Speaking during a recent interview with The Bootleg Kev Podcast the Detroit rapper recalled his experience working with Eminem, who released 2001 album 'Devil's ...
“I was experimenting. I managed it for a little while. Dre](https://www.nme.com/artists/dr-dre), [Snoop Dogg](https://www.nme.com/artists/snoop-dogg), [50 Cent](https://www.nme.com/artists/50-cent) and [Kendrick Lamar](https://www.nme.com/artists/kendrick-lamar). “I didn’t take anything hard until I got famous,” Em explains. I don’t know how many we had.” And when I say we had the motherlode. I hadn’t found a drug of choice. And if you think you coulda, change it,’” he said. I was like, ‘Bro, you are sick’.” I think we had fun after the studio,” he said. He also recalled how he didn’t think he had a problem at that stage. He was on yo ass.”
Eminem is one of the most successful and beloved rappers of all time, and part of the reason for that is how hard he works at his craft.
And if you think you coulda, change it.’ But I never listened to him [laughs]. [Eminem](https://uproxx.com/music/eminem-royce-da-59-tribute-pat-stay/) is one of the most successful and beloved rappers of all time, and part of the reason for that is how hard he works at his craft. I guess he couldn’t wait ’til I came back — the next day, he had did them for me.
Lana Del Rey has cited the likes of Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley and Nirvana as huge influences, yet she has described Eminem as "chang[ing] my life."
The incident hasn’t stopped Del Rey from listening to Eminem, though. Sadly unsurprising due to the rapper’s track record of threatening women within his lyrics, he rapped, “Play nice? Hip-hop beats form the structure of many of Del Rey’s tracks, such as ‘Born to Die’ and ‘Summer Bummer’, with the musician undoubtedly drawing inspiration from Eminem to create these sounds.