Tag: Eminem

Cordae talks Eminem influencing him musically

During Spout Podcast, Cordae tells the story of his unique collaboration approach, revealing that he’s never paid for a feature, not even from the biggest names like Eminem and Lil Wayne! And he takes you inside his literal ‘Dre. Day’ as he tells the story of visiting Dr. Dre’s house.

“I remember when I was at Dr. Dre house a couple of years ago. I had to use bathroom real quick, literally had to just thank god. It’s the same with Eminem. I think I posted a couple of month ago, I was like, ‘yo, I really got a song with Eminem.'” said Cordae.

Then he continued: “Ten years old me, having an iPod. Even before the iPad days, before I even had an iPod, it was MP3 where you downloaded off LimeWire to your computer, listening to The Marshall Mathers LP, The Slim Shady LP, Infinite album and was just listening to him and now I got Eminem on a song and he gassed on it. I got a platinum song with him! Dawg, it’s a blessing. I got a platinum song produced by J. Cole. Crazy! God is good man. I take no credit for it.”

Later in the interview, Cordae listen an artist that influenced him as a musician: “Just my personal people that influenced me the most musically are Kanye West, Jay-Z, Nas, Eminem and J. Cole. Also Big L. He’s rhyme skills are ridiculous. Oh and Kendrick Lamar. That’s like The 7 and then you throw in the eight like Stevie Wonder and Usher. Usher has a huge influence on me.”

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Jessie Reyez tells funny story about meeting Eminem for the first time

Ebro In The Morning has recently sat down with Jessie Reyez on HOT97 to discuss a variety of topics including finding her self identity, decision to slow down drinking, the process writing her book, relationships, affirmations she uses, and also shares a funny story about meeting Eminem and Beyoncé for the first time.

“I was f–king nervous as hell. There are only two people that I’ve ever met where I had to center myself and not freak out. And Em is one of them. The other one is Beyoncé.” said Jessie Reyez.

Then she continued: “[When I met Eminem] That was funny cause I didn’t realize when we met I hugged and make sounds like ‘huuh’. Audibly exhaled in a very f–king ridiculous way. But it was just genuine. I was really excited.”

“It always resonated with me that he has always been very f–king himself. And very honest. Whether right or wrong, very honest. And at the very least when someone can be that there’s a level of respect that I feel is due because a lot of people in this world f–king can’t be that. Or are scared to be that. So, in that way I resonated in childhood nostalgic ways cause I remember 8 Mile and f–king seeing this middle finger with the two fingers down and thinking this s–t is lit. And being in theater like ‘yoo, I wanna f–king rap.’ It was awesome being in the room with f–king legend.” she added.

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Eminem reacts to DJ Mark The 45 King’s passing

DJ Mark The 45 King also know as The 45 King, an iconic hip-hop producer from New York City who collaborated with Jay-Z, Eminem, and Queen Latifah, passed away on Thursday. He was 62.

Born Mark Howard James, he took the moniker The 45 King because of his fondness for sampling old, obscure records. His death was announced on social media Thursday afternoon by a fellow hip-hop producer, DJ Premier.

Information on the cause or place of death were not immediately available. An inquiry sent to James’s manager was not immediately returned.

“His sound was unlike any other from his heavy drums and his horns were so distinct on every production,” DJ Premier wrote, referring to James as DJ Mark The 45 King.

The 45 King is the man who produced arguably the greatest storytelling hip-hop song in history, Eminem’s “Stan” from his 2000 classic album, The Marshall Mathers LP.

Slim Shady took to X to honor the legendary producer by sharing a video of The 45 King talking about producing “Stan.” In the caption, Em wrote: “Legends are never over. #RIP Mark Howard James aka The 45 King … I’m 4ever grateful!!!”

Check the tweet below:

Eminem responds to birthday wishes: “suck it”

Yesterday, Eminem received birthday wishes from his friends, colleagues and fans as the Detroit legend turned 51 years old.

