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Icewear Vezzo comments on Skilla Baby saying Eminem is not considered GOAT in Detroit

Icewear Vezzo has recently sat down with Charlamagne Tha God, DJ Envy and Jess Hilarious on The Breakfast Club where he talked about Eminem and commented on Skilla Baby saying streets in Detroit don’t consider Eminem as one of the greatest rapper of all time.

“I never wanted to speak against Eminem publicly, ever. But I just couldn’t contain my thoughts and how I felt. And I feel like I do so much for the city, I do so much for the community that I grew up in and he grew up in and a lot of people grew up in and that support don’t be there from certain artist, especially people like Em. Hommie’s a megastar. And I know what them kids get out of seeing me and Peezy, seeing me Sada and Skilla, I knwo they get out of seeing us, being able to talk to them, I know the type of motivation that come from that. And I just felt like, I wished hommies would have did that with us. I never been a guy that’s be like ‘Em ain’t did nothing to put nobody on from the city.’ He don’t owe nobody nothing, absolutely nothing, at all. And respectfully, he did what he needed to do. He did that for his era. When Em was our age…If it was not for Em, there would be no Proof. There wouldn’t be a D12. It wouldn’t be Royce Da 5’9″. He did what he had to do. We just admire everything about Em so much and he inspired us so much, I just think we’d appreciate more if we could have met him early on and got some knowledge, got some game, got some type of insight. I don’t understand how I met and locked in with 50 Cent who was from Queens before I met Eminem.” said Icewear Vezzo.

Then he continued: “Me and Em, we literally bumped to each other [at 50 Cent’s show]. It’s all good. I rock with 50 the long way. He a real one. Meeting Em was mad awkward but I was like ‘hey bro, it’s all love, I respect you bro, ain’t nothing like that. I feel how I feel.’ He like ‘I see what you doing’ bla bla bla. We kept it moving. Em don’t owe anybody nothing, man. We gotta leave him alone, man.”

Then Charlamagne asked about Skilla Baby saying most people from his generation wouldn’t consider Eminem the GOAT. “That’s true. That’s how it is. Why should that be a problem, man? Them youngers ain’t listening to that. They listen to most street artists in Detroit. Em got a fanbase. He got his fanbase. He got people that like that kind of music and the music that he makes it’s a way bigger audience to it so if I was him, I wouldn’t even care if certain audience don’t listen to me anyway because I got way bigger audience. But it was true what Skilla said. He got some flack for that too, didn’t he? I don’t understand, it’s true, it’s what it is.”

“Put it like this, is the youngest in New York listening to JAY-Z? Probably not. It’s a same scenario. It’s a generational gap. It’s all good. The youngest in Detroit don’t really understand JAY-Z. They don’t get it. They don’t care about that music either.” Icewear Vezzo added. You can watch the interview below:

Icewear Vezzo responds Benzino mentioning him on Eminem diss record

Yesterday, Benzino released his second Eminem-diss track, “Rap Elvis,” which received an applaud from hip-hop community but almost everyone believes that he used a ghostwriter. Detroit’s own Icewear Vezzo also was not happy about the former co-owner of The Source magazine namedropping him in the song.

In the song, Benzino raps: “Icewear Vezzo said “yo Em don’t be showin’ the city love” Why you ain’t got no words for him, huh? He in your city, bruh.” Eminem and Icewear did have a little misunderstanding before. But the two met backstage at 50 Cent’s Final Lap Tour in Detroit and worked it out. Icewear explained what he really meant when he said that Eminem does not connect to young Detroit rappers in a multiple interviews, showed love to Em and called him one of the greatest rappers of all time. Thus, whatever Benzino raps here, is wrong.

Few hours after the “Rap Elvis” dropped, Icewear Vezzo responded Benzino on his Instagram: “I don’t think it makes sense that you brought me up in your diss song for the few reasons. Number one being I don’t second anything you said. And number two being, I’m never going to go against ni–a from my city for a ni–a for another city. I don’t move like that. I think you got the wrong impression of Detroit, Michigan and of who I am. I don’t work like that. Plus, I don’t disrespect or discredit who Eminem is. I’m real ni–a. What he did might never be done again. He’s top 5 lyricist dead or alive. Flat out. That s–t is not even arguable or debatable. He put ni–as from his era. I be speaking about my era.”

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Royce 5’9″ responds Icewear Vezzo ‘s interview about him & Eminem

Icewear Vezzo has recently sat down with Math Hoffa and the crew on the latest episode of My Expert Opinion where the Detroit rapper talked about the misunderstanding he had with Eminem, which led to a phone call from Royce 5’9″.

