Rare items once owned by hip-hop artists such as Eminem, Nicki Minaj, Drake, Tupac, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, The Notorious B.I.G., XXXtentacion and Big Pun are all currently up for auction.
From an entire outfit Eminem once wore on stage to a page straight from Drake’s personal rhyme book in which he penned the lyrics to the incredibly rare diss track to Voyce, “Exposed,” the Gotta Have Rock and Roll music memorabilia auction site is paying homage to hip-hop.
Now, as hip-hop celebrates its golden 50th birthday after DJ Kool Herc birthed the eventual global phenomenon on Sedgewick Avenue in the Bronx back in 1973, a new auction has been launched to honor some of hip-hop’s greatest legends.
XXL highlighted some of the most undeniable sought-after items from the rap game’s most elite artists that are all up for auction until March 3, 2023.
Eminem’s Grammy 2003 Stage-Worn “Free Yayo” t-shirt, Shady Ltd. Jersey and Shady Ltd. Jeans
Estimate: $3,000 – $5,000
Current Bid: $1,100
You can visit auction on Gotta Have Rock & Roll
In the latest episode of Tony The Closer, Benzino spoke about his upbringing in Boston, visiting his father in jail, being involved in hip-hop and beefing with Eminem.
“Do I regret beefing with Eminem? Hell no. We gonna be dead a lot longer than us when we was on this earth and it’s about the name you leave, the legacy you leave. When we went at Eminem it was not a go at him personally. It was not to go at white people. It was who I was and what I stood for. What I believed. And the position I was in.” said Benzino.
Then he continues: “Eminem thing started as me saying a couple of words on a mixtape that was buried like a number 19 out of 20. Somehow he heard it and really got crazy. Once that happened, he went on Hot 97 and said a whole bunch of s–t. That was a major platform. I did not appreciate that because I’m still street ni–a and I know he is not. Now, he’s on the platform and he got other people talk s–t about me and I’m like ‘yo this never happened before.’ I was not used to that. That’s why I flexed The Source power in there. What man is not gonna flex the power he got in any situation. I just did what everybody else would do.”
“I don’t live with regrets because. I believed that hip-hop was given to us to help out the melanated people and now all because a white man comes in and he’s supposed to get caught blank with special treatment. 500 years from now, people are going to looking at us, they’ll look at history and say ‘damn, this hip-hop artists doing great back then’ and then they are gonna see ‘who is most streamed and most sold’ and Eminem’s face is gonna pop. That bothers me because its out culture. Its ours. It’s black people’s culture. What should somebody else get the credit to be the face of it.”
“They want to give us Eminem and he’s the greatest, and he is the most… No! It’s not fair, man. My thing is.. The only regret I have is not going harder. We are different kind of rappers, lyrically. I don’t rap about what he raps about. I’m not into the rap like that. I didn’t grow up listening to rap like that. I could relate to what was going on in my hood. You don’t have to be super lyrical. I like lyrical people too. Nas, Jay, they could put words together good. But “kakakaka” I’m not into that rap type. No disrespect. When he was disrespecting me, he was disrespecting my street credit. And my street credit was A1 and still is.”
“When you look at Eminem and his fan, they are the most craziest disrespectful fans that we have in the culture” – Benzino added.
You can watch the interview below. An Eminem talk starts at 25:12 timestamp.
Battle rapper Math Hoffa is the latest hip-hop head who was asked who has had bigger impact on hip-hop, Eminem or Jay-Z.
During the conversation with Shaquille O’Neal on his new podcast called The Big Podcast, Jamal Crawford drew the parallel to hip-hop to rank his top five NBA players of all time and used Eminem and JAY-Z’s impact as an example and said: “In my top five, the dominance outweighs the number. You can not change the game and say this person has more points than me, he is better. It is beyond that. Jay-Z’s affect on hip-hop is bigger than any album sales Eminem will have. That is just how it goes.” It seems Don Canon does not agree.
Jamal Crawford’s statement sparked lots of discussions in social media and 50 Cent also weighed in. The Hip-Hop Wolf Instagram page posted Crawford’s interview and asked fans if they agree to the statement or not. Under the comment section, Fifty replied: “Ha, bulls–t.” with Sneezing Face emoji.
