After an interview with Snoop Dogg on the Breakfast Club, angry Eminem fans are now taking aim at Snoop for his comments, and Royce Da 5’9″ is not having it.
To many’s surprise, when Snoop was asked what his top 10 list of rappers looks like, his long time collaborator and friend, Eminem did not make the cut. Dre has probably put Eminem in the position to where he could be like labeled as one of Top 10 rappers ever. I don’t think so, but the game feels like he’s Top 10 lyricist and all that comes with it but that’s just because he’s with Dr. Dre and Dr. Dre helped him find the best Eminem he could find,” states the ‘Doggystyle’ rapper, and continues to elaborate by saying, “there’s some n-ggas in the ’80s he can’t fuck with. Like Rakim, like Big Daddy Kane, like KRS-One, like LL Cool J, shall I go on? Like Ice Cube. You understand me?”
Eminem fans are as loyal as they come and took his statements as disrespectful to the ‘Rap God’, but after the explanation of his list, it is hard to argue with Snoop’s logic as all of the artists that he named are immortalized in hip hop history. Another long time collaborator and close friend of Eminem, Royce Da 5’9″, stepped in to defend Snoop and his comments. “Snoop is qualified to say everything that he just said… And yes, I agree that Dre gave us the best version of Marshal we could’ve ever seen. I completely understand his criteria he’s going by. I’m the other way around as a fan. Snoop ain’t as high on my list as Em, but I can’t live without Doggystyle. I’ll take that over any Em album.. It’s all subjective,” tweets Royce.
As a close affiliate to Eminem and his music, Royce understands that his numbers might take a hit after what he said because he could be seen as a traitor to Em, but he could not care less. “F-ck them. Their conditional love is no longer accepted here…” he responds.