Happy birthday to the legendary Eminem. What’s crazy is during my whole come up I used to ask “I wonder if Eminem knows who I am..” that s–t mattered to me. He was the one rapper that I NEEDED approval from. Maybe it’s because musically he birthed my style and from age 13 this dude was like a god to me. The way he was able to put words together and express himself. The way he was vulnerable and spilled his heart out with his pen and made you feel something. From “Stan”, to “The Way I Am” and “Cleaning Out My Closet” and “Lose Yourself” and “Hailie’s Song” and many others…” said Joyner Lucas on his Instagram post.

“HAPPY BDAY TO EMINEM, ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE MC’S TO EVER TOUCH A MICROPHONE SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THIS HIPHOP CULTURE!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREATNESS KING!!” wrote Busta Rhymes in the caption of his Instagram post.

“Happy Birthday to the living legend Eminem love you to death man, God bless wishing you many more.” wrote 50 Cent on X.

For all the birthday wishes, click here.

Eminem responded them all in one tweet: “thanks 2 everyone for all of the bday wishes!!! suck it!!!!!” Check the post on X below:

DJ VLAD says he discovered Eminem before Dr. Dre | Says he wants 3-hour long interview with Eminem

DJ VLAD has recently sat down on bomb1st where he revealed that an interview with Eminem is the interview that he always wanted to do the most.

“I mean, I always felt like an Eminem interview. Like, me and Eminem being roughly the same age, having roughly the same background, having roughly the same experiences. I mean, I didn’t grow up in trailer homes but I did grow up in projects in Springfield, Massachusetts and sort of this love of hip-hop and being white.” said VLAD.

Then he continued: “I discovered Eminem before Dre did cause I’ve been hip-hop kid since elementary school. I remember this website called Sandbox Automatic which basically sold an independent vinyl. This was like ’96-’97. And I remember they had The Slim Shady EP. There was a lot of buzz over this new white kid from Detroit. I remember I bought it. I bought the CD. I remember driving around in it in the bay and listening to it, letting my friends listen to it. I remember one of my homies was like ‘nah man, black people ain’t gonna f–k with this.’ but then Dre found him and boom and he’s a superstar. But I discovered Eminem before Dre and Jimmy Iovine and all these people. I was very early on that train. And I knew right away how talented he was and how much better he was than anyone else.”

“I remember I religiously followed every guest appearance he had, on Da Ruckus and you know, Bad Meets Evil and everything else. I really followed his career closely. So, saying that, I think me and Em could sit down like 3 hours, it would be the biggest interview he has ever done. Easy! Easy! The biggest interview he has ever done would be me and him because of what I do and who he is. I don’t think there is anyone that could sit down with him and pull off what I can pull off. But we have never been remotely close to an Eminem interview. I was in the same kind of outside area with him one time. Never spoken. But he knows who I am. He has referenced one of my Lord Jamar’s interviews in one of his songs so he knows who I am. But I’ve never been in the same room. That’d be an interview that I always wanted to do. But I don’t know if its gonna happen or not.” VLAD added.

Later, in the comment section of the video, VLAD explained the meaning of the word ‘discovered.’ He said: “The title is a bit misleading. If you watch the interview, I just said I was listening to Eminem’s music a while before he got signed to Dre. I was never in a position to sign him or anything like that, which people associate with the term “discovered”.”

You can watch the interview below:

Eminem appears at BET Hip-Hop Awards 2023, honoring DJ Marley Marl

At the 2023 BET Hip-Hop Awards — which took place at Atlanta’s Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center on October 3, 2023 and then broadcast Tuesday night (October 10, 2023) — Kendrick Lamar became the night’s biggest winner, taking home all four awards.

The rapper swept every category he was nominated in, winning hip-hop artist of the year, lyricist of the year, best live performer and video director of the year, alongside his collaborator Dave Free.

