Eminem

” The first time somebody said to me that they thought Eminem sounded like me, I personally didn’t hear that. To me, he sounded unique… he sounded like nobody that I had ever heard before. ”

“ [on meeting Eminem for the first time] To be real, that was, like, the only time I’ve ever been low-key. I was really smiley. I was like, ‘Whoa, that’s Eminem,’ you know? ”

“[after meeting Eminem for the first time] Goal list check: I told him Relapse was one of the greatest albums to me.”

“ Marshall is the type that never really stops recording, so when you get in the studio he’s in the back room where the booth is and the door is locked. Nobody’s allowed back there, nobody ever knows what he’s doing. All I know is that he’s constantly working, so if he told me that he had an album ready right now, I would believe him because he’s like a work horse. He works every day. ”

“ [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! ”

“ Eminem is like the godfather of the hip hop game… Eminem has followers that’s gonna mess with him until the day he dies. ”

“ 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! ”

“ Eminem is tough, man. I don’t care what color he is. I don’t care about none of that. Real artists respect real artists, man… I tell people to this day. If Em was black, he’d be the next Muhammad Ali, man. ”

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” [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. ”

“ Em definitely influenced a lot in my style. I don’t think nobody’s matching him now. ”