During the interview, Icewear Vezzo said: “Eminem owes us nothing bro. And I think he was thinking we want something from him. We don’t want nothing from you bro. I practice when I preach. Every time a young ni–a come up in my city, I reach out and I’m like ‘ey bro what you need? Is it a verse? It’s a connection? It’s some advice?’ They appreciate that s–t. That s–t go a long way. So, sometimes that’s all it takes. At the end of the day, that’s EMINEM my ni–a! But that’s all it ever take bro. ‘Hey bro, look, I see you my ni–a. You doing good but this one where you going wrong, you can do this, you can’t do that, this s–t look good, that s–t don’t look good, all right my ni–a, I see you in 50 years.’ I’mma appreciate that s–t bro. That s–t would take me a long way. Cause I do that. That’s all it take. I feel like that s–t don’t cost nothing for nobody. Not saying he owns that to ni–as. It’s just being a boss. We don’t know nothing but few words my ni–a and if you don’t go that for us, it’s all love. But don’t feel awkward when we do get where we get and we push you out. Now we pushing you out. Now you ain’t part of this. Now you ain’t getting no credit for turning the city up. Where Detroit at right now, you ain’t getting none of this credit. We did that.”

Then he continued: “Royce 5’9″ that’s Em’s homie. Homies do a lot of s–t for ni–as. He put calls in. He ain’t talk about it. He don’t post about it. None of that s–t but Royce makes real phone calls. He show ni–as love. He get ni–as real game. He ain’t never had to give a ni–a a dollar or feature or some studio time. None of that s–t. We got our own money bro. And it don’t hurt to tap in and see where my mind at bro. It just takes a few minutes to check a ni–a temperature. I ain’t the only one who said something. We all say s–t about that. And I think we put Em in the position to make him feel like we expecting something or we think dude owe us and it ain’t that bro. So I synced him and it was all love and the first thing I though about was ‘oh you do know who I am?! Damn! Okay!'”

Royce cut the part of the video where Icewear Vezzo was talking about him and posted on Instagram with the caption: “Love and Respect @icewear_vezzo … We gon figure all of this out so we can put this narrative to bed. Once and for all… #DetroitVsEverybody.” And Vezzo replied in the comments: “Real respect.” You can check the post below:

Icewear Vezzo describes meeting Eminem backstage at 50 Cent’s Detroit show

Detroit’s own Icewear Vezzo has recently sat down with Kid L where the two talked about many topics, including Vezzo meeting Eminem backstage at 50 Cent’s Final Lap Tour in Detroit, after the little misunderstanding that happened between the two.

“It was like normal, organic. 50 had tapped in and asked me to come out at the show. He ain’t telling nobody Em was going to be there or nothing. Right before I got on stage I had seen him walking out. We literally bumped to each other and we just had quick conversation. Chopped it up. I told him it’s all love and it’s all respect. Obviously I know he done seen some s–t that I said and the s–t all of us said.” said Icewear Vezzo.

Then he continued: “So, I just wanted to kind of get him understand what I meant. I was waiting for that moment to be able to express how I really felt cause it was never no situation where we felt like dude owed us anything. He don’t owe nobody s–t. He done did what he had to do for Detroit. That’s why we got people like D12 and Royce 5’9″ and all that. It was just more of a situation like with me and Em, we grew up on the same exact block, when same exact high school. Not at the same time but still our backgrounds kind of similar to a certain extent.”

“I’ve been rapping for so long like I’ve been fighting for staying in the game for years and I’ve been through hell and back and I know he heard of me, he heard all of us, so for me, every time I see one of the young ni–as coming up, I always try to reach out to them and I tap in, what’s up, what you need, a verse? a video? Whatever I can do, let me know, however I can enhance whatever it is you got going on, let me know, I see you, keep going, you doing what you need to do, and a lot of times that s–t go far with a person. For people that I looked up to and respected on the rap side of things just to say that they see me, that s–t would mean a lot. So, I just felt like, not that we was entitled to that, I just thought it was right to do, it would have been a good gesture.” Icewear Vezoo added.

You can watch the interview below:

Icewear Vezzo meets Eminem, calls him “the biggest inspiration,” Peezy calls Eminem “GOAT”, Kash Doll wants to meet Eminem

Yesterday, 50 Cent made star-studded show in front of 20,000 people at Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan, about 40 miles from northwest of Detroit.

Aside from Eminem, The G-Unit boss brought out young Detroit rappers Kash Doll, Peezy and Icewear Vezzo on the stage to perform some of their hit songs.

After the Eminem performance, Icewear Vezzo met Eminem backstage, where the two Detroiter exchanged some words. Later, Vezzo posted the video on Instagram with the caption: “Finally Eminem. [Handshake Emojis]. At the end of the day you still The biggest inspiration.”

