Last night, Eminem became 10th rapper to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame. The bestselling rapper of all time was inducted into the Hall Of Fame by his mentor and longtime collaborator, Dr. Dre.
During his induction speech, Dre recalled being shocked to learn that music executive Jimmy Iovine wanted him to work with a white rapper. In the video that surfaced online, Eminem does not look comfortable when Dr. Dre gives him high praise in front of Rock Hall audience: “Over 220 million albums sold. 13 number one albums. Ten of which all consecutively debuted at No. 1, making him the first artist to ever achieve this s—. Grammy awards, and Emmy, and Oscar! Making him the best selling artist of 00’s. The best selling hip-hop artist ever. Let me repeat that. The best selling hip-hop artist ever.” said Dre.
“And point about this is that he does not really care about that. I think I care more about it than him. What’s most important to him is that he has earned the respect from his peers as one of the best to ever do it. Point blank.” Dr. Dre added.
You can check the video of Eminem’s reactions below:
Eminem’s artistic journey started in hungry desperation at an obscure studio in Detroit, on 8 Mile Road and yesterday it led him into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame.
The Detroit legend, in one the most triumphant moments of his much-decorated career, was enshrined in the rock hall during a long, star-filled ceremony at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Eminem, who was inducted by legendary producer Dr. Dre, and was joined by Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Ed Sheeran, became the 20th inductee from Detroit in the institution’s 36-year long history.
“I realize what an honor it is right now for me to be up here tonight, and what a privilege it is to do the music that I love — the music that basically saved my life,” said Eminem during his acceptance speech before reading an alphabetical list of more than 100 legendary names, famous and obscure — fittingly slipping into a rhythmic flow as he rattled them off.
“I would not be me without them. I am a high-school dropout with a hip-hop education, and these are my teachers. It is their night just as much as it is mine.” said Eminem.
It seems his long-time friend and D12 member Bizarre got emotional after watching Eminem getting recognized by the board of Hall Of Fame and penned heartful letter to Slim Shady on Instagram:
“Man, where do I begin… We started off two kids from Detroit with the dream to some rappers… We put so much work into this from the days on Novara, the days on 7 Mile in Fairport… Catching the bus to how I can be down in Florida to meet Paul Rosenberg in New York… To the rap battles with Wendy Day… I think the worst day of my life was when my mom went out and moved me to Dallas, Texas at the middle of our journey. But I guess God had something planned for us because a month later you got signed to Dr. Dre… So I just want to give you your flowers and thank you for being a big brother and always believing in me. Believing in us, D12! Man, Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame… WOW! … I could not be more happier. Congratulations Eminem… You know Proof and Bugz are smiling right know…”
Last night Eminem was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame by Dr. Dre. Here is his full acceptance speech and performance, featuring Steven Tyler and Ed Sheeran.
“Can y’all hear me? I can’t hear me. Can you hear me?” started Em after the incredible performance of some of his greatest hits.
“This s**t is crazy. So I wrote some s**t down tonight that I’m never going to f**ing remember, so I had to read it off the paper and s**t, but it is from the heart. I realize what an honor it is right now for me to be up here tonight, and what a privilege it is to do the music that I love, and the music that basically saved my life.”
Then he continues: “Where’d the man, where did Dre go? The man who saved my life, ladies and gentlemen, Dr. motherf—in’ Dre. So I’m going to try to make this as quick and painless as possible. I’m f—ing stuttering and s–t, I mean Jesus Christ.
“So I’m probably not supposed to actually be here tonight because of a couple of reasons. One of them that I’m a rapper, and this is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And there’s only a few of us right now that have been inducted in already, but there’s only a few of us.
“Secondly, I almost died from an overdose in 2007, which kind of sucked. Hailie, plug your ears: because drugs were f—ing delicious, and I thought we had a good thing going man, but I had to go and f— it all up and take too many. God d–n. OK Hailie.
