Royce Da 5’9″ has set the report straight on the notion that Eminem dissed JAY-Z on his newest single “Tobey.”
Launched on Tuesday (July 2), the Huge Sean and BabyTron-assisted monitor discovered Slim Shady taking challenge together with his No. 5 rating on Billboard and VIBE‘s High 50 Best Rappers of All Time checklist that was revealed final 12 months.
After asserting his standing as a G.O.A.T., the Detroit rap legend spits: “Ain’t feelin’ your high 5 favourite rappers/ So I do know they ’bout to be pissed at me/ However this, to me, is a thriller/ How rappers I’ve already ripped might be/ Greater up on an inventory than me.”
Some interpreted these lyrics as a shot at JAY-Z, who topped Billboard and VIBE‘s checklist, adopted by Kendrick Lamar (No. 2), Nas (No. 3) and 2Pac (No. 4).
After all, the pair joined forces on “Renegade” again in 2001, resulting in Nas famously claiming on his diss music “Ether” that Em “murdered” Hov on his personal monitor.
The hypothesis made it to Royce Da 5’9″‘s Instagram web page, with one person asking him: “You not gonna reply this however…. They saying Em was throwing a shot at Jay in that Tobey joint. Is that true??”
The Unhealthy Meets Evil MC definitively shut down the chatter, replying: “After all not.”
“OF COURSE NOT”
— Royce when requested if Eminem was throwing photographs at Jay-Z in ‘Tobey’. pic.twitter.com/5ZaOl8HGoa
— The Eminem Bible (@Shadyind) July 4, 2024
“Tobey” marks the second single from Eminem’s upcoming twelfth album The Dying of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), which is about to be launched July 12.
It follows “Houdini,” which arrived in late Might together with a whimsical video that calls again to Em’s traditional 2002 single “With out Me.”
Directed by frequent collaborator Wealthy Lee, the superhero-themed visible adopted the 51-year-old as he battled his Slim Shady alter ego who had teleported to the current day from the early 2000s.
It additionally boasted cameos from the likes of Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, The Alchemist, Jimmy Iovine, Pete Davidson and Em’s longtime supervisor Paul Rosenberg, in addition to the rapper’s three kids.
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The music itself channeled the irreverent, rabble-rousing spirit of Em’s early profession with playful jabs aimed toward Megan Thee Stallion and R. Kelly, amongst different targets.
“If I used to be to ask for Megan Thee/ Stallion if she would collab with me/ Would I actually have a shot at a feat?” he rapped, making gentle of the 2020 Tory Lanez taking pictures that left her with bullet fragments in her ft.
Referencing the alleged intercourse tape of Kelly urinating on a minor, he spat: “Within the coupe, leaning again my seat/ Bumpin’ R. Kelly’s favourite group, the Black Man Pees.”
A tracklist for The Dying of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) has but to be launched, however Dr. Dre beforehand confirmed that he has manufacturing on the album.
