Did You Know? Eminem tested Kendrick Lamar