Ras Kass talks about touring with Eminem.
Rapper Ras Kass recently sat down with DJ Sanchez for an interview on ‘The Lesson‘ where he talks about the 2000s days when he went on the ‘Anger Management’ tour with Eminem.
He was already putting out an album a year because he was doing so well. “The Eminem Show” already came out if I recall correctly. Maybe, the album wasn’t out yet. Maybe, “Marshall Mathers LP”. And “The Eminem Show” was coming out but he already had the art, his show was designed like “The Eminem Show”. He hadn’t even heard of 50 Cent yet.
“I knew Eminem before Paul Rosenberg and Dr. Dre,” says Ras. “I knew him from Detroit, he opened up for me. I already knew them, like they were dope, so just dope people, Proof, Royce, whatever. Paul started managing Xzibit, I had my record deal, everybody had a record deal, that’s how I met Obie. I was working going golden child, this is before sh*t was going completely bad. Xzibit had whatever album he had out, he had already done the Dre Sh*t, so he was in a great place, I was coming out with Xzibit and then Eminem’s coming out with D12 and Obie Trice, he hasn’t heard of 50 Cent. Then we went and did the ‘Anger Management’ tour.”
When Ras Kass was questioned about touring with Eminem after Marshall signed 50 Cent, he had to first clear the air and remember when he shared the stage with Em. “Then the tour came overseas but I already had a criminal case so I couldn’t go overseas so that’s when 50 Cent joins, he signs 50 during the ‘Anger Management’ tour. The bodyguards, Eminem’s bodyguards were all these manhattan bodyguard dudes, they were New Yorkers, they had mixtapes, they planned 50 Cent sh*t, that’s how Eminem heard of 50 Cent. Em signs 50 Cent and then they went on ‘Anger Management’ tour in Europe but I couldn’t go.”
Despite not being at Eminem’s side at the moment, Ras Kass seemed to have a good understanding of how Marshall learned about Curtis Jackson: He signs 50 during Anger Management. Eminem never heard of Fifty. I knew 50 Cent because we used to work in the same studio, at Jimmy Henchman’s. The small world of people, I keep telling you, we all know each other. So, Eminem’s bodyguard were all these Manhattan bodyguard dudes, they were New Yorkers. They had mixtapes, they played 50 Cent’s sh*t. That’s how Eminem heard of 50 Cent. Those bodyguards, if they would have just got 1% for what they ended up doing – life-changing, they would have been rich. So that’s how quickly things can change.
Watch the interview below.
