Lil Wayne talks about battle rap and shows respect for Eminem.
In a recent interview, Lil Wayne goes back in time during the competitive hip-hop in battle rap era, and shows praise for Eminem for his skills. The Cash Money legend recently sat down with Bleacher Report, where he explains competitive hip-hop while mentioning the Detroit emcee as an example.
“I was around when rap music was competitive. I was around when there was such thing called ‘battle rap.’ That was an art form of rap where I can literally, It was almost almost comedic,” he said. “What I mean by that is, a comedian can, you know, they roast each other. They don’t mean nothing by it.”
He continued, “Battle rap was the same. You got these people. They standing in the circle and you know… Eminem might take your head off about something you felt great about yourself in the mirror before you got there, you know, and then they come back and do the same. So, that was an art form. They had people that, to this day, there’s battle raps that went down and they are not filmed, they aren’t recorded and there are legends come out of that because of that. We don’t have that no more. I was around during that.”
“Eminem might take your head off about something you felt great about yourself in the mirror before you got there” – Lil Wayne on Eminem as a battle rapper pic.twitter.com/b0o5zWkxCI
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In the interview with Taylor Rooks, Lil Wayne also talks about his music with Kevin Durant, the evolution of the industry, wanting to perform at the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show, proud of Drake’s success, predicts Ja Morant to be the next face of the NBA and more.