“OK, so. Hold on, I lost my motherf—in’ spot. Paul, did I say, I said drugs were delicious, right? And finally, I had to really fight my way through man to try and break through in this music, and I’m so honored and I’m so grateful that I’m even able to be up here doing hip-hip music, man, because I love it so much.
“My musical influences are many, and they say it takes a village to raise a child. Well it took a whole genre and culture to raise me.”
“They say success has many fathers, and that’s definitely true for me. So whatever my impact has been on hip-hop music, I never would have or could have done this s–t without some of the groundbreaking artists that I’m about to mention right now.
“And this is a list man, I put this list together yesterday. And I kept adding to the s–t, adding to the s–t, and if I forget anybody, I apologize. But these were my teachers right here:
“I’m gonna start with the 2 Live Crew, 2Pac, 3rd Bass, Alliance, Apache, Audio Two — Milk Dee, what up! — Awesome Dre, the Beastie Boys, Big Daddy Kane, Big Pun, Big L, Biz Markie, the Notorious B.I.G. of course, Black Moon, the Boogie Monsters, Brand Nubian, Brother J from X Clan, Buckshot, Casual from Heiroglyphics, Chill Rob G, Chubb Rock, Chuck D and Public Enemy, Cypress Hill, D-Nice, Dana Dane, De La Soul — now I’m about a third of the way done.
“De La Soul, did I say De La Soul? Def Jef, Del the Funky Homosapien, DJ Quik, Dr. Dre of course, Dres from Black Sheep, Ed O.G., EPMD, Fat Boys, Fat Joe, Fu-Schnickens, Gang Starr, Geto Boys, Heavy D, House of Pain, Ice Cube, Ice-T, the Intelligent Hoodlum, JJ Fad, Jaz-O, Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, Just Ice, K-Solo, Kid & Play: I’m a tenth of the way done.
“King Sun, King Tee, Kool G Rap, Kool Moe Dee, KRS-One, Kwame, Lakim Shabazz, Large Professor, Leaders of the New School, the one and only LL Cool J — love you bro. Lord Finesse, Lords of the Underground, Mantronix, Masta Ace, MC Breed, MC Lyte, MC Shan, Melle Mel, Merciless Ameer, Mobb Deep, Monie Love, Nas, Newcleus, Onyx, Organized Konfusion, Outkast, Andre 3000, Paris, Pharcyde, Queen Latifah, Rakim, Redhead Kingpin, Pete Rock and CL Smooth, I’m almost done.
“Redman, Roxanne Shante, Run-D.M.C., Salt-N-Pepa, Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh, Snoop Dogg, Souls of Mischief, Special Ed, Stetsasonic, now I’m all down to the S’s. Super Lover Cee and Casanova Rud, the D.O.C., the Roots, Black Thought, the Skinny Boys, Tony D, Too $hort, Treach from Naughty By Nature, A Tribe Called Quest, U.T.F.O., Whodini, Wise Intelligent and the Poor Righteous Teachers, Wu-Tang Clan and YZ.
“Those were my rock stars man, and I just want to say, like, those are just a few of the names that I hope will be considered in the future for induction. Because without them, a lot of us wouldn’t be here. I know I wouldn’t.”
“So that’s all I had to say, man. I know this induction is supposed to be me talking about myself and s–t man, but f— that. I would not be here without them. I’m a high school dropout man, with a hip-hop education, and these were my teachers. And it’s their night just as much as it is mine. So thank you.”
The Dr. Dre continues talking about Em.
“OK, let me get serious.
“Over 20 years ago, Jimmy Iovine, who is also one of tonight’s inductees and one of my best friends, played a demo tape for me from a guy who called himself Eminem. The first thing I said when I heard it was, ‘what the f— did he just say?’ I loved it so much that I couldn’t stop listening to it.”
