Hov dropped off his latest album 4:44 in June, a far cry from the street rhymes that catapulted him to fame in the ’90s, but he managed to garner the attention of listeners both young and old. It takes a certain kind of rapper to remain influential and relevant in the rap world, and according to Eminem, JAY-Z has the formula down pat.
To Him, JAY-Z Is a Role Model for Longevity in Rap
“I was in a room by myself writing songs in 25, 30 minutes because we had to get it done, and what came out was so goofy.” Despite his thoughts on the album, it sold 711,000 copies in just three days, giving Em the No. and get Dre and record new ones,” he said. I remember four songs leaked and I had to go to L.A. “I recorded that towards the height of my addiction. When the dating app didn’t work, the rapper resorted to strip clubs but nothing came of that either.ĭue to an early leak and battling a drug addiction, Eminem’s 2004 album Encore wasn’t the album he initially set out to give fans. Following the demise of his marriage to Kim Mathers, Em decided to download the Tinder app with the hopes of meeting someone but “nothing’s panned out in a way that I wanted to make it public,” he said. He’s Dabbling With Dating Apps Like Tinder and GrindrĮminem not only had to adjust to the new wave of rap music but apparently the dating world as well because the rapper is officially on Tinder - yes, Tinder. “At what point do you - a working-class citizen, someone who’s trying to make shit better for you and your family - think this guy who’s never known struggle his entire f-ing life, who avoided the military because of bone spurs, who says he’s a billionaire, is really looking out for you? He’s got people brainwashed.” “The people that support him are the people he cares about the least and they don’t even realize it,” he continued. Given Trump’s knack for tweeting, Em revealed that he has pre-planned responses should Trump decide to fire back at him. They’re rapists,” Em’s anti-Trump tour began. The Detroit rapper admitted that at one point, he entertained the idea of Trump in office, but after Trump announced his presidential campaign in a speech where he said Mexico is “bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. Here are five things we learned from Eminem’s Vulture interview.Įminem’s tolerance for Trump is at an all-time low that much was made clear on a slew of Revival‘s deep cuts including “Like Home” ( “Time to bury him, so tell him to prepare to get impeached”) and “Offended.” When speaking to Vulture, Em said that he can no longer enjoy watching the news because of Trump and his antics.