No Jumper podcast host Almighty Suspect also denied Crawford’s statement: “Bro, I can name like six Eminem clones right now. Hopsin, DAX, Logic, MGK, that white McDonald dude that white dude who’s is making If-I-Was-Black songs. Joyner Lucas is one of them too. That’s the six. I’m not naming rappers that look like Eminem. I’m naming rappers who are actual clones of Eminem. I just named six. Tell me, name me, six Jay-Z clones.”
The topic has also recently been discussed on New Rory & Mall podcast with Don Canon who is a DJ, record producer, songwriter, record executive, co-founder of the Atlantic Records imprint, Generation Now. Cannon has produced tracks and albums for artists like Jeezy, Logic, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Wayne, Ludacris, 50 Cent, and numerous others.
“I hate to answer this questions because for a simple fact that there are so many A, B, C, D, F, Gs. My first time travelling to Japan, Africa and all those places, I will say that Eminem is in more places across the world than I’ve seen Jay-Z. I went to record stores across the countries and I see Eminem and Ludacris everywhere. Eminem’s impact across the world, they have this analogy about what’s the most common thing all around the world and they say stop signs, and most recognizable faces are Michael Jackson, Snoop, Em, maybe Elvis and few others. And those are things that make me feel like, worldwide Em may have the most influence.” – said Canon.
Then he continues: “I would love the hear what Jay has to say. He probably will never talk about that. It’s hard to say. Cause Em done so much. 50 Cent is here. Part of Dre’s second win was them collaborating. D12, the movie 8 Mile, so much came out and one of the Staples in hip-hop is Shade 45. He has had everybody: Us, Sway, Rude Jude, Whoo Kid, Kay Slay. He breeded that. It’s not easy to answer this question. It’s so debatable.”
During the interview with DJ VLAD, one of the hosts of the podcast asked Math Hoffa the viral question, on which he replied: “[Bigger impact had] Whoever mutually inspired both of them. Like LL Cool J, Rakim, Bigg Daddy Kane. Em said he was inspired by AZ.”
Math Hoffa has recently discussed The Game VS Eminem with special guests GRAFH and H20 and guest hosts ESSO and SEAN BIGGA on the latest episode of “My Expert Opinion.” You can check the conversation below.
Grafh: The Game is doing that because he wants to be mentioned next to Eminem. I do s**t like that. That’s like Chess move. He’s not dissing him because he is just out of nowhere. He is like, ‘I want to be compared to this person, let me put my name in the same sentence.’ He’s smart. That’s business movies but Em is too lyrical. That ni**a is animal. Em influenced my s**t too. Em is like one of the GOATs to me, to keep it a buck with you. That ni**a is stupid, his skillset is alien-like.”
H2O: I feel like Game been reaching. Eminem is Eminem. So what better person come when you doing an interview, what better person to come at than Eminem? He’s probably the biggest name in hip-hop.
ESSO: The Game can rhyme. He can f**king rap but is he rapping on Em’s level? Nah. Everybody knows that. But it’s entertainment. We can enjoy it.
Grafh: I’m not even a huge fan of new Eminem but his skill set, ni**a! What you taking about? Let’s keep it a buck.”
LA rapper who goes by the name Cozz debuted in 2014 with his studio album “Cozz & Effect” and now is a part of the J. Cole’s Dreamville Records label.
Today, Cozz is most known for his remix of “Kock Tha Hustle” featuring J. Cole and “Zendaya” song which produced by Cole as well.
Cozz will be performing with his Dreamville family at Dreamville Festival, a star-studded event taking place April 2-3 at Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh.
The young talented rapper has recently shared five songs that inspired his flow and the list goes like this:
1. “Only God Can Judge Me” by 2Pac
2. “Thuggish Ruggish Bone” by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Billie Eilish planned to perform at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit as part of her “Where Do We Go?” World Tour in 2020, but she had to cancel the show due to the pandemic.
Finally, the singer returned triumphantly to Detroit for a sold-out stop on her “Happier Than Ever,” The 2022 World Tour. During that stop, Billie Eilish and her brother, Finneas, received a warm welcome from Eminem.
The Detroit legend greeted the British superstar and her brother with his iconic Mom’s Spaghetti meals.
Finneas O’Connell took to Instagram to share a picture of the meal on his story with the caption: “Thank you, Eminem.”