“A few days later, Jimmy called me and said, ‘you know he’s a White guy, right?” F—ed me up! The last thing I was thinking about when I was listening was that he was White. It never even crossed my mind. Looking back, I don’t know why it didn’t cross my mind. He certainly didn’t sound like a Black rapper, especially because of what he was saying. I guess it was my ignorance at the time, thinking that if you’re a really good rapper, you must be Black.”
“Not too long after that, we met for the first time. We hit it off and the next thing you know, we’re at my house working. The first time I put on a beat, he gets on the mic and says, ‘hi, my name is.’ Boom! And that was the beginning of what became an amazing creative collaboration.
“Then came the backlash. ‘Look at him, Dre! He has blue eyes! You can’t sign him! There was a massive amount of resistance from my own team and from a lot of people around me: people who had never even heard the music, but didn’t want me to sign him or work with him simply because he was White.
“While everyone else around me had their doubts, I knew that his gift was undeniable. His raw, dark, and humorous lyrics coupled with an impeccable cadence stood out from anything I had ever heard before, and he was hungry. Both of us were. We were two artists in do-or-die situations: he was desperate to find a way to feed his family and I was searching for something to sink my teeth into creatively. Each of us was exactly what the other needed and I was willing to bet my entire career on it.”
“My rebuttal to those naysayers went something like this: ‘he’s going to be the biggest selling artist on our label.’ Little did I know he was going to be one of the best-selling music artists of all time.”
“From the moment he introduced himself to the world with ‘The Slim Shady LP,’ he skyrocketed to the top of the charts and stayed there for 100 weeks while earning a Grammy for Best Rap Album and Best Rap Solo Performance.”
“Can you believe after promoting violence to little children and killing his daughter’s mother, this guy still had more s— to get off his chest?”
“Well, then ‘The Marshall Mathers LP’ dropped. On that album alone his alter ego, Slim Shady, tied me up in his basement, had sex with his mother and killed his daughter’s mother, again, while proceeding to offend just about every special interest group we have. It clearly struck a collective chord and became one of the fastest selling solo albums in United States history.”
“Em would go on to overdose, relapse and recover not only on his albums, but also in real life. Let me tell you something, this guy goes through a lot of s–t just to get a concept for a song.”
“But here is Em’s genius, with his incredible wit and wild imagination: he was able to hold up a mirror to White America while also expressing the pain of living through poverty in dysfunctional families devoid of hope. Eminem brought hip-hop to middle America and offered kids who looked like him a way to connect to it.”
Eminem, notching one of the most triumphant moments of his career, was enshrined during a star-filled ceremony at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The hip-hop legend became the 20th Detroit artist inducted in the Rock Hall’s 36-year history.
“I realize right now what an honor it is right now for me to be up here tonight, and what a privilege it is to do the music I love — music that basically saved my life,” said Eminem during his acceptance speech.
Eminem was inducted by his mentor and longtime collaborator, legendary producer, Dr. Dre, who saluted him as an against-the-odds-white rapper who went on to become the best-selling artist in hip-hop history.
Eminem’s induction moment included a medley of hit material that included guest appearances from Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler (“Sing for the Moment”) and an acoustic guitar-wielding Ed Sheeran, who supplied Dido’s vocal parts on iconic single “Stan.” At Eminem’s side was his friend, former D12 member and longtime hype man Denaun Porter with The Alchemist behind the boards.
Eminem was also accompanied by his daughter, Hailie Jade. During his acceptance speech, Eminem addressed the 26-year old influencer to ‘plug her ears’ while talking about his drug addiction.
“So I’m probably not supposed to actually be here tonight because of a couple of reasons. One of them that I’m a rapper, and this is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And there’s only a few of us right now that have been inducted in already, but there’s only a few of us.” said Em.
Then he continued: “Secondly, I almost died from an overdose in 2007, which kind of sucked. Hailie, plug your ears: because drugs were f—ing delicious, and I thought we had a good thing going man, but I had to go and f— it all up and take too many. God d–n. OK Hailie.” [Crowd laughed]
“OK, so. Hold on, I lost my motherf—in’ spot. Paul, did I say, I said drugs were delicious, right? And finally, I had to really fight my way through man to try and break through in this music, and I’m so honored and I’m so grateful that I’m even able to be up here doing hip-hip music, man, because I love it so much.” he added.