Peezy also posted a video of Eminem’s entrance on stage when he kicked the “Patiently Waiting” verse on his Instagram story. He tagged Eminem and wrote “GOAT” emoji next to it.

Kash Doll also posted a video of Eminem’s performance on her Instagram story. The the video, she wrote: “Marshalllllllll. I wanna meet him so bad. I left too fast @eminem.”

There was a little misunderstanding between Eminem and young Detroit rappers not a long ago. I guess everything is fine now as the young studs show immense love to Motor City icon.

Payroll weighs in on Icewear Vezzo calling out Eminem

Payroll Giovanni has recently sat down with Adam22 on No Jumper podcast where the young Detroit rapper shared his thoughts about his fellow hip-hop artist Icewear Vezzo calling out Eminem for not paying attention to his hometown’s young generation.

Back in 2020, during the conversation with HipHopDX, Vezzo said: “We were never in touch with Eminem. In the hood, in our ghettos and s–t, back when he first came out yeah, Eminem was like a hero for us. So we expected to see him, to be able to touch him, and we’re like ‘yeah we got somebody that got out from Detroit. This about to go down, he opened the gates up.’ But it didn’t go that way. We always wanted Em to play the position that Royce Da 5’9″ played but he doesn’t, so he’s not a hero for us no more. Royce Da 5’9″ is like the president of the Marshall Mathers Foundation, and he’s from the hood. You’re able to see him, he going to come out. He f–ked with ni–as and he reached out, he checked on us, he’d pull up to the studio, he’d pull up to the club. We can call and he pulling right up. Royce the real OG man.”

Laster year, Vezzo chopped it up with Charlamagne on Breakfast Club where he explained that people misunderstood what he said about Eminem: “At the end of the day, it was misunderstanding. As a fan, I love Eminem music. I grew up listening to Eminem when I was shorty. I got real love for Royce. One thing about Royce is, he’s always show love to us, always supports us. He always shouted out. He does everything he can to help us out. He really do. I can’t take that away from Royce. But s–t, it is what it is. We don’t know Eminem. We don’t know hommie. I don’t know anybody that ever met him. Ever seen him. “I think Royce and Em kinda get impression that we feel like homies owe us something. But it’s not that. Everything ain’t always about a favor or money. I think they taking it wrong way. We just saying, you are legend! you are GOAT. You are big! Bro, we are you! We want to see! Can we get knowledge?! Can we get some gang? Can we get some motherf–king motivation?! Anything. That’s what we all asking for. We are not speaking from the standpoint as like ‘bro you gotta sign us. You owe us some money.’ We are not saying that way and I believe Royce and Em may be taking it that way. So it is a big misunderstanding.”

Yesterday, Payroll shared his thoughts on the matter: “I don’t know man. That’s his business. I f–ed with Eminem growing up. He had everybody proud. Damn, he from the D! He was going! He was with Dr. Dre! I ain’t looking at it like he supposed to put us on.”

You can watch Payroll and No Jumper interview below:

Icewear Vezzo talks misunderstanding between Eminem & young Detroit rappers

Detroit rapper Icewear Vezzo has recently sat down with Charlamagne on Breakfast Club where he talked about signing with QC, connecting with Takeoff, DJ Drama and misunderstanding him and young Detroit rappers have with Eminem and Royce 5’9″.

“At the end of the day, it was misunderstanding. As a fan, I love Eminem music. I grew up listening to Eminem when I was shorty. I got real love for Royce. One thing about Royce is, he’s always show love to us, always supports us. He always shouted out. He does everything he can to help us out. He really do. I can’t take that away from Royce. But s**t, it is what it is. We don’t know Eminem. We don’t know hommie. I don’t know anybody that ever met him. Ever seen him.” said Icewear Vezzo.

Then he continues: “I think Royce and Em kinda get impression that we feel like homies owe us something. But it’s not that. Everything ain’t always about a favor or money. I think they taking it wrong way. We just saying, you are legend! you are GOAT. You are big! Bro, we are you! We want to see! Can we get knowledge?! Can we get some gang? Can we get some motherf**king motivation?! Anything. That’s what we all asking for. We are not speaking from the standpoint as like ‘bro you gotta sign us. You owe us some money.’ We are not saying that way and I believe Royce and Em may be taking it that way. So it is a big misunderstanding.”

