Author: LoniSp

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. DRE! Yesterday, hip-hop world celebrated 59th birthday of an iconic producer and rapper Dr. Dre. His peers, fans, family and friends wished him a happy birthday on social media. 50 Cent celebrated Dr. Dre’s birthday on Instagram, on Sunday, and teased having “new heat” on the way with the legendary producer. “Happy Birthday to my boy Dre, we got some New Heat coming.” Fif captioned. Eminem also sent his birthday wish to Dre by sharing a throwback picture of himself and Dre performing at the Coachella back in 2018 with the caption: “You know it’s Dre day!!!…

Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, A$AP Rocky. I say those three. I look up to them with not just the music but the outlook on life.” Ez Mil Shady Records’ latest signee Ez Mil has recently done an interview with MajorStage where he answered quick questions asked by the staff of the magazine. He also performed Up Down. Interviewer: Biggest influences and inspirations? Ez Mil: Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, A$AP Rocky. I say those three. I look up to them with not just the music but the outlook on life cause you know Em from Detroit, A$AP from Harlem and Kendrick from Compton.…

TWO SONGS FROM “GLASS HOUSE” IS HERE! Back in 2008, Joe Budden joined forces with hip-hop lyricists Royce da 5’9”, KXNG Crooked, and Joell Ortiz to form the hit-making group Slaughterhouse. The moniker originated from a Budden song of the same name featuring the other artists. Their self-titled debut album arrived in 2009 and their sophomore LP, Welcome To: Our House, dropped in 2012 under Eminem’s Shady Records. But in April 2018, the MCs parted ways and the supergroup was no more. Earlier this year, Joe Budden reflected on Slaughterhouse’s disbanding during an interview on Drink Champs: “Come on, give…

This is hard to watch… Benzino has recently sat down with N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN on Drink Champs where he talked about many things, including his revived beef with Eminem. At one point of the interview, drunk Zino broke down in tears. Benzino of course started the interview with lashing out on Eminem: “Let’s talk about Eminem, isn’t that why we here tonight? Fu-k Eminem. And fu-k everybody down with Eminem. Hip-hop is who we are. He can’t come in and invade hip-hop, and Rosenberg and make trillions of dollars. This n-gga didn’t even go to Nipsey’s funeral. F-ck Eminem…

2024 XXL Awards nominees are here and our boys 50 Cent and Eminem receive nominations in different categories. XXL Awards Board Members that consists of hip-hop industry’s movers, shakers and veteran artists, including Eminem, 50 Cent, Fat Joe, E-40, Future, Ghostface Killah, Gucci Mane, Juicy J, Just Blaze, Lil’ Kim, Missy Elliott, NORE, Pusha T, 2 Chainz, Paul Rosenberg, Peter Rosenberg, Run The Jewels, Styles P, Tech N9ne, Big Boy, Bun B, Ebro Darden, Charlamagne Tha God, Cam’ron, Sway Calloway, DJ Kahled, DJ Drama, Jermaine Dupri, DJ Woo Kid among many others will be selecting the winners for 11 categories…

“Royce stays up in so many different hours. He’ll stay up for five days straight, not sleep, just be recording. He’s like a Kanye in that regard.” – DJ Premier Legendary hip-hop producer DJ Premier talks with Noah Callahan-Bever of Idea Generation about a journey from his early days as part of the duo Gang Starr, to producing for then up-and-coming rapper Jay-Z and helping to shape his sound, to carving his own lane, forming PRhyme with Royce 5’9″ and becoming one of the greatest producers in hip-hop history. “Mike has pitched this idea, it was during them working on…

“I remember when you would be in the lobby of the station when I was coming to work. When you made it, you never forgot me!” – Bushman Today, Jonathan “Bushman” Dunnings, who is radio host at iHeartMedia from Detroit, is celebrating 29th anniversary of his The Bushman Show and Eminem has just joined the celebration. The Bushman shared a video of Eminem wishing him happy anniversary of the show. In the caption, he wrote: “Dear Eminem, I wanted to express my sincere gratitude for being a crucial part of my legacy. I remember when you would be in the…

Has Ca$his and Cassidy war just begun? Philadelphia battle rapper and hip-hop artist Cassidy is back with the new track called “WHERE THE BUL AT,” where he appears to be responding to Ca$his after the former Shady Records artist called him out for ghostwriting Benzino’s diss record to Eminem. “I’m surprised his ghostwriters even go step up. You sure you wanna hop in these flames? You don’t wanna test me bar for bar and see what I really get. I don’t know if it’s Cassidy. I’m just saying, whoever the ghostwriter is, I served Benzino, that means I served you…

The Detroit native says it’s the best moment of his career and he brags about the song with everybody. Cash Kidd has recently sat down with No Jumper where the Detroit rapper talked about hopping on a song with Eminem and Royce 5’9″ on Big Sean’s “Friday Night Cypher” from Detroit 2 album which also features Kash Doll, Payroll Giovanni, Sada Baby, Drego, Boldy James, 42 Dugg and Tee Grizzley. In a similar fashion to how Em united with six Detroiter rappers on “Detroit vs. Everybody,” Big Sean went further on “Friday Night Cypher” and brought together fourteen Detroit natives…

“I love Eminem. I disagree with Umar about the color, period. Eminem should be in the conversation as one of the greatest rappers of all time.” – John Salley NBA legend, John Salley, who was the first player in NBA history to win championships with three franchises as well as the first player in the NBA to win a championship in three different decades, has recently sat down with DJ VLAD, where the two talked about Dr. Umar Johnson saying Eminem can’t be one of the greatest rappers of all time because he’s white. “I love Eminem. I disagree with…

EPMD’s Erick Sermon has shared some information about a new song of his that he says will appear on Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg new album ‘The Missionary,’ and he’s promised fans that it will be nothing short of epic. The EPMD legend stopped by the Bootleg Kev podcast on Thursday (February 8) to give some insight into what fans can expect from his guest appearance. “When I was here with Dre, as you see on my Instagram, it’s me and Dre in the studio and everybody and it went viral, me and Dre made five records. And he made…

Luda also talked about losing Best Rap Album to Eminem and getting a call from 2 Fast 2 Furious director while being on tour with Slim Shady On the latest episode of “Drink Champs,” Ludacris joined DJ EFN and N.O.R.E. for a full breakdown of his ostentatious career. Of course Champaign, Illinois-born rapper and actor played a quiz game, where you are taking a shot of vodka if you can’t answer the question. At one point of game, DJ EFN asked: “Eminem or Busta Rhymes?!” On which, Ludacris replied: “Ahh. Why y’all put those two together man. If it was…

The duo performed some of their classic tracks in front of special guests. Fresh from announcing “Gin & Juice” drink, Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre hosted the 2024 Super Bowl Afterparty, to promote their new product. Snoop and Dre performed some of their biggest hits, including “Nuthin’ but a “G” Thang,” “California Love,” “Ain’t No Fun (If The Homies Can’t Have None),” “Drop It Like It’s Hot,” “The Next Episode” and “Stil D.R.E” The California natives are also working together on a new album together titled Missionary. During an appearance on All the Smoke with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson…

“This is like probably my Eminem era. He was big part of my life for a moment.” — Zara Larsson This year marks a decade since the release of Swedish pop singer Zara Larsson ’s debut album “1” when she was just a teenager. Today, Larsson is a fully formed adult, and she’s celebrating her evolution and growth into a complete woman with her fourth solo studio album titled Venus, out now via her Sommer House record label. To promote her new album, Larsson talked to Mike Adam on Audacy Check In, where she explained how Eminem‘s music helped her…

Legendary rapper MC Serch, who is a former member of 3rd Bass and Non Phixion hip-hop collectives, has recently appeared on Math Hoffa’s “My Expert Opinion” podcast hosted by Mr. Mecc, Sean Bigga and Champ. During his three-hour long interview, the New York City’s golden age rapper revealed the reason Trick Trick stared no-fly zone in Detroit. “You can ask anybody in Detroit, I killed radio. That no-fly zone s–t, that happened on my show. That happened on my show and I’m gonna tell the truth. So, here is what happened: Trick Trick did a record called ‘Welcome 2 Detroit…

Royce 5’9″ details the early days of Hip-Hop Shop with Big Proof, Elzhi and Eminem. Royce 5’9″ has recently sat down with Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg on Juan EP Is Life podcast, where the Detroit legend talked about Hip-Hop Shop days with Eminem, how their friendship formed, meeting Dr. Dre for the first time, his career highlights and more. About Hip-Hop Shop “After the school graduation, I started going to Hop-Hop Shop. First time I went to Hip-Hop Shop I rapped and I got gonged. I almost was not a rapper. That killed my confidence. I thought I was…

Conway has recently showed love to Eminem and declined Benzino’s claims that he left Shady Records label. Yesterday, former Shady Records artist, Conway The Machine, has responded Benzino for mentioning him on his latest Eminem diss song, called “Rap Elvis.” In the song, the former co-owner of The Source magazine raps: “Okay, you found 50, and you put on five Detroit ni–as / Rest in peace to the best one, the rest of them sound iffy / So let’s go down your stable (Okay) / Gunn left your label (Uh huh) / Benny left your label (That’s right) / Con’…

“Proof was pivotal in everybody’s lives. It didn’t matter how frequent he was in your life, if you met P, he made an impact.” — Quest Mcody Detroit hip-hop artist and battle rapper Quest Mcody has recently sat down with P to Da 3rd Letter on Rap Grid where the two talked about Eminem and Benzino’s reignited beef, why Eminem slander is still cool thing to do and how Big Proof influenced the entire Detroit rap scene. “Everybody know where it stem from. Benzino has been poking. He say stuff about Eminem in the interviews all the time, in a…

“I don’t care how they trying to color my man it don’t stop him from being number one.” — Flavor Flav Flavor Flav, a founding member of iconic hip-hop group Public Enemy alongside Chuck D, has recently talked about Eminem with DJ Whoo Kid on Shade 45 radio. “Eminem is my favorite rapper. Word up. And not only that, he still shouts Flavor Flav out in his records. Yeah boy! You know what? Check this out. I don’t care how they trying to color my man it don’t stop him from being number one. That’s all I got to say.…

“You’ll never get me in any kind of form going against my f–king friend. Whether it’s for my recognition or not.” — Marv Won Detroit’s own, Marv Won who is a member of underground hip hop group the Fat Killahz and rap duo Twin Towers, has recently sat down on Rap Grid where he talked about Eminem. Marv was one of many Detroit rappers who appeared as an extra in “8 Mile” movie. He rapped against Eminem in a battling scene. That scene was left out of the movie but was one of the main scenes when they sold the…

“He’s not hating. He a billionaire. He got sh-t to do.” — Ice Cube Yesterday, The Recording Academy (The Grammys) presented the Special Merit Awards to Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award honorees Laurie Anderson, the Clark Sisters, Gladys Knight, N.W.A, Donna Summer, and Tammy Wynette. During an acceptance speech of N.W.A, Dr. Dre was absent and Ice Cube could not stop himself to throw a little joke. Dr. Dre was a notable omission from the group of N.W.A members who were present in Los Angeles on Saturday (Feb. 4, 2024) to receive a lifetime achievement award from the Grammys. However,…

“Andre Young, thank you sir. All the doors that you opened. Showed us that we can be a rock stars.” — JAY-Z JAY-Z received the 2nd annual Dr. Dre Global Impact Award during last night’s Grammy 2024 awards show to honor his impactful legacy — and brought 12-year-old daughter Blue Ivy on stage to celebrate. “Thank you very much. I used to say it was a sippy cup for Blue, but Blue’s grown up now she doesn’t take sippy cups,” he began. “And she has her own Grammys.” Then Hov continued his speech by giving Dr. Dre his flowers: “Thanks to Dr.…

“I’m going to shot the video for my diss. I’m going to Miami to shoot it.” – Benzino Benzino has recently done an interview on Diverse Mentality Podcast where he talked about “Rap Elvis,” Eminem’s place in hip-hop, The Game VS Eminem and more. “Look at the fans he got. They don’t have diverse mentality. If they do, everybody would sell like a highest rate. Royce and Eminem put out Bad Meets Evil. About 2 months later, Royce put out his album and did sold nothing. How would you sell 500,000 and 2 months letter you sell 10,000? That means…

“Eminem don’t need Dr. Umar to tell him he’s one of the greatest of all time because we’ve already have said it.” – Ed Lover Iconic radio host, DJ and actor, Ed Lover has joined MC Shan, DJ Akademiks, Royce 5’9″, Denaun Porter, Swifty McVay and Kxng Crooked in resistance against Eminem slander, following Dr. Umar’s comments on the Joe Budden Podcast. On Sunday, December 31, Ed Lover aired 2023’s final episode of his C’Mon Son! podcast. Over the hour-long segment, he took a moment to address the American activist, social media personality, school psychologist, and motivational speaker reducing Slim…