51 and still the GOAT 🔥💯

Em is dope..... I am Nigerian, I live in Nigeria and I listen to Eminem everyday

1999 - I was working outside that day in that parking lot. I was a worker for MuchMusic in Toronto for Electric Circus dance club on Queen St., I am standing way to the right off cam smoking a joint watching him do the interview, after the interview all I heard was "fuck man that smells good" and he pointed at me and all I did was point back. it maybe dumb but to get that acknowledgement back in 1999 was insane and will stay with me forever.

I started listening to him in 2000. And it's been THE SAME f*cking thing for almost 25 years: People who have absolutely no sense of humor take EVERYTHING at face value. Sarcasm, irony, creativity, metaphors, all go over their heads. What people judged him for is the same content that developed my sense of humor when I was a child. He is witty, funny and sarcastic. And critics and alike have always been too self-important and serious to get what Em was actually doing.

He deserves all respect and appreciation.

Happy Birthday to the GOAT I celebrated my own birthday yesterday.. I was shook asf when I found out his birthday was the day after mine 😂😂 been listening to this man since I was in diapers.. Dude taught me to stand up for myself and fight back from a young age.. Listening to dude saved my life in some really low spots “I’m that light at the end of the tunnel so people are always looking to me as they’re going through it”

On the occasion of his birthday you dropped this,thats dope stevie

Nobody can discredit what this man has done for hiphop culture. Hiphop is a worldwide culture, and been so since 90s. Black americans are a VERY SMALL minority in hiphop as a whole worldwide. They do realize hiphop really is a worldwide culture? There are MCs, DJs, Breakdancers and painters in EVERY SINGLE COUNTRY. This does NOT mean it discredits them, or their culture IN ANY WAY. They should be happy this culture we all now love, has grown to something like this. It conects people from all over the world. Some kid from South-Africa, Thailand, or even Finland is sitting in his little room room, in his miserable life... Listening to hiphop. Helping them get through life. These racist little opinions people have, have absolutely nothing to do with hiphop.. But everything to do with their own little small-minded world views.

No great battle rapper has been able to translate into making songs or albums like Em. He is the consummate battle rapper but he still makes songs that we can identify with and feel which is more important to me.

Em is tatted on my shoulder so my dedication to that brotha can be viewed by anyone who sees me 💯

I wish we can relive the late 90’s/early 2000’s era

Em IS Hip Hop. Full stop.

Happy birthday to the GOAT! Been listening to his music since 2000. Never saw colour as his music transcended all of that bs to me. Thank God he's blessed to celebrate another year and we've been able to join and witness this legend's journey all these years!

I hate this bullshit that people be sayin about color of someone's skin. I don't care if you black, white or purple man if you dope, you dope and no one can change that or take that away from you bruh. Eminem is one of the dopest lyricists of all time, plain and simple. 💯🔥

You know, I'm old enough to remember when Em's skin color wasn't a real big deal.... not when it came to the number of people who would be outside and picket his shows simply over his lyrics and topics. Don't get me wrong, people did hate him being successful as a white rapper.... but they also hated him for what he was saying and what he was talking about, not to mention the cussing, FAR MORE than his skin color. It really wasn't until he proved he had STAYING POWER, and HUGELY SUCCESSFUL (3rd album) that the hatred over lyrics and topics died down and the focus became pretty much NOTHING BUT HIS SKIN COLOR. At which point, it was far too late. He had the fanbase and track-record (as well as record tracks) to withstand that line of attack. As proven by the DECADES of putting out tracks that a lot of his haters still can't even MATCH, let alone top in order to prove that they "can do better" than he can.

I think that it's unbelievable (and heartbreaking) that he still doesn't get the respect and appreciation he deserves... I think that he is dynamic, beautiful, and a genius. Thank you for this vid! much luv ✌️🩶

I have never seen this interview. Thanks Stevie for sharing and reacting.

I feel like that story is a helluva lot deeper than what hes sayin' im certain theres all of things he doesnt let just anyone hear, the man is a diamond!!

Imagine struggling for years. Being dead ass broke trying to turn your dreams into reality and feeling like nothing is working. Then you hand your tape to some kid after losing the rap Olympics and 3 days later you get a call from Dr Dre… overnight success they say…

People don't understand the technical aspect of hip hop or the complexity behind wordplay. So I agree 💯 if your not in the culture you can't critique it. You can give opinions but don't act like your word is bond.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EM!!!! KEEP WALKING THE WALK!!!

This was dope. Love hearing Eminem speak on his craft and those that get it. The ones where he mentions Tupac and storytelling is fire too. Also I love music, but you definitely have a deeper understanding when it comes to bars, ect. This was a good one.

Dre really bet it all on Eminem. Like they just said, Dre had a few bad years and the studio wanted him out

Eminem is so intelligent every word he says has meaning, only people who can think in different directions can understand him

I used to think skin color mattered. I would only allow myself one favorite white rapper(Em). But Em himself made me realize how dumb that actually was. Also I'm white. Not that it really matters, but that lie/misinformation got me too.