A slew of artists went home with two awards, including Drake & 21 Savage (hip hop album of the year for Her Loss and best duo or group); Lil Durk feat. J. Cole (best collaboration and impact track for “All My Life”); Lil Uzi Vert (song of the year and best hip hop video for “Just Wanna Rock”); and Metro Boomin (producer of the year and DJ of the year).

Cardi B and 21 Savage entered the show as the lead nominees, with 12 apiece; Cardi was shut out, while Savage scored the two awards above.

BET Hip-Hop Awards also honored legendary DJ Marley Marl with “I AM HIP-HOP” award during the ceremony. In the video dedicated to Queens, New York-born producer, Eminem also appeared alongside LL Cool J, Swizz Beatz and others.

“He has produced some of the greatest hip-hop beats of all time. He kind of composed it and caught that moment. They were about to explode. The energy that LL had mixed with Marley’s production lit a fire under LL to make that album what it was. Marley, man, one of the greatest. What can I say? He deserves the award because he’s f–king Marley Marl. So what are you gonna do about it?” says Eminem in the pre-recorded video clip.

You can watch it below:

Eminem & his family attend Detroit Lions & Carolina Panthers game

The Detroit Lions enter Week 5 on top of the NFC North with a 3-1 record and look to stay hot against the NFL’s last winless team, the Carolina Panthers.

The Lions are a 9.5-point favorite against the Panthers (0-4) and No. 1 overall pick Bryce Young at Ford Field. Kickoff is at 1 p.m. and the game is being televised on Fox. You can also watch by livestreaming on FUBO (free trial).

Guess who attends the Detroit Lions’ game at Ford Field Stadium? The real Slim Shady himself: EMINEM. The Detroit legend came to watch his hometown’s game and brought his daughters Hailie and Whitney, Mr. Porter and Hailie’s soon to be husband, Evan McClintock.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Multiplayer trailer features Eminem

Ahead of the Call of Duty Next Showcase on October 5th, 2023 Activision has released a multiplayer trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. It features everything you’d associate with the franchise, from explosions and executions to music by Eminem.

Throughout the new trailer, Eminem’s 2002 hip-hop banger, “Till I Collapse” plays along. “Till I Collapse” is a song from The Eminem Show album, produced by Eminem himself, featuring late rapper Nate Dogg. The drums are taken almost directly from Queen’s anthem “We Will Rock You”. Although it has never been released as a single, it has charted on a few occasions when other Eminem albums have been released.

This marks the fourth time Eminem is promoting the COD games. First in 2009, when “Modern Warfare 2” dropped. Then it was 2010 when “Black Ops” was released. And 2013 when “Ghosts” hit the market.

As far as the new COD: MW3, If the maps looked familiar, that’s because Modern Warfare 3’s multiplayer features 16 maps from Modern Warfare 2 (2009), remastered for the modern day. There are three new maps for Ground War and Invasion and a new War Map, while a new mode, the 3v3v3 Cutthroat, is being introduced for core maps.

Time to kill is longer in core modes thanks to increased health while reloading and slide cancels are more refined. You also have Aftermarket Parts for completely revamping weapons (learn more here), and if all that isn’t enough, the class Mini-map and map voting are back.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 launches on November 10th for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5 and PC. You can watch the trailer below:

Lil Tay responds Eminem’s “Killshot” namedrop 5 years later

Lil Tay has recently responded to Eminem’s namedrop on “Killshot,” a diss track towards Machine Gun Kelly that was released more than 5 years ago.

A month after the rapper and influencer’s family announced her death in a post on Instagram — which was deleted the following day — Tay shared a music video for her new song “Sucker 4 Green.”

To promote her new single, she did a Question & Answer session on her discord channel where she replied to some of her curious fans, including questions about Eminem.

“Outstreamed the rapper who dissed me too.” she said in one of the comments. “‘feel like I’m babysitting lil tay’ ooopsie, I wouldn’t give you the PLEASURE of being with me boooo” she said in another comment.

