After placing 5th on Billboard’s list of the greatest rappers of all time, Eminem addressed the issue in the song ‘Realest,’ by Ez Mil
After placing fifth on the list of the 50 best rappers of all time (jay-z ranked first) Eminem seems not to have liked the decision so much – and spoke about it in “Realest,” music by ez thousand released last Wednesday.
In addition, the rapper takes the opportunity to pin the rapper Furious Five and the DJ grandmaster flash. “Hip Hop has been good to me, huh? / But when they say I’m Top 5 because I’m white, why would I be stunned?“, he stated.
My skin color is still working against me. Being white is not why they put me fifth. That’s why they don’t put me first.
Eminem still criticizes honey honeywho spoke about the placement of Eminem as the fifth greatest rapper in history (via Portal RapMore). “Obviously he’s a capable rapper. If you were talking about sales, he sold more than everyone else,” Mel opined during conversation on the podcast Art of Dialogue.
If you were talking about rhyming style, fine, he has a rhyming style. But he is white. He is white!
Source: Rollingstone
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