Eminem blew up when he was 27. He started rapping when he was 15 . Noone can say he didn't pay his dues

The man has elevated the game and brought new levels multiple points over his career. Funny how he called his shot here He dont get credit for it, but several of his releases even recent years pushed rap and rappers ⬆️

Master T was a great interview. Shout out to him and Much Music (canada)

What a great video. Thanks Stevie for the showing

I was fucking with Em back then and I'm still fucking with Em now he is the 🐐 give that man his flowers 💐 Happy Birthday Slim Shady 🙏🏼

Most rappers from 80s and 90s had a battle background, the way Wu tang was set up it was like friendly battles on tracks, but as far as running the actual battle competitions Em is probably the only successful artist that done the whole circuit, others was more like street battles, or like DMX and K Solo prison battles.

best rapper ever

Love your commentary & thoughts on EM & this issue, thank you for sharing 😊

Cassidy was a pretty experienced battle rapper iirc. Some of the old school MCs def did, but again, those were NY dudes. Also, I think Snoop battled as well. But again, i don't think any of them lived and died by battling to the extent Em appears to have.

I'm glad you said Biggie lol. I was literally about to post something while you mentioned Biggie. Respect! 👊🏾 And you're right, not to the extent that Eminem was doing it.

Love this interview! A lot of things being said....that haters seem to forget! Eminem always knew how to hit during interviews like this! 😂😂😂 He put out music that people could & still do relate to.....more so than some will give him credit for!!!

You can’t say remotely half the shit he said in this interview in 2023 🤣🤣🤣🔥 HBD SHADY 🫡🔥

Stevie Knight, you should check out Eyedea. He was coming up the same time as Eminem. White kid who can freestyle like no other. He also came from the battle rap. He even won the Blaze Battle that HBO put on. He passed away a few years back. But his story telling is on another leave. Eyedea is a deep thinker. Even Shadows Have Shadows is the Eyedea song to breakdown. It will blow you away.

Thanks for always keeping 💯 Appreciate

Happy 51st Birthday to the GOAT 🐐

Love this , great way to celebrate the Goats b day!!! Em has always been so brutally honest

Great video Stevie

Hey there Eminem ,you always were phenomenal, I give such great respect to you and always loved your music since Slim Shady,keep it up honey go all the way. You deserve all the best🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶

We still love Em. Happy 51st goat!

Such great throwback clips and reaction. ❤ and respect

This interview is so dope 👏🏻👏🏻

Give me the mic, let me recite 'til Timothy White Pickets outside the Interscope offices every night Hahaha

I remember this. Great interview from the vault. Golden now. Great reaction too

One of the greatest interviews

Happy Birthday Eminem 🐐🐐🐐

Great interview

Yo Stevie that was filmed here in Toronto at muchmusic downtown!,i remember watching that interview live!! It was fire then !! It’s fire now!!!

BRO MY FATHER BLACK MY MOM WHITE, I was raised from both sides and literly em is such un undereated legend. This song has such a reality check to it, and the way delivered plus less is more production, by DRE is absolute DREAM TEAM. Legendaery song!

Bruh if we could only get a SK and Em interview!!!!

Big is the reason I got so deep into rap. Love him. I literally know every single word to every single song he has ever made and/or been involved in. He was not a battle rapper. Never. Period. He was just a smooth muthafucka

Kurupt was a battle rapper, probably why he's in ems top 10

Not a lot battle rappers , make it mainstream, the ones that have only battle rap in shows , but none have blown up to make albums like Eminem and if they have , it wasn’t successful at all

Happy Birthday to the Rap God. Marshall. Bruce. Mathers. III.

Happy birthday to the greatest rapper of all time the one and only eminem

Funny facts that old Eminem and new Eminem" only his hair, voice change colour change blonde to black 😂 but he still a G.O.A.T 🔥🔥 then and now forever. 😊😎

"Probably because there are so many kids that can relate..." - Yup, same can be said for that other rapper from Gladwin, Michigan.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EM!!!!!

The video quality is excellent.

I saw Eminem the first time at warped tour 1999 in Montreal. Not many people knew who he was cause he only had one song out at the time. People in the crowd were being so stupid and disrespectful but my friends and I were LOVING it. He was very low budget and only had a folding card table for the DJ and some plastic mushrooms for decorations. Then the next summer of 2000 we saw him at the Up in Smoke tour with Dre, Snoop, Ice Cube, D12, Warren G, Nate Dog and others. The difference between shows was insane!

Master T was a great interviewer. Shout out to him and Much Music (canada)

I remember watching that interview on Much. Those were the days. It was crazy to see Em in Canada.😅

Happy Birthday GOAT!!

What up Stevie knight glad yr doing well

I'd love to see you start covering Eyedea's work. Eyedea & Abilities. Eyedea is one of THE dopest and *imo* SHOULD be mentioned in conversations regarding: Battling, Freestyling, Writing, Creativity, Technicality, Poetry, Storytelling, etc.. He had it all. Eyedea could sit at a table with Jay-Z, Eminem, and Big L and hold his own without breaking a sweat. Perhaps even excel. He was was different. And HIGHLY underappreciated/unknown. May he rest in peace! As for Abilities? He's one of the slickest vinyl scratchers/producers Hip-Hop has had the pleasure of hearing. His cuts, samples, scratching and mixing *abilities* are top notch, one of the best, bar none. All analog back in the day, and when they performed live it sounded JUST like the records. He's incredible. Had the pleasure of seeing him DJ a solo set, then DJ for The Pharcyde last year. I got to give him daps and he acknowledged me a few times during the show. Love him. EYEDEA & ABILITIES. Please, Stevie! Watch Eyedea's battles, watch his freestyles. Listen to their music! Try "Kept" , "One Twenty" , "E&A Day" , "Big Shots" for some straight Hip-Hop. His music gets so deep, but those are just some bops I think you might like the vibe of. I'm spazzin' on my keyboard rn though. I gotta stop makin' reccs or I'll never stop. If it weren't for Eminem getting me obsessed with Hip-Hop, I wouldn't have discovered all of my other favorites artists in the genre. Em is GOATED for eternity. Love your content, Stevie. Been subbed for years, keep talkin' your $#!T!

Oh nobody never mentions that, after dre left death row and came back with aftermath Em played a major role.oh and wasn't no black people trying to put 50 on either,so he played a major role in giving 50 a shot on his label.

Luv u hip hop 4 giving EVERY1 THAT OUTLET!!!!!

I respect Eminem for never playing victim.

Its sad we havent moved forward towards acceptance and unity in 25 years

It’s amazing that one of Eminem’s best interview was conducted in a parking lot. 🔥🔥🔥 I love this 👉🏽 15:14 😅

🔥🔥 Stevie

Em gets way too much hate and way too much love. The Stans and Haters ruin the Eminem conversation. He's one of the best ever and earned his respect in the rap game.

51 who wears a massive gold chain with style. Blonde dye to black dye.....kings never die!

Happy Birthday Goat 🐐

holy shit that was a great interview

Yo, Master T from Much Music (Canadian MTV). I used to love his segments.

That’s the especial ingredients Em back then even to date that his life experiences millions around the world can relate to Eminems life to their own! That ingredients is so profound to sell a record! It’s like listening to a therapy session lol

In the words of jadakiss "I been had a white fan base before the signing of marshall" The way people act like eminem created white hip hop fans bugs me

Happy birthday to the GOAT!!! 🔥🔥

The interviewer is master t, a Toronto legend who is a really nice guy

Eminem ALSO wrote and featured on “Forgot about Dre” he wrote that whole song.

yo that interviewer was smooth af with the questions tho

Eminem wearing a Detroit jacket.. always reppin the D

Eminem is the real G.O.A.T!! ❤❤

Ces Cru backpacked battle rapped thru..NY, and different cities until Tech picked them up...and their writing skills and intelligence is ON... especially like you said coming from Battling.

Talent comes from the heart and soul, not the complexion of the skin! Get so annoyed seeing hateful and ignorant comments simply because of Eminem's skin tone. Get over it!

Crazy is.... after that.... he wrote probably the best album since Thriller

To the GOAT 🐐 happy birthday 🎉🎉🎉

"Foolish Pride" by Em 🔥🔥😜

Happy birthday Em the best their is

Happy birthday Em!

dmx and jay Z was known as really good battle rappers before they popped. same as Eminem

Guilty Conscience is one of the most Legendary, Artistic songs out there. At that time and even now people would look at it and kind of Ick, specially the last scene LOL. but i still bump that song and go bar for bar. it's just a song, it's art. Ehh BIG UPS TORONTO!! That Interview is Much Music in Canada. We F with Em in Canada heavy. Listen Eminem is a White man, who never tried to claim to be black or be an ally. He grew up around brothers, and did not fall in love with the culture, He grew up in it. He is in the culture as much as any other brother. The colour is not what makes you apart of the culture. it's growing up in it, the struggle and truly growing with your brothers. Eminem is the true definition of an Ally. He can show Both Empathy and Sympathy to the Culture and the people in it. On a Lyrical level, just go back to Em's high pitch voice era songs. His bars and flow was immaculate. When you get a random drive to play a song by someone because you love the fact that you can go bar for bar with the song, and break down thoughtful bars, while appreciating the flow it's being delivered in, That artist is AMAZING Period. i use to go BAR FOR BAR with Superman, not even knowing what it was about as a kid. Now as an adult i go BAR FOR BAR with the song, feeling every last verse and word said. That is a masterpiece if i have ever seen one. Drake even sampled it.

Happy belated birthday Shady

love this interviewer. love his jacket haha

Eminem is the Absolute G.O.A.T. 👏❤️💪✊