Calicoe calls out Eminem for a Battle in Detroit.
Detroit Battle rapper Calicoe recently took to social media where he calls out the legendary Eminem for a battle. Calicoe is the son of Blackface, a member of the Detroit-based rap group Rock Bottom, who the Detroit shouted out in his verse on Trick Trick’s 2005 single ‘Welcome To Detroit’.
Calicoe (born Toranio Hightower) is a battle rapper from the Brightmoor neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan. He is noted for his aggressive demeanor and competitive spirit during battles. He is best known for his fight with Loaded Lux, in which he was told, “You gonna get this work.”
In his IG Live, Calicoe says, “How much we got to pay him to come battle in here. We want to battle Eminem in the wild, right over the pool table, I f–k Eminem up. He is so rich he gonna send him clone to battle me.”
He also took to his Twitter to ask people about who would win, if he battles Eminem. “Who would win a battle between these two?”
Calicoe was asked what he thinks of Lord Jamar’s statement that Eminem is a guest in hip-hop and that ni–as in the ghetto don’t listen to him: I’ve gotta be politically sound here. I’m gonna say this. Em is great. Especially when we talk about some battle rap, going platinum, diamond, he’s great. Especially in Detroit. It’s not an easy thing to do, to be a white boy rapping in Detroit. I think he doesn’t care about ni–as in the hood listening to him though. Ni–as in Detroit are listening to Shoebox Money more than any album Eminem got out. People listen to Calicoe more than him in Detroit, and you can quote me on that. You can ask anyone in Detroit: you walk in the club, you hear my sh-t, you don’t hear no Eminem. But what the f–k it’s gonna got to do with Em’s greatness? He’s gotta played in London right now, he’s gotta played in Africa, he’s gotta played everywhere. Why should he care about ni-as in the hood listening to his music, he don’t give a f–k, he’s global, he might be got played on Mars.
Who would win a battle between Eminem and Calicoe?
— #LandSlide (@TheReal_Calicoe) November 7, 2020
I actually beat both those guys very easy https://t.co/RJJuGjp508
— #LandSlide (@TheReal_Calicoe) November 8, 2020
— #LandSlide (@TheReal_Calicoe) November 8, 2020
In a rap story to New York Times, Eminem revealed that Battle rap was the greatest thing that happened to him. “Tuesday night I would go to the Ebony Showcase on Seven Mile. Wednesday night would be Alvin’s. Friday night would be Saint Andrew’s. And then Saturday would be the Hip Hop Shop,” he said. “Proof was hosting open mics at the Hip Hop Shop, and they started having battles.
“The first one that I got in — it was actually the first battle there — I won. And then the second battle, I won it again. I realized maybe I should try to go out of state. So I would hop in the car with friends and drive down to Cincinnati for the Scribble Jam.”
He continued: “Coming up in the battle scene was the greatest thing to happen to me because I knew what lines were going to get a reaction from the crowd. That’s what I would focus on. So when I got signed with Dre, I was trying to translate that to record, to get that reaction. I would picture the listener sitting there and what lines they might react to. I just used that as a formula. Like, ‘How you gonna br–stfeed, Mom?/ You ain’t got no t–s.’”
