celebrates the fact that his “life is like a party now.”

In the song, Polo G shouts out Eminem with the following lines: “Gangster, I’m the synonym, pistol spit like Eminem, I be with some steppers, yeah, if I don’t step, I’m sendin’ them.”

Although Hood Poet was initially scheduled for a September release last year, Polo held off on dropping the album. “I’mma be postponing my album drop ’til further notice,” he explained in a message to fans on social media. “Just getting back on track from a minor setback… it’ll be worth the wait. I promise.”

Polo G and Eminem have previously collaborated on gold certified single “Last One Standing,” the official theme song to the 2021 Columbia Pictures movie, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, by Skylar Grey, which also features Mozzy. It debuted at number 78 on the US Billboard Hot 100, making it Skylar Grey’s first entry on the chart as a lead artist and Mozzy’s first overall entry on the chart.

You can bump “Sorrys & Ferraris” below:

Eminem says he’s 29 in a new Bushman anniversary video

Today, Jonathan “Bushman” Dunnings, who is radio host at iHeartMedia from Detroit, is celebrating 29th anniversary of his The Bushman Show and Eminem has just joined the celebration.

The Bushman shared a video of Eminem wishing him happy anniversary of the show. In the caption, he wrote: “Dear Eminem, I wanted to express my sincere gratitude for being a crucial part of my legacy. I remember when you would be in the lobby of the station when I was coming to work. When you made it, you never forgot me! Much appreciation, #Bushman29”

In the short video clip, Eminem says: “Bushy, what’s up! Happy 29th anniversary bro. That’s crazy. I’m 29 too. Yo man, just wanted to say congrats bro. Happy anniversary man. Salute.”

Dear Eminem,
I wanted to express my sincere gratitude for being a crucial part of the my legacy. I remember when you would be in the lobby of the station when I was coming to work. When you made it, you never forgot me!

Much appreciation,#Bushman29 pic.twitter.com/PCQx12lAAA

— The Bushman Show 🫡 (@BushmanOnAir) February 14, 2024

The Bushman is a Radio personality, Actor, DJ, iHeart Radio Influencer, and all around Entertainer. He has appeared in movie classics like 8 Mile and reality show like, T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle. Always know that were ever Bushman is at, it’s going to be fun.

DID YOU KNOW?

The Bushman, who recently completed 29 years of his radio presence, was also featured in Eminem’s movie “8 Mile”. He played his own role in the movie.

Congratulations @BushmanOnAir 🎉 pic.twitter.com/VpXCF2rpxn

— The Eminem Bible (@Shadyind) February 15, 2024

Zara Larsson explains how Eminem’s music helped her recover from bad relationship

This year marks a decade since the release of Swedish pop singer Zara Larsson ’s debut album “1” when she was just a teenager. Today, Larsson is a fully formed adult, and she’s celebrating her evolution and growth into a complete woman with her fourth solo studio album titled Venus, out now via her Sommer House record label.

To promote her new album, Larsson talked to Mike Adam on Audacy Check In, where she explained how Eminem‘s music helped her get through breakup and which Slim Shady song was mostly on repeat.

“When I was depressed…This is like probably my Eminem era. He was big part of my life for a moment. I was so angry. I think it was my teenage hormones. I was in a bad relationship. I felt like Eminem understood me, you know, like, angry Eminem. And one of his angry songs which I listened to a lot when I was going through my breakup with my first boyfriend, was “Puke.” Yup, serious business!” said Zara Larsson.

You can watch the interview below:

Ice-T shows love to Eminem, Eminem responds!

Ice-T has recently shown love to Eminem on Twitter. The legendary rapper shared a video, which was put together by Shadyverse fan account, of himself talking about fans disrespecting Eminem back in the days.

In the video, Ice says: “I was a fan of Eminem even before Dre signed him. Somebody brought me the tape and it’s him rapping about putting his girl in the trunk and driving off of the bridge. We went on the Wrapped Tour. And I remember white kids used to throw s–t at Eminem. They were really rude to Eminem early in the game. They were going in on him hard. He just kept knocking it out and he kept doing it and I’m like ‘this kid is going to blow up.’ Cause he was paying his dues. I never forget, I was talking to Em and I asked what you want out of this? He said, I just wanna be around like you and Dre. That’s all he wanted. Longevity. He f–king did that.” In the caption, he wrote: “Shout out to my guy @Eminem. True Story.”

Unexpectedly, because Eminem rarely uses social media, Slim Shady responded to Ice-T by twitting: “Ice, thanks for those memories legend!! Seems like just yesterday!! Love you bro!!”

Ice T and Eminem has always shown mutual respect over the years. Eminem even appeared in Ice-T’s documentary called Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap back in 2012. Ice also called Eminem one of the greatest rappers in history before. You can check out Ice-T’s tweet and Eminem’s response in the video below:

Quest Mcody talks Proof’s influence on Detroit rap scene, weighs in on Eminem VS Benzino beef

Detroit hip-hop artist and battle rapper Quest Mcody has recently sat down with P to Da 3rd Letter on Rap Grid where the two talked about Eminem and Benzino’s reignited beef, why Eminem slander is still cool thing to do and how Big Proof influenced the entire Detroit rap scene.

“Everybody know where it stem from. Benzino has been poking. He say stuff about Eminem in the interviews all the time, in a lot of interviews. Em don’t do a lot of interviews. He rap. So sometimes when he rap he say something and he felt like saying something this time and the rest is the rest. It pushed Benzino.” said Quest Mcody.

