Nas opens up about Eminem turning down a feature request.
Nas recently made an appearance on Joe Budden Podcast for an interview as part of the promo run for his new album “Light Years“, a collab effort with DJ Premier. During the conversation, the rap icon reveals that he reached out to Eminem for a feature on the song “Daughters”, but the Detroit rapper politely turned down the collaboration.
“Every record I do is not a battle,” says Nas. “I remember I had sent the song ‘Daughters’ to Eminem, and at the time, you know, he had spent so much time speaking on daughters, he was like, ‘Thank you, but I told my daughter I’m not doing any more songs directly about daughters at the moment because that’s a sensitive issue with all the music I put out.’”
“But he was like, ‘Thank you, ’cause most people wanna do songs where they’re battling me. It was refreshing to get a record where you’re not coming for me,” he added.
Nas speaking on Eminem:
“Every record I do is not a battle… I remember I sent a record to Eminem & he thanked me but told his daughter he’s not doing any more songs directly about that subject at the moment”
Nas goes on to share Eminem found it ‘refreshing’ that Nas sent him… pic.twitter.com/7R5SOCjQes
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“Daughters” was released back in 2012, as part of Nasir’s tenth studio album “Life is Good”. It was a reflection on the growth of his daughter, Destiny Jones.
Check out the full interview below.