Dr. Dre has just inducted Eminem into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.
“Over 20 years ago, Jimmy Iovine, who is also one of tonight’s inductees and one of my best friends, played a demo tape for me from a guy who called himself Eminem. The first thing I said when I heard it was, ‘what the f— did he just say?’ I loved it so much that I couldn’t stop listening to it.”
“A few days later, Jimmy called me and said, ‘you know he’s a White guy, right?” F—ed me up! The last thing I was thinking about when I was listening was that he was White. It never even crossed my mind. Looking back, I don’t know why it didn’t cross my mind. He certainly didn’t sound like a Black rapper, especially because of what he was saying. I guess it was my ignorance at the time, thinking that if you’re a really good rapper, you must be Black.”
“Not too long after that, we met for the first time. We hit it off and the next thing you know, we’re at my house working. The first time I put on a beat, he gets on the mic and says, ‘hi, my name is.’ Boom! And that was the beginning of what became an amazing creative collaboration.
“Then came the backlash. ‘Look at him, Dre! He has blue eyes! You can’t sign him! There was a massive amount of resistance from my own team and from a lot of people around me: people who had never even heard the music, but didn’t want me to sign him or work with him simply because he was White.
“While everyone else around me had their doubts, I knew that his gift was undeniable. His raw, dark, and humorous lyrics coupled with an impeccable cadence stood out from anything I had ever heard before, and he was hungry. Both of us were. We were two artists in do-or-die situations: he was desperate to find a way to feed his family and I was searching for something to sink my teeth into creatively. Each of us was exactly what the other needed and I was willing to bet my entire career on it.”
“My rebuttal to those naysayers went something like this: ‘he’s going to be the biggest selling artist on our label.’ Little did I know he was going to be one of the best-selling music artists of all time.” said Dre.
Aside of the induction, Slim Shady performed “My Name Is,” “Sing For The Moment” with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, “Rap God”, “Stan” with Ed Sheeran, “Forever” and lastly “Not Afraid.”
Eminem will be part of the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame’s class of 2022, inducted today, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. He will join the other performer inductees that night, including Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, Duran Duran, Eurythmics, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie and Carly Simon.
Slim Shady will become part of the Hall’s hip-hop corps that also includes legendary acts like Eminem-inducted Run-D.M.C., LL Cool J, whom he performed with during last year’s ceremony, The Notorious B.I.G., N.W.A, Public Enemy, Tupac Shakur and Jay-Z, the iconic rappers who influenced one of the greatest rappers in history.
In doing so, he also becomes part of the ongoing discussion about whether rappers belong in the Rock Hall.
“It’s an odd sort of thing, sure. It’s something that I think a lot of people are struggling with, especially as time goes on because the face of music has changed a lot, and it continues to evolve. If it were just strictly rock n’ roll by traditional standards I think they would be hard-pressed to find enough people to induct 10, 15, 20 years from now. So I think they have to change with the times and not bend their beliefs but change their way of thinking a bit. I think the fact that they have inducted people like LL and Run-D.M.C. is great. I think Em would like to see a lot more rappers get recognized in the same fashion.” said Eminem’s manager and long time friend, Paul Rosenberg.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be simulcast today on SiriusXM’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Radio channel (310) and on Volume on the SXM App. HBO will film the event to air at 8 p.m. ET on November 18, 2022.
Eminem and his daughter Hailie have just arrived at Microsoft Theater. You can check the pictures below:
Eminem will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this fall, swept into the hall in his first year of eligibility and becoming the 20th Detroit performer enshrined in the institution’s 36-year history.
