Tony Yayo shouts out Eminem on Drink Champs.
Tony Yayo recently made an appearance on N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN’s Drink Champs, where he had a lengthy 5-hour conversation on several topics. During the interview, Yayo recalled 50 Cent’s “In Da Club” video shoots in the early 2000s, when Suge Knight pulled up with an army of Mexican gangsters.
He stated that “Cameras are falling, dancers are running, everybody’s running,” but Eminem was the one who wasn’t afraid.
“This is why I always respected Eminem, 50 and ni**as that was with us,” Yayo said. “Suge came, he had some Mexican ni**as. Now, we from New York; you ain’t never seen a ni**a with a tattoo on his forehead.
“We like, ‘Damn, what we got to lose? If we don’t pop now, we going back to the hood!’ So it’s like, fight these Mexican Blood ni**as, killer ni**as, or go back home to the crib. Might as well go all out and fight right here. We around Dr. Dre so it’s like, ‘Yo, we gotta do what we gotta do.’”
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He continued: “[Suge] lights his cigar and he trying to see what you gon’ do … This is when I knew Eminem was real. He was like, ‘I don’t give a f**k, man’ That’s when I knew, ‘Damn, Eminem is a real ni**a.’ 50 ni**as outside. ‘What’s up?!’ And then the ni**a Suge just walked away. The Mexican ni**as looked kinda confused, they didn’t know what was going on.”
“Eminem came outside, 100 percent. Eminem was like, ‘I don’t give a f**k, man’ Remember, it’s documented, Proof told Suge, ‘Yo, you killed 2Pac’ in the middle of a party. Them Detroit ni**as are kinda crazy, bruh… Them 7, 8 Mile ni**as always been crazy… You could ask anybody, Proof was a wild boy. Rest in peace to Proof.”
Tony Yayo has always shown love for Eminem, and in a previous interview, he praised the Detroit emcee for supporting him throughout his career. “He has always helped me in my career. He’s on my first album. He wore a Free Yayo shirt at the Grammys. So, I’m always gonna show him that respect and love and salute him as well as Dr. Dre and everybody who else built this legacy. As well as Jimmy Iovine too. Cause I mean Jimmy Iovine was a genius. Eminem was a genius. Dr. Dre was a genius. And we all fell in line. I feel like that was the best deal ever.”
“Nobody every did anything in my career besides Eminem and 50 Cent. And I always say, Em doing Free Yayo while I was in jail, I only had to do about two years and they kept my name alive. They started putting my name in the videos and stuff like that and Free Yayo shirt was selling. I’m always gonna salute him… Being attached to Eminem was the best deal, without Eminem and Dr. Dre we would not have that much of a success. Jimmy Iovine, Interscope, Shady, Aftermath – it was a f**king movement that was just f**king unstoppable. And you’ve seen how Eminem singlehandedly took down The Source magazine cause Benzino was always just f**king mad. I don’t know why but he was just always mad.”
