Eminem speaks onstage at WSJ. Magazine 2014 Innovator Awards at Museum of Modern Art on November 5, 2014 in New York City. (Photo : Getty Images / Mike Coppola)
Hip hop artist Rufus Arthur Johnson, who is professionally known as Bizarre, recently revealed some information Marshall Mathers III, who is professionally known as Eminem. The former talked about his early days with his fellow Detroit artist.
According to the D12 member, he was the one who introduced Eminem to Paul Rosenberg, who became Slim Shadys's longtime business partner and manager. The "Rockstar" rapper mentioned that there were some record firms which passed on Eminem before joining Dr. Dre's "Aftermath."
Bizarre and Eminem wanted to be with Duck Down Music Inc. and Def Squad Records, Such obviously did not happen.
"I can say one label that we really wanted to mess with that didn't end up happening was Duck Down," All HipHop quoted Bizarrre as saying in an interview with DJ Smallz. "He wanted to be at Duck Down, and I wanted to be at Def Squad. I wanted to be down with Erick Sermon."
Bizarre did not talk about the status of the Eminem's new album, which the "Rap God" rapper's camp has been mum about. The scarcity of updates led fans to rely on rumors only and wonder if there will really be a new Eminem album before 2017 while others speculate that he is not inspired to create an album.
Also, Eminem has been busy with side projects. He is collaborating with other recording artists, such as Wisconsin-born singer Skylar Grey for her single "Come Up for Air" from the album "Natural Causes" which is set to be released on Sept. 23.
The "Rap God" rapper helped produce the music video of Grey's single from her latest album. Grey had to rewrite the lyrics three times from Eminem's feedback, MNR Daily reported. Technically, the song is a break-up one, which tells the power of real love and how it can hurt since loving so much could mean waiting forever for the loved one, even till death.
The album lead single "Come Up Air" has a stunning Daniel Carberry-directed video and Grey's lyrics add depth to the song. The song's MV gives insight to the album title, "Natural Causes." Grey's "Don't Look Down" album in 2013 was also executive produced by Eminem.
Listen to Grey's new single below:
