Eminem und LL Cool J scheinen eine tiefe Freundschaft miteinander zu pflegen: Im Jahr 1987 veröffentlichte LL Cool J seinen Track „I’m Bad“. „Eminem reflects on the time LL Cool J gifted him a chain inspired by his iconic look in the ‚I’m Bad‘ video. Eminem has made no secret of his respect for LL Cool J. In fact, Shady previously shouted out the legendary rapper on the thirtieth anniversary of ‚Mama Said Knock You Out'“, so HotNewHipHop über die Beziehung der beiden. In der Paramount+-Serie „Behind the Music“ soll Eminem über seinen Rap-Kollegen gesprochen haben und über eine wertvolle Kette, die ihm LL Cool J geschenkt habe.
„Since I was a little kid I always wanted a chain“, so soll sich Eminem laut HotNewHipHop gegenüber der „iconic gold chain“ geäußert haben, die LL Cool J in dem Musikvideo zu „I’m Bad“ trug. Weiterhin fuhr das Magazin fort: „‚I was recording with Rick Rubin and I was like, Yo, can you ask LL where he got his chains from? So he had these made and sent them to me‘. After Eminem appeared in his notorious anti-Trump BET freestyle rocking a similar chain, many fans actually speculated that LL had something to do with it. Evidently, such theories were correct“. Emins Ziel seien der „swagger“ und die „confidence“ von LL Cool J gewesen: „‚That is what made me actually want to rap'“.
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