Eminem

“ [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. ”

“ Nobody’s gonna be bigger than Eminem. ”

“ (on listening to Eminem’s delivery for the first time) It was like you were listening to a scientist. ”

“ 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. ”

“ All I know is, I completed my dharma when I met you in Detroit. I have never felt better my entire life. ”

“ One thing that been with me is that Eminem is not to be fucked with ever in hip-hop, ever. ”

“ If you notice, out of everybody I ever took a shot at, that’s the only person that is untouched. He’s in a bubble and you don’t even say nothing to Eminem, and to anybody that ever does, God bless you and your career. ”

“ 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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“ [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! ”

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

“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.”