Hip-hop finally had its moment at the Super Bowl last month when legends Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, Kendrick Lamar, and Mary J. Blige took to the stage for an electrifying halftime show at the So-Fi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
The spectacular, high-energy performance was a powerful celebration of hip hop and its evolution over the last three decades, centering on the legacy of Dr. Dre, a pioneer of West Coast rap whose outsize influence on the genre helped shape the careers of his co-headliners, especially his protegee, Eminem, and fellow hometown heroes, Snoop Dogg, and Kendrick Lamar.
The music director Adam Blackstone has recently shared the Behind The Scenes video of the show. In the caption, he wrote: “COME BEHIND THE SCENES with BBE and experience “DRE DAY”. Still coming down off what was such an incredible Super Bowl Pepsi Halftime show! I wanted to share a small glimpse of what the process was for us to get to where we ended up musically! And for me, it all starts with TEAM!!!! Thank you to each and every band and production person, company, and crew member that made this possible to Pull off. ENJOY THE RIDE!”
After dropping Everythings For Sale in 2019, Westside Boogie is reading another project to drop through Shady Records.
The Compton rapper has recently shared a picture of himself and Eminem on Instagram with the caption: “Final stages..y’all irritated I know but I love y’all.”
The picture was reshared by Paul Rosenberg on Twitter, saying: Look… Westside Boogie got Eminem throwin’ dubs again. He was doing it the whole time we were in LA… caught a vibe I guess! Ha! New music on the horizon!”
You can check the post below:
Look … 👀@WS_Boogie got @Eminem throwin’ dubs again. He was doing it the whole time we were in LA… caught a vibe I guess! Ha! New music on the horizon! 🌅 https://t.co/yzbrpVc7fE
Royce 5’9″ has recently done a livestream question and answer session on Instagram. The Detroit legend was asked if Eminem was to blame for the unsuccessful start of Slaughterhouse when they dropped their Shady Records debut album Welcome To: Our House in 2011.
“Do I blame Marshall for Our House? What do you mean? The way it came out? Em put his f**king soul into Our House. Em probably put as much work as I did in that project.” said Royce.
Royce continues: “When I collaborate with somebody, especially like Em, first of all, I’m always going to trust his judgment. Same way with Preem. I’mma trust his judgment. I’m a firm believer in roles. People play roles depending on what situation it is. Whenever I’m working with Em, I play a position, very rarely do I try to play the lead position because I know that’s something he used to do. Same with Preem. We disagree in lots of things. If there is something he feels super strongly about, I go against my better judgment because I know if Preem is wrong then I’m willing to take the L with him. If he is right, you can’t be more right. And I feel the same way about Marshall.”
“Marshall had a vision for Our House and when we put it out, fans thought it was too polished. I’m very aware of all the mistakes we made creatively and I can take the blame for a lot of those. I don’t blame Marshall anything for creatively. I see the mistakes that were made but I told him don’t trip on that. Cause he felt like ‘I touched too much, I did too much.’ And I was like ‘Nah, don’t even do that. If its L to take, we going to take it together.’ It was all good when we were in the studio together. We had the same energy so ain’t nobody to blame. I appreciate the work Eminem put in it.” Royce added.
The Game has doubled down on his assertion he is a “better rapper” than Eminem after he made similar comments during his recent appearance on Drink Champs.
Yesterday, Game shared a clip on Instagram, saying: “When you all say Eminem is better and all that, I see it, I see it. I feel you. And you know what? If you feel like Eminem is better than me, that’s your opinion. But there is a lot of people that feel like I am better than Eminem, and that is their opinion. Me, personally, is Eminem better than me? Nah, he not, bro.”
“I think the best way to see if he is or if I am is…S**t ni**a, let’s rap about it. Let’s get up and get into the studio. Let’s do something, let’s put something out. Let’s see, ’cause that’s what this s**t is, bro. It’s rap.”
“I am striving to be the best human that I can possibly be — the best rapper, the best father, the best friend. I also gave Eminem his props in the same accord. As far as being better than me, nah. Eminem is not better than me. Bro, I am better than him. I said it again and I will keep saying it again, bro. It is what it is.”
Last year, Kanye West debuted his 10th solo studio album DONDA and at a third event hosted in his hometown of Chicago at Soldier Field, he brought out DaBaby and Marilyn Manson.
The audience was greeted with a recreation of Ye’s childhood home in the center of the arena where Kanye appeared with the mask on.
Back in 2001, at his Anger Management Tour, Eminem also brought recreation of his house on stage with the Jason mask on, and Slim Shady also brought out Marilyn Manson on stage.