Screenshot via: u/code__002 reddit user

“Killshot” is a response to Machine Gun Kelly’s “RAP DEVIL,” which was in itself a response to “Not Alike” from Eminem’s August 2018 album Kamikaze.

In the song, Eminem raps: “Got more fans than you in your own city, lil’ kiddy, go play / Feel like I’m babysitting Lil Tay.”

This is a response to “Rap Devil,” where MGK says: “But you’re just a bully actin’ like a baby / So I gotta read you a nursery (nursery).” Eminem responds by comparing MGK to Lil Tay, a meme-persona not to be taken seriously.

Redman freestyles over Eminem & Dr. Dre’s “If I Get Locked Up” & Eminem reacts

Legendary hip-hop artist, Redman, who has a great influence on Eminem, has recently shared a new freestyle on his social media accounts.

Reggie posted a video of himself freestyling over Funkmaster Flex & Big Kap’s “If I Locked Up” instrumental, produced by Rockwilder, featuring Eminem and Dr. Dre, from the The Tunnel (1999) album.

In the caption of the post, Redman wrote: “” FLOWERS ” IF I GET LOCKED UP off the @funkflex The TUNNEL album. @rockwildermusic @Eminem @drdre @ksolo what Up Big Bro.”

Eminem retweeted Redman’s video post with the caption: “Dont hurt em, Reggie!!!! @therealredman” You can check the tweet and freestyle below:

Longtime Eminem collaborator Dina Rae needs our help

Dina Rae, a longtime associate of Eminem, has recently struggled and has turned to GoFundMe to ask for the support.

Rae reportedly claimed that she sought “alternative treatments” to relieve the pain, but to no avail. Rae has long-standing neck and spine problems. She underwent a corrective procedure at UCLA in Los Angeles earlier this month as a result.

“As I’m sure you know, this is an expensive surgery and during this procedure and after I will be entirely responsible for all associated costs, and unable to work as I recover. I am raising money so I can have this procedure, because the fact is, I’ll need some help as I recover and rehabilitate. I’m hoping to cover rent bills and the basic expenses for a few months, I thank you all so much.”

Dina Rae also said that after the surgery, she won’t be able to work for several months. As of this writing, the GoFundMe has raised $1,765 out of the $30,000 goal.

Eminem and Dina Rae have previously collaborated on “Cum On Everybody” in 1999 (The Slim Shady LP), “Drug Ballad” in 2000 (The Marshall Mathers LP), “Pimp Like Me” in 2001 (D12’s “Devil’s Night”), “Superman” in 2002 (The Eminem Show), “B–ch” in 2004 (on the D12 “D12 World”) and on a mixtape joint called “Pale Moonlight” with Strike back in the mid 00’s.

You can access Dina Rae’s GoFundMe page HERE and listen to the very rare track
“Pale Moonlight” below:

Symba says he’s better rapper than Eminem

Oakland native rapper Symba, who was cosigned by Dr. Dre last year by posting his freestyle on Instagram with the caption: “One of my new favorites,” has recently sat down on Revolt where he talked about Eminem.

“I respect Eminem on a level as a man but as a rapper…I feel like I could name five better rappers. The Slim Shady LP, The Marshall Mathers LP, The Eminem Show. It’s fire. It’s fire but you want my honest opinion? Yes, I’m better than Eminem.” said Symba.

“Anybody can rhyme words. What are you saying? Hey, the girl that’s yelling, rap me an Eminem verse! She got quiet.” Symba added.

At 13 years old, Symba was known for being a talented local basketball player in the Bay Area, his hometown. However, he picked up another skill around the same time.

In 2017, he signed a deal with Columbia Records, but when things didn’t work out there because of a staff overhaul, he went independent in 2018. A year later, he landed another deal with a new label, signing with Atlantic Records in 2019.

You can check the new interview below:

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