Tyler, The Creator flexed his Eminem admiration to Yelawolf.
Back in 2013, Yelawolf was part of Eminem’s tour, which also featured the Odd Future crew, and the former Shady affiliate reveals how Tyler, the Creator rapped the entire Eminem set to show off in front of him.
“I remember Tyler mouthing every single word of every song Marshall played,” he reveals. “I remember that vividly. We were all by the soundboard and Tyler just knew every word to every song and he made sure that I knew he knew.”
“[He was] like, ‘You’re signed to Eminem? I’ll rap this whole song right to your face. You don’t know this song.’”
While he doesn’t like Eminem’s newer music, Tyler had been a lifelong fan of the Detroit rapper, and often named him as one of his inspirations early in his career. “Man, I grew up in the year 2000, I was eight turning nine,” he said. “So I’m looking at like eight, turning nine. So let’s say it’s 2002, 10 turning 11.” He continued: “You’ve got Jay with the whole Roc-A-Fella, you’ve got Shady, Aftermath, you have all these different crews that felt like family. Nas was bringing Queensbridge group like Jungle and them out. Ni–as had this thing. So in my formative years, I’m just watching these crews.”