Then he continued: “I like Eminem as a rapper. I think Eminem is a good rapper so if we just talk about raps, Benzino is just not that good of a rapper. It’s not a rap beef. I think the raps were dope but Benzino is not a good rapper, we know that and he knows that. He said it himself, he got help to put it together. So, I just think it’s silly to compare he two. I’m not about to break down and compare a ghostwritten diss-track to somebody that was making fun of you with their own raps. It’s okay to have ghostwritten work. It’s something that has been around the raps but I don’t consider people that rap on Rapper’s Delight when I talk about people like Jay-Z or Eminem or Nas and that’s just how I go.”

“I don’t think Eminem is held in such a high regard in only Detroit cause if it was just Detroit, he wouldn’t be Eminem. Every year he’s top 10 streamed artist without putting out what would some consider a classic album in many many years. He got core fanbase, he got a fanbase. He said it on records why some of that is but also is to be recognized by everybody. Like Drake can’t be Drake without crossover fans. Hip-hop can’t survive if it’s just us because we are minority. So, if you are selling million of records in America, based on the numbers alone, you gotta be able to sell records to people that are outside of your demographic and if somebody comes along and they heighten the awareness of that demographic to the whole of hip-hop, that’s a benefit for hip-hop. Because now we got more fans.”

“The reason some people are still slandering Eminem is because it’s cool thing to do to discredit. It’s cool to have these outlandish takes. It’s very very common right now to ignore certain things because you don’t like something. I can’t say somebody’s whack because I don’t like it or because it ain’t my cup of tea. Like, there is no way you can tell me that Drake is not good based on the response ‘nah I might not like it’ but it’s hard for me to say like ‘yo, this is not good’ or he is not talented. Maybe I don’t think it’s good but I can’t think he’s not talented because you’ve shown this in different ways. I gotta be able to recognize the appeal outside my own. So, I just think it’s cool to just talk s–t.” Quest Mcody added.

Then he continued talking about the importance of Big Proof for Detroit and told few unheard stories about him: “Proof means a lot. Proof was somebody that invested in the community and got love from us. He was pivotal in everybody’s lives. It didn’t matter how frequent he was in your life, if you met P, he made an impact. There’s a lot of stuff people don’t know about Proof. He was the first person to have Unsigned Hype article, not Em. Proof won The Source’s Unsigned Hype rap battle. he beat Supernatural. Proof was known across the country for being phenomenal battle rapper even more so in some spaces than Eminem. A lot of our first experiences with industry came through Proof. Proof put my only solo song on the label project that he put out and I wasn’t on the label. We never did music but we had a lot of conversations. The first battle I won money being there Proof just left doing the show with 50 Cent that night and came and hosted the battle that I won $100 and he gave it to me out of his pocket. Backpack hip-hop, battle rap world, the street music that you hear, he was the bridge to that. It was always love. He gave a piece of family and belonging to a lot of people. He had a record label with a lot of dope artists from the battle rap scene in Detroit. He gave us the opportunity to get our fanbase.”

You can watch the entire thing and make sure to check out some Quest Mcody music below.

Eminem appears on “Kings from Queens: The Run DMC Story”

New Original Docuseries “Kings From Queens: The Run DMC Story” has just premiered on Peacock (February 1, 2024) and it features our boss, Eminem!

Kings From Queens: The RUN DMC Story is a three-part documentary series, produced by Believe Entertainment Group, chronicling the iconic forefathers of hip-hop, RUN DMC. This unique series takes you back to the 1980s, when Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, and Jason “Jam Master Jay” Mizell cultivated a one-of-a-kind sound that took not only Queens, but the world, by storm.

The docuseries features exclusive interviews from RUN DMC, as well as some of hip-hop’s biggest names, including Eminem, Ice Cube, LL COOL J, Questlove, Beastie Boys, Ice-T, Chuck D, Tom Morello, Salt, Doug E. Fresh, Big Daddy Kane, MC Lyte, Ed Lover, Jermaine Dupri, and many more!

The documentary includes footages from 2009 when Eminem inducted Run-DMC into The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. As well as new interview from Slim Shady: “If there was no Run-DMC, there might not be no me. There might not be a lot of other rappers. DMC’s voice was so commanding. So big and godly to me. When they did Walk This Way, that s–t just blew that whole s–t out the f–king water. That was a start of this art form being taking seriously.” Check the video cuts from the documentary below. For the full docuseries, visit PEACOCK.

Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park talks battling & collabing with Eminem

Mike Shinoda, the co-founder the rock band Linkin Park and is co-lead vocalist, as well as rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, primary songwriter and producer for the bad, has recently done a question and answer session on Twitch with the fans. During 1-hour long conversation, Shinoda briefly talked about Eminem too.

During the livestream, one user commented: “Imagine Mike Shinoda having a rap battle with Eminem. Maybe they should go on epic rap battles of history as themselves!” On which, Mike Shinoda replied: “You mean imagine me like a toddler getting blown up by a nuclear weapon? Eminem is the greatest freestyle rapper, greatest battle rapper of all time. I don’t give a s–t what anybody says.”

Someone asked: “If not a rap battle, please do a collab with Eminem, we all grew up listening to both Linkin Park and Eminem.” On that, Mike replied: “Am I gonna collab with Eminem? Probably not. I think Eminem is incredible but it’s not on to-do list.”

You can watch the video clip cut out from the livestream below: