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6 days ago
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2 Chainz Explains Why He 'Couldn't Smoke' Around Eminem
2 Chainz reflected on his time in the studio with Eminem while speaking to Shannon Sharpe in an episode of the Club Shay Shay podcast. In the conversation, the 47-year-old revealed that the Detroit rapper's team had some strict guidelines for their session. 'When I did work with Eminem, I couldn't smoke in there. It was kinda funny,' detailed the Atlanta rapper. 'It was his people, not Eminem. Eminem was somewhere writing, but his people are just so concerned with him, they put the speakers outside so I could listen to the beat.' 'I'm outside, it's a beautiful day in Malibu, I'm just smoking the speaker's outside. I come back in to do my verse, and the door's closed and I'm in the booth smoking and I see Em out there and I'm like 'he in there while I'm recording, this hard'. He's about to come in and say something and some of his people are like 'no, don't go in there, he's smoking,' and Em looks like 'sit the f**k down.' I guess he was thinking like 'what do you think I'm about to do?'' he explained. The 'Epiphany' rapper continued, 'I remember them tripping on him, and he was not tripping at all.' Last year, the Detroit musician celebrated 16 years of sobriety since overcoming an addiction to alcohol and drugs earlier in his career. The landmark in his wellness journey was marked with a social media upload that featured the rapper displacing his sobriety medallion. 'My addiction didn't start in my early days when I was coming up. We used to drink 40s on the porch and just battle rap each other. My drug usage started at the beginning of that first album,' he detailed. 'I didn't take anything hard until I got famous. I was experimenting. I hadn't found a drug of choice. Back then, you went on tour, and people were just giving you free drugs. I managed it for a little while. And then, it just became, I like this sh*t is too much and I don't know how to stop.' In 2022, Eminem and his longtime manager, Paul Rosenberg, reflected on how the Grammy-winner learned to rap again after his near-fatal 2007 overdose. More from Eminem Beats Out Kendrick Lamar For Hip-Hop Awards At 2025 AMAs, Social Media Reacts Eminem Stalker Convicted Of First-Degree Home Invasion 2 Chainz And Omar Epps Unite For 'Red Clay' Short Film
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19-02-2025
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DJ Paul Clarifies Three 6 Mafia's 'Satanist' Claims
DJ Paul has cleared up any confusion about Three 6 Mafia's rumored affiliation with Satanism. For the record, it was all a gimmick. During his recent appearance on the Dumb Blonde Podcast, the 48-year-old spoke on the origins of the group's name and how it became associated with the devil. 'Basically Lord Infamous said it in a song and I liked that and I was like, 'Whoa, that's dope,'' he began. Paul continued, 'I started sampling it and that became really popular with us, but that still wasn't our name. I was just sampling and then it was time to form a group, I was like, 'We should call ourselves Triple 6 Mafia,' and everybody liked it. And then next thing I know, white fans came like that. [snapped] They flocked to us.' Paul was asked if Infamous toyed with Satanism, and he laughed. 'No. He was just high,' he noted. 'That n***a grew up singing 'Amazing Grace' in church and I was playing the organ. We was in the church every Sunday in Mississippi.' Of the association, Paul added, 'It was just an image. It was just something that was cool. We never studied Satan or nothing like that. I don't know nothing about all that.' Crunchy Black, though, once opened up about a 'deal he made with the devil.' Origin story aside, Juicy J spoke on the Oscar-winning group's influence, calling them the 'greatest group of all time' in 2023. On X, he tweeted, 'Peace & love to Three6Mafia. Great to witness our Music still going strong like it never [left], people across the world sampling & remaking the songs we are grateful thank you All #greatestgroupofalltime.' More from Project Pat's Son, Patrick Houston Jr., Dead At 21 Following Memphis Shooting Three 6 Mafia Sues $uicideboy$, Again, For Allegedly Stealing Their Music GloRilla, Juicy J, Yung Miami, And More To Perform At 2024 BET Hip-Hop Awards