The Detroit legend is the third hip-hop solo artist to make the Hall of Fame while alive, following Jay-Z and LL Cool J.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony will be held Nov. 5 at L.A.’s Microsoft Theater. The show will air subsequently on HBO and HBO Max streaming.
LL Cool J congratulated Eminem on Instagram, saying: “Congratulations to a true M.C., my brother Eminem on your induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.” While MC Ren tweeted: Congratulations to @Eminem on his Hall of Fame induction. Big Win for Hip Hop.”
Lots of friends and fans celebrated Eminem’s induction on social media. You can check some of the reactions below:
Congratulations to @Eminem on his Hall of Fame induction. Big Win for Hip Hop
CONGRATS to Eminem as he’s headed into the Rock And Roll Hall Of fame! Em will officially be inducted this November! 🐐🏆🔥 THOUGHTS⁉️
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#RTBNews 🔔 Grammy and Oscar-award winner, #Eminem can now add one more accolade to his respectable list of accomplishments: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Coi Leray defends Eminem after her father Benzino called out the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame committee for inducting the Detroit legend into the 2022 class.
Yesterday, Coi shared a tweet that appears to be a response to her father’s statement that shaded Eminem.
“I am about love, equality, respect and forgiveness. I have nothing against Eminem, 25 years of my life all I know is he a very talented artist and actor! (8 Mile was great) Let’s build bridges and get over them before you burn the bridge and burn with it.” said young rapper.
You can check the original tweet below:
I’m about love, equality, respect and forgiveness. I have nothing against Eminem, 25 years of my life all I know is he a very talented artist and actor ! (8 Mile was great)
Let’s build bridges and get over them before you burn the bridge and burn with it.
2022’s Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show not only featured some of the greatest artists in hip-hop, but it also saw Eminem taking a knee.
The kneeling took place after Detroit legend performed his 2002 magnum opus “Lose Yourself.” The kneeling gesture became a subject of controversy when former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick used it as an act of protest against police brutality and racial discrimination.
Busta Rhymes has recently took to Instagram to share new picture with Eminem. In the caption, he writes: “Slim Shady and The Dragon! Eminem Legendary Super Bowl 56 performance and Congrats again on the Rock Hall induction nomination!! Salute!!”
Royce 5’9″ was quick to comment: “Big homie. You shook that weight off like it was nothing.”
About a week ago, Eminem received Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame nomination in the very first year of his eligibility which caused lots of debate on social media. Especially after Eminem hit No.1 in Rock Hall’s fan-voting poll.
Royce Da 5’9″ has just responded to the critique with a beautiful Instagram post: “Oh yea. It’s on… I know for a fact that LL Cool J went out of his way to help get my bro inducted…. His word and opinion is law in my world… Ni**as in them Clubhouse rooms ol say it was the “Powers that Be.” If y’all old ni**as believe that dumb s**t, tell them to make another one… A backpack battle rapper turned Icon slash producer slash movie star …. Never used the culture as a stepping stone to cross over into Rock…. Culture from head to toe… A1 since day one… You’ll never see this again in music… EVER… One of One… None to come…”
Busta Rhymes, Tony Yayo, Kuniva, Statik Selektah and Nasaan have responded to Royce’s message in comments. Check the screenshots below:
After Royce 5’9″, Skylar Grey and Nasaan, Kxng Crooked and Kuniva from D12 have also showed support to Eminem’s Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame nomination.
“Eminem was nominated to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and that’s good. We need him in there. We need one of the greatest wordsmiths alive to be in Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Period, point-blank. A Tribe Called Quest too. Need them in there. Those are the vibes.” – said Crooked
“Now guess who else we need in there? We need Rakim the god emcee in there. Hip-hop and lyricism would be very different if that great mind never showed up. Guess who else we need? Snoop Dogg.” – Crooked added.
Kuniva shared Eminem’s “Till I Collapse” on his Instagram with the caption: “So proud of my brother here. Coming from where we came from and having those dreams of making it…to being nominated for THIS. My guy for life! Legend! Shady for life.”
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