"if em was black, he'd be the next muhammad ali of the game" - rakim

[I love Latina women]

56 second mark

 

[MJ Truth]

If Eminem was Black he'd about as well known as Ras Kass.

 

[Groanman]

We love our mothers with blind faith.
With that being said, Em would be performing "MY NAME IS" at county fairs bar mitzvahs just to make ends meet.

 

[mr.africa]

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

old shyt and this is type of material that will the coli silitants all up in a crazy angle..Rakim is a c00n..

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

or maybe..

if you know what i mean?????

 

[hu3ypdadon]

Rakim just needed that check from interscope

 

[Mowgli]

Jesus get off that cacs fukking dikk. Its Digusting.

If eminem was black he wouldnt be rapping about that Dumb shyt and would just be another good black rapper with nice rhyme structure. fukk outta here.

 

[BrothaZay]

Coli lames finna be upset

 

[SirBiatch]

Interviewer don't even care about Rakim. like 99% of Em fans.

 

[Harry B]

He was probably signed to Aftermath and he probably meant in terms of success, imagine if we had a rapper who was that big. Even when he's completely ass, he still moves more units than Drake.

 

[Mike the Executioner]

It's almost like it's impossible for someone to just talk positive about Eminem without people getting their feelings hurt.

 

[SunZoo]

If Eminem was Black he'd about as well known as Ras Kass.

If Jay Z was white he'd be Pete Nice

If you're talking about black emcees with similar skill sets or niche then you can certainly find some decent comparisons but they don't have his story. Of course him being relatable to white folk is one of the main catalysts but without that element the entire story changes. His story and ability to convey it in such a personal manner far outweighs his lyrical style on the list of things that made him a star. You change his race and you change the environment in which all that was cultivated.

If we have this conversation around the time Infinite drops it's a different story because at that point he was rapping to be rapping...because he could and was good at it. Had he stayed in that lane he would have remained interchangeable and would have gotten lost in the sea with the rest of the young black teenagers...but that ain't the case.

 

[SirBiatch]

Rakim = "the black guy who cosigned Eminem"

Let's conveniently forget that Rakim and Eminem have had the same agent for decades. But this is a genuine cosign

 

[SunZoo]

Rakim just needed that check from interscope

If that was the case he would have just conformed to what Dre wanted. nikkas kill me thinking pioneers of lyricism like Ra, Kane, KGR would have to be paid off or given some kinda stimulus package to big up Eminem...he is of their ilk, from their linage stylistically.