“Yes he did a song with Big Sean, Dej Loaf and them. I got love for everybody. I f**k with every artist in Detroit. We just talking about Em and yeah I f**k with his music. But I don’t know him. Nobody knows. We just don’t know him. We ain’t saying to come outside. We ain’t saying to come in the middle of the hood. I can’t speak for everybody but I feel like that. Em’s an icon. I idolize him at one point and I do think he’s the greatest rapper of all time, at least one of them, and that’s never gonna change. He have done a lot for the community, for the city of Detroit. Ain’t nobody taking that none away. We just, musically, we got vibe right now. I know me and if I had wave that Em had, I’d embrace all you ni—s coming up. I’m already doing that and I ain’t nowhere in that type of position. But I do that. Because it’s a right thing to do. Because one conversation might keep a young ni–a from crashing up. That’s all it take. Just a little push. Little motivation. All it takes to say ‘Hey bro, I see you! Keep doing what you doing! You are doing a right thing!’ You know the type of inspiration you gotta be from people that want that from you. You are inspiring hommies! You really inspiring. Just say ‘Hey bro, keep doing’ and that’s it.”

At the end of Eminem conversation, Icewear Vezzo joked: “F–k what I said, I want a feature.’ You can check the interview below:

Vezzo talked about the same topic with No Jumper about a week ago. You can watch it below:

Icewear Vezzo disagrees Royce 5’9″s interview about young rappers discrediting Eminem

Few days ago, Royce Da 5’9″ set down with TheHipHop Lab where he criticized young Detroit rappers’ attitude towards Eminem. Today, one of the hottest rappers in Detroit, Icewear Vezzo responded Royce in the same TheHipHop Lab interview.

“I never met Eminem. I don’t know what that ni**a look like. I never heard from him. I don’t know anyone who ever met him other than Big Sean and Royce. I don’t know anybody that he ever reached out to show any type of love to. This is what people gotta understand: For me, I don’t expect a ni**a to do nothing. I mean, he ain’t obligated to do nothing. We ain’t investing in that ni**a. We ain’t the reason he’s rich. You ain’t put that ni**a. He ain’t gotta do s**t. I f**k with Royce. Royce my big brother. I got love for Royce but I gotta disagree with him. He basically said that for ni**a to show love, you gotta be his favorite rapper. That’s what he said. Why would Eminem reach out and do s**t when we say our top five rappers from the city and we don’t mention him. So he gotta be one of our favorite rappers to show some type of love? I don’t think that makes sense. Because why would a ni**a lie? You want us to represent Detroit properly right? We don’t need no ni**as that’s capping. Ni**as should be able to be themselves. If a ni**a gonna show love do that because that’s what you feel like you need to do. For me personally, I would feel like I’m supposed to do that because this is my city. The city I represent. It would be only right from me to reach back out and tap in with young ni**as. I’ve done songs with almost every ni**a in Detroit and I ain’t as big as Eminem. And you think them ni**as told me I was their favorite rapper? F**k no.”

“I was not listening to Lose Yourself and this type of songs. I love my mama. I was not beefing with my mama. I don’t wanna kill my mama. My mama raised my. My mama’s black queen. She taught me what it is to be a man. She showed me how to treat other black women. How to treat women in general. I can’t relate to disliking my mother and I’m not saying Eminem is wrong for that. I just say I can’t relate to that. I was listening to the ni**as I could relate to. And no I don’t think Em owns us anything. He is not obligated to do anything. That’s his money. That’s his career. That ni**a’s a legend. One of the best lyricist of all time. Because we don’t listen to him, it don’t take away from his talent. That ni**as from Detroit. You can’t take that from him. He is really from this b**ch. He struggled in this motherf**ker. We ain’t taking away anything from him. He’s an amazing lyricist but he did not motivate us bro.”

“What Royce said, that literally means ‘in order for me to show you love, I need to be in your top five on interviews, f**k what you feel. And you if don’t, I can’t show you any type of love.’ I think Royce was mad at Em before. They had problems. They might have been for exact same reason as we are. So, I don’t think it’s fair from Royce to be in good spot with Em and not allow us to express our feelings. Because he’s in a good spot with him. You know me and every other ni**a that’s turnt right now, you know how many young ni**as we done motivated just DMing them? Like ‘hey bro I see you. Keep grinding. Keep shining. This could have been a ni**a that was about to give up. Thin ni**a was about to quit. He thought he could not rap. He thought nobody was listening to him. We was gonna get back to the streets, robbing and selling dope and popping ni**as. He was gonna do that but the ni**a that he admired told him don’t do that and you are doing the right thing. That’s all it took. So doing stuff for us does not mean physically. It just means motivating ni**as who need the motivation and might need a little push. Who other better to do it than a ni**a that’s statue, an icon?” – said Icewear Vezzo.

Watch the full thing below: