Eminem

“Em deliver his words really, really well…That’s the thing that makes Em so special. He can do voiceovers. He can make his voice sound like a cartoon. He can do whatever he wants on a record.”

“ If I hadn’t met Em or we hadn’t linked up, he would have eventually become a success anyway, because he’s so talented. I was just fortunate enough to meet him first and open the door for him. ”

“ We went on a Desire [on Pink Friday] and put it in the air like, ‘It’d be great if he would collaborate with us.’ I remember I kept talking about it, and I thought, ‘It can’t hurt.’ I sent him one record, and he didn’t love it. He didn’t say, ‘I don’t love it,’ he just said, ‘Can you send me something that’s a little more me?’ I sent him an e-mail and thanked him for that, just having enough respect. Sometimes people don’t respond. He had the respect, at least, to treat me like a peer. ”

“ When Eminem was on Jay-Z’s song, he fucked cuz up on that record! You know what record I’m talking about. He fucked him up on that record completely. Like, damn! ”

“ [after being asked if he’d ever do a track with Eminem] I’m not fin to go in there fuckin’ with that white boy, man! ”

” [On being called Eminem’s favorite rapper] My hat’s always off to Eminem…Eminem, that’s my dude…I’ve run into him on many occasions. My hat’s off to the dude. ”

“ [on battling other rappers] I can’t fuck with Eminem, but I got everybody else covered. ”

“ He really helped me out a lot…Getting on a record with Em definitely pushes you to get your chops up. ”

“ Eminem, he was the one I wanted to be like when I heard his music. I’m like, ‘Man, this dude, I relate to him a lot.’ He was my role model. That was the rapper that stood out more than any other rapper in the rap game. I didn’t even like rap that much until he came in the scene. ”

“ [Eminem] overcoming his own adversities, winning the battle against his own demons and continuing to break the mold and re-set the standard of what it means to be the most successful hip-hop artist in the game…I salute that to no end. ”