Nelly is in his reflection period. He’s fascinated about his early-career feud with Eminem, admitting he regrets the misunderstanding that sparked their transient rivalry.
Throughout a latest look on The Bootleg Kev podcast (March 24), the St. Louis rapper apologized for the previous rigidity and confirmed they’ve since reconciled.
“I misinterpreted one thing after I was actually, actually new, and I wish to apologize to Em,” Nelly stated. “However I used to be at a time the place I’m coming in, I’m the brand new man, anyone speaking… Properly, in some way I misinterpreted that he had one thing to say about what we had been doing.”
Get this, the strain dates again to the early 2000s when Nelly, then a rising star, appeared on MTV’s Complete Request Stay and responded to what he believed had been refined disses from Eminem. “I don’t play with sweet. I eat M&Ms…. I simply don’t suppose [the] dude plan[s] on coming to tour to St. Louis,” he stated on the time.
When trying again, Nelly acknowledged his response stemmed from being “nonetheless recent from the Lou” and admitted his assumptions had been mistaken. He now considers Eminem “the GOAT.”
Eminem fired again with lyrics on the 2002 observe “Invasion,” rapping: “Stomping in my Air Drive Ones/However you gained’t be capable of inform/If it’s two pairs or one/It’s simply gonna really feel like so many ft kicking you.”
The feud didn’t final lengthy, nonetheless. The 2 rappers finally cleared the air at a Detroit afterparty the place Eminem was along with his daughter, Hailie Jade.
“Anyone got here and was like, ‘Yo, Em wanna come via and holler,’” Nelly recalled. “He was like, ‘Yo man, my daughter…’ I felt like such a dick. We had been Eminem followers! And simply miscommunication, man.”
Nelly expressed reduction that they resolved the battle, saying: “He’s a dope cat, and I’m glad we acquired that out of the way in which. It’s fked up when folks that you simply f–okay with and that you simply admire on a degree… it’s like dude spit. I’m glad we squashed that. Em is a cat.”
