It’s no secret that Eminem is a fan of Kendrick Lamar. He went so far as to call the younger rapper’s major label debut a “masterpiece,” but a new story has surfaced of the Rap God testing Compton’s good kid before giving him a badge of honor.
In talking with the Zach Sang Show, Ed Sheeran of all people has the scoop on what went down when K.Dot met Slim Shady before Em said Lamar “raps to be the best rapper in the world.”
“I heard a very cool story about Eminem and Kendrick Lamar,” he says. “Eminem wanted, he heard that Kendrick Lamar was the best rapper and he invited him to the studio to get him on a song. He arrived and Kendrick came with all his mates and Eminem said, ‘I just want you in the studio, just you on your own. And then my engineer is gonna come in and then record you doing it. But your mates aren’t allowed in.'”
Kendrick complied, “wrote a sick verse” and everyone gathered around to see what the TDE rapper was truly capable of. And Cornrow Kenny nabbed an appearance on “Love Game” off The Marshall Mathers LP 2.
“Eminem said that he did it to test Kendrick because he thought he had a ghostwriter,” Sheeran continues. “He then realized that he didn’t, and then claimed he was the best, which is kinda cool I think.”
How did popstar Ed Sheeran get this gem for the Hip Hop history books? Rick Rubin, of course. The music mogul handled production for the singer’s X album. After working with Eminem on The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Rubin called the Detroit legend “maybe the best rapper of any MC.” Kendrick and Rubin just recently met for the first time and had a very insightful conversation that included the TDE rapper crediting Eminem for his lyricism, before they hit the studio.
Listen to Ed Sheeran telling a story of Eminem testing Kendrick Lamar below at the 7:50 mark.
Thats not true…Eminem kicked everyone out of the studio because he didnt want anyone else to hear the song or record the song on their phone or some shit.
Rick Rubin told him the story though. I wouldn’t be surprised if he did it for that reason.
Big Trumpin’ is around tha corner. Two termz of Big Trumpin’ my niggas ya heard?!
Put some Respek on my name nigga
Lol now do the same with drake
Nobody thinks he is the greatest though
And it’s common knowledge that he uses ghostwriters.
Drake a pop artist not a writer he would FaiL
Wtf this story is years old.. Kendrick told it like 3 years ago. Victoria is a terrible journalist.
YOU LEAVE VICTORIA ALONE YOU PIECE OF SHIT
Eminem is a guest in hiphop
yeah… the successful one tho.
And how successful are u
LordJamar with the fuckboy swag.
gtfoh, if anyone is it’s fake drake. that bitch should be hung and burned alive for the bitch made pop puppet bullshit he is getting written for him and praised for. he is the fakest, manufactured fraud since milli vanilli. the act fake drake is perpetrating has been done by a REAL MC who writes his own lyrics and songs, raps real lyrics he wrote about real issues he has lived. fake drake sings songs and raps written by other people about catching bodies, others getting bodied by a singing nigga, smacking niggas and overall fake lyrics and songs written by ghostwriters. DRAKEISFAKEDRAKEISWACK #FIRST NAME FAKEST..LAST NAME EVER.
U sick in yo brain.if u think sme1 who’s bn in da game for More thn a decade is a guest PLZ …..JUST ADMIT DAT HIS BETTER THAN MOST BLACK RAPPERS!!!Rap GOD JUSS LISTEN TO DAT…..MXM…..
Eminem is great not good great. I have been a supporter of the music for a long time and no one has come for him! Not one rapper! You know why they don’t want no part of Him period. Biggie came for 2Pac, Jay-Z came for Nas. Not 1 rapper fucked with that white boy because they knew they could get IT!!!!! Reply 0
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Kendrick hands down is a true m.c. like j.Cole and a few others
Haha. This is an old story. ghost writers LOL. a Drake diss once again/ So old and so bitter. For all you, we are sorry Kendrick collobated for the “it’s alright” hook. BTW you can erase this comment like others – it’s all good. it’s ok. I don’t care. keep going
Lol the hook? Dude we talking about BARS & LYRICS. Drake fans and mumble rappers focus and worry about hooks.
Who is Eminem????
Someone better than young thug and 21 savage. Combined. Check him out. You’ll like him.
Your a fucking moron
Your a fucking moron if you dont no Eminem.
Why does everybody twist stories to make it into what they want the story to be, Em prob didn’t want anyone else around because they made him uncomfortable, Em prob didn’t give 2 blades of grass if Kendrick used a ghost writer, he knows kendrick has been around dre and interscope for a while he would’ve known.
Nobody will ever agree in the hip hop industry on any one thing. But whoever is the one saying eminem is a guest in hip hop and whatever else, those are just haters, period. He’s been more successful in the rap game on a constant basis and being a white rapper to do so is even better. Haha
I know Right! I kno so many black ppl who think em is top dog……cuz he is. Man yall hear EVERY RAPPER say “you dont mess with the white boy” “thats like poking a sleeping bear” yall just mad a white man took over hip hop. Get over it.
Now he did his thing but don’t sucks his dick. He is good top 5 took over no he had his turn as #1 but he just 1 of many great artist!
Kendrick lamar and eminem are best rappers there is no doubt
Sounds like eminem is a racist for doubting a black man skills
Now I a racist for thinking that!!Coz Eminem’s best friend was black Proof if u didn’t know ?Now shut up !!!U dnt knw shit…….
Nah you right he that DUDE all day rap doesn’t have color only the haters use race to rate skills. “EM” is that good. Them motherfuckers aren’t really fans. The music is either gooder or its not!
Again know body has come at him…
spam gang
I would have all of your fans if i didn’t go pop and i stayed on some conscious shit
Eminem who? Who is Eminem? Is he a pop star?
He’s one of the greatest rappers, you hater.
Eminem is a better lyricist than Kenny
I bet my last penny that Ed Sheeran doesn’t even know Victoria Hernandez, AKA: The Culture Vulture.
“…Ed Sheeran of all people has the scoop.” Vicky, TMZ is calling.
eminem is trash and just lost my respect
Go shit yourself
You can’t be serious
Eminem is great not good great. I have been a supporter of the music for a long time and no one has come for him! Not one rapper! You know why they don’t want no part of Him period. Biggie came for 2Pac, Jay-Z came for Nas. Not 1 rapper fucked with that white boy because they knew they could get IT!!!!! Reply 0
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Oh you mean Eminem the poprapper who does songs with elton john, p!nk, sia, rihanna etc. The rapper who dissed britney spears and christina aguilera in 1999/2000. That white sellout who only use 1000 words in a sentence who wants to make complex songs. Wasnt this poprapper not discovered by that wifebeater and studiogangster Dr Dre or something. Probably you heard of Dr Dre he let others creat the beats and takes the credits. Ask The Glove, Above The Law, warren G, Daz,Sam Sneed and many others.
You mad bro
I agree with EVERYTHING you said about Dre. Em? …Nahhhh!
Eminem is great not good great. I have been a supporter of the music for a long time and no one has come for him! Not one rapper! You know why they don’t want no part of Him period. Biggie came for 2Pac, Jay-Z came for Nas. Not 1 rapper fucked with that white boy because they knew they could get IT!!!!! Reply 0
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Bs dre is a legend SLIM SHADYMADE THE RECORD BOOKS..U BUMS
White Rapper, testing a Black Rapper. When will we EVER be Equals?
form. Rap is like no other genre out there. Born and raised in Compton. Eminem is great not good great. I have been a supporter of the music for a long time and no one has come for him! Not one rapper! You know why they don’t want no part of Him period. Biggie came for 2Pac, Jay-Z came for Nas. Not 1 rapper fucked with that white boy because they knew they could get IT!!!!! Reply 0
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Em is not qualified to test Kendrick when it comes to this rap shit. Who in the world bumps Em in the whip. His subject matter sucks, nobody fux with that wiggity wiggity wack shit
Em would crush any rapper in a battle are y’all delusional actually listen to the music lyrically he’s untouchable ask your favorite rapper
Em would crush any rapper in a battle are you delusional actually listen to the music lyrically he’s untouchable ask your favorite rapper
I don’t fan but I do support the art form. Rap is like no other genre out there. Born and raised in Compton. Eminem is great not good great. I have been a supporter of the music for a long time and no one has come for him! Not one rapper! You know why they don’t want no part of Him period. Biggie came for 2Pac, Jay-Z came for Nas. Not 1 rapper fucked with that white boy because they knew they could get IT!!!!!
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Okay all honesty. Em is a legend. Yah sure he is white but let’s not forget his lyrical ability. Em has been credited as one of the best rappers of our time. And what he did to k dot was nothing special. You do know everyone that is signed to shady records goes through the same thing. It’s an honor that Kendrick can prove his skill to a great. And get off that races shit y’all digging for crap.
I don’t fan but I do support the art form. Rap is like on other genre out there. Born and raised in Compton. Eminem is great not good great. I have been a support of the music for a long time and no one has come for him! Not one rapper! You know why they didn’t want no part of Him period. Biggie cane for 2Pac, Jay-Z came for Nas. Not 1 rapper fucked with that white boy because they knew they could get IT!!!!!
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eminem shouldn’t be testing other people, he is trash, he should hire ghostwriters.
and you should shut the fuck up !
Thick as sh1t.
Marshal Trash Mathers.
Troll
Racist!!
I don’t fan but I do support the art form. Rap is like on other genre out there. Born and raised in Compton. Eminem is great not good great. I have been a support of the music for a long time and no one has come for him! Not one rapper! You know why they didn’t want no part of Him period. Biggie cane for 2Pac, Jay-Z came for Nas. Not 1 rapper fucked with that white boy because they knew they could get IT!!!!!
On a scale of 1-10 how high on dope are you? They probably never said anything to him cause he never really had a seat at their table. You have to be invited to thanksgiving dinner if you want to be apart of the family quarreling. That’s white americas poster child for hip hop music.
its 2017 nobody cares that Em is white. hes a legend period.
You’ve got to a be a fucking idiot to say “Em” that is only viewed as one of the greatest lyrist of all time because he is white. If you are truly a hip hop fan then you recognize the names that have said that dude belongs in the top 5 of all time rappers:
Nas
Jay-Z
Rakim
Ice Cube
Method Man
Redman
Fat Joe
DMX
Now most of the folks who said this are legendstill at this. So if Dude is only successful because he white than these rapper’s are wrong and your right!
It’s 2017, nobody cares about Eminem.
Preach brotha, lol, wait I’m white. That could be a major social media mistake! FUK THE RACIST, CLOSED MIND’S DO NOT EXCEL!
everybody claims eminem is the shit but nobody listens to him
U must not know real rap you fools prolly like fetty wop wak ass
Since Eminem came in not a single artist in any genre has out sold him… just cause you were born in the 2000’s doesn’t make Eminem irrelevant
He white with a little skill, got signed by Dr. dre. America is 66% white of course he out sold everyone. Yella wolf, machine gun kelly, Bubba sparkx, etc all sold cause they white not because they nice. Em the best white rapper hands down but no where near the top five rappers all time. Not hating just telling the truth
Don’t forget riff raff , another corn ball that sell cause he white , but has no skill .
Nope. Yela, mgk,and most other white rappers barely have a gold album. And seriously, yela is quite good. Eminem is the g.o.a.t.
eminem is like weird al yankovic just some fool rhyming words without having actual sense or being real
U sound dumb
Future > Eminem
hope eminem stops making msuic
No one said you had to buy and/or listen to any new music that he releases, so quit hating.
Same way they eat that corny drake shyt up Lmao
if only people would put in as much effort to hate on these new jokester wacky-colored braided hair rappers as they do with Eminem..
Em the best at dissing his mom, wanting to kill his bm, calling ppl fa@@ots, and dissing Brittany Spears. Other than that he had nothing to talk about. Just mashing a bunch of words together. He had no real content to his music. The suburbs ate that trash up… I’m slim shady yes I’m the real shady blah blah blah?? Come on now dude is Super over rated.
Yeah because bado boujee Is a real work of art…
Lol I forgot how ridiculous em fans are. The only fan base worse than drake fans. Em spits hate at his mom, bm, boy bands, Brittany spears, his favorite word is fa**ot. Take that away and he has nothing to say. Dude really says nothing important but he say it fast. Lol dude got no play in the hood.
..and these new age rappers have real subjects to rap about? Lmao. Uzi Vert rapping generic bars on a sprite commercial and people be thinking it’s a club banger.
Nobody says uzi is the best. You’re another guy that just wanted to say something.
Dumb Ed Shereen. See what you done started? Go back to ghostwriting for Justin Queefer.
Eminem dissed Donald Trump in “Campaign Speech”. I’m no longer a fan.
With over 20+ years of Em making music dissing celebrities and former presidents, it only took one major jab at Trump to make you not like him anymore, huh? Trump’s 70 years old; he’ll end up having a heart-attack in five years when running the country gets too stressful for him anyways.
Looks like I triggered the Killary supporter.
nah, I wrote down “Pedro” from Napolean Dynamite on the ballot. I treated the election like both candidates – a joke.
first of all eminem is just a fucking charade talking some fake overused serial killer type of shit that only 12 years old still like, his fucking sound is the most annoying fucking bullshit in the world with all that screaming and trying to be tought (if you listen to any eminem album you just heard his entire cataloge cause all of it sounds exactly the same) he doesnt have the way so switch flows into something interesting, he is not able to adapt to a different style like some westside , south side or even shitty trap, he always on that rhyming just for rhyme without being real or smart, its just the most overrated boring fucking corny rapper ever
Thanks for your insightful opinion. I didn’t think a rapper could sell over 100 million records worldwide, win 15 Grammy’s and have two albums that have been in the billboard top 100 for over 300 weeks that were released over 10 years ago with a fan base of 12-year-olds. Stay mad.
Yeah stay mad hahahaha
It’s easy to do actually, as long as your a white guy who happens to be “MEH” at something’s black people created. It’s called white america.
You have aids
according to your logic of selling and number then Justin beiber is even bigger so Justin is the best , case closed
White is always better
thats fucking racist…and eminem is trash
Your mother’s cooter smells moldy
A white man testing a black mans artistic merit & “authenticity”
Since when has skin color an effect on lyrical ability or intelligence???
Future >>> Eminem
I wonder if he did that to drake on the song he has with him..?
U so gay
You’re wondering gay shit, daydreaming about cock
Even Eminem movie overrated. He won a rap battle by dissing himself Lmao bs. In real life the guy he was battling would have just diss his ass too. Lol Hollywood fooled y’all hard if u think that would work in real life.
you’re taking the whole concept of a movie “based on true events” too serious bro… calm down.
Lol he right though dissing yourself would have gotten him laughed right off the stage. And if em didnt say fa@@ot a 1000xs that movie is not “based on true events” lmao
..and you know that dissing yourself would have gotten him laughed off the stage how? Are you an aspiring battle rapper that’s knocked up three bitches while only lasting two minutes in bed hating on those more successful than you? Well, if Eminem calls you a fa66ot, then you’re a fa66ot. Get the f*ck over it, you f*cking fa66ot
Plot twist: Soulja Boy has been ghostwriting for all of Dr Dre’s artists over the years.
White America is the greatest America!
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What’s up niggas?
Your a racist white devil
Bones from teamsesh is 100 times greater than any rapper from 2000 up.
Guru and gza and rza were way more lyrical than eminem yet people only wanted comedy and fast rap thus claiming eminems the best.
Get the fuck outta here
That’s cause Em is the best and he’s been busting over your girlfriend’s bellies for the last 20+ years. Stay mad BITCHBOY
Keep America beautiful keep America white!
Hopefully some African American f*cks your mom while your dad is passed out and cums some of that white stuff all over your dad’s face while he’s passed out. That’ll show him to not treat blacks different than whites, you racist f*ck, right?
Wow, way to be an uncle fucking Tom calling your brother African American so you don’t offend anyone…and at the same time display your hatred to white people for no reason other than we are white. Sad..I grew up with shitloads of black friends and white and I am white as fuck…dated tons of black girls…funny when I know I can go to a club and have no doubt a can pull the finest black girl out…cause I am white and not stuck on race shit….shit kills me…name one sick Kendrick Lamar Rap…seriously…cause I have not heard one song that makes me feel this guy is original other than beats and delivery which is slow,sad and like r&B
Furthur more homie…the only white girls that fuck black dudes I have ever met have had serious self esteem issues, fat as fuck and no white dude would ever touch them period. Black girls….jump on a good looking white boy..all day, left and right…white dudes won’t be fucking some fat nasty bitch regardless of color..talkin bout blowin a load on a white bitch…she would be trash , fat and un wanted by any other man, regardless of race
We don’t need Eminem for shock value anymore, we have the internet now thanks.
we need his music to harden our cocks at night to prove how stan we are bro
Look in the mirror for shock value….
As if Kendrick needs his approval. He more humble then me. I wouldn’t care about the opinion of someone who only sells what they sell because of their pale skin color.
You have a pretty mouth,nice and greasy.easy to slide in and out of with my big veiny weiner
Seriously….Kendrick Lamar is not hip hop..period..it’s r&b with a few rap lines in between. You Millennials are out of touch with taste, originality and the whole scope of what rap and hip hop is. I listened to all of his so called hits and I found maybe 3 songs that sounded tight, as far as an MC…Eminem and nearly any other rapper from the old school would destroy him. I am not hating on Lamar…he’s a badass that has the youths atention at the moment. If Eminem puts out one more album, he will easily surpass the greatest rapper according to album sales of all time, Tupac…so get over it ya little tampons…he’s good but if he wasn’t signed to shady and Dre, Eminem would already have killed him with a diss track. KL isn’t rappin bout shit that’s new….PERIOD!! Eminem always brings a side not seen. KL music is more R&B period…he would get his ass handed to him in a battlepap..no doubt
Gay head from your father
Y’all haters are just mad because Eminem turned your wives, girlfriends and mommas into cumguzzlers.
Eminem is the greatest MC alive.
y’all need to quit hating and just give Em his respect, and then go back to listening to whoever the hell you enjoy. Eminem isn’t even my favorite rapper of all time either. Biggie and Fabolous are two of my favorites. However, you have to admit that Em raps circles around MOST rappers.
Honestly he runs circle around every rapper that exists… He’s not my favorite rapper but when he spits its something Special. Kinda like KRS-One when he raps Live and shows people what a True MC sounds like.
Em is a fast rapping freak show. Look at his fans commits…
Ice cube is way better than this guy, smart rhymes over real subjects and with a good sound to it
Eminem is a grown up slim jesus and everybody loves him
If you want to see the true face of Black America, then read the comments. Blacks in America are the biggest racist turds. Go look at Boondocks when MLK woke up from his Coma and gave his farewell speech to the blacks. Everything he said is 100% true.
Then why are you coming to hiphop websites and watching black tv shows you sensitive pink weirdo? Stop following black people around and get your own culture. Notice how black people don’t cry about you on country music websites? btw Most people leaving racist comments are white people. These sites were peaceful before pink boys invaded.
Hip Hop is a global phenomenom. A Culture for open minded people, no place for racism or discrimination in any kind. Also never been a black thing in the first place. Hip Hop was started by Blacks, Puerto Ricans and a few white dudes been involved too.
Hip Hop is NOT black, its multi-cultural but you racist black turds wouldnt know that. You dont know shit about Hip Hop. What black tv shows are you talking about? The ones that are produced by white people? I dont watch that bullcrap. Only degenerates do. Go preach black supremacy is Africa.
1. Eminem 2. Tupac 3. Drake 4. Tech N9ne/Strange Music 5. Odd Future 6. Kanye West 7. Nas/Jay-Z 8. Kendrick Lamar 9. J Cole 10. Logic Honorable mentions: A$AP Mob, Curren$y/Jet Life, Lil Wayne, Lil B *Get in where you fit in!*
1. Nas 2. Nas 3. Nas 4. Nas 5. Nas 6. Nas 7. Nas 8. Nas 9. Nas 10. Nas Honrable mentions: Nas daughter, baby mama and Jeep that King HOV left his dirty condom on the baby seat. Fuck you for putting King HOV on this list! Acknowledge the king…
And that’s exactly why I have Jay-Z fans listed on my list. Thanks for proving my point.
Shout out to the Stans! Thank you, sir, for taking the time out of your day to think of a list of annoying rap/hip-hop fanbases – it’s something I’ve been searching for lately – thank you! I’m going to go back to touching myself to the song Kim now while thinking about this wonderful, factious list.
I hear bitches get turnt up to The Monster with Rihanna and Berserk at the club, shit get crazy
Lord Infamous
Tommy Wright 3rd
Koopsta knicca
Skinny pimp
Gangsta pat
Dj zirk
Dj squeeky
Triple six mafia
Spanish fly
Lo key
Criminal mane
187 family
Buckshot
Primo
Maniac
Playa fly
And the rest of memphis the true foundation of any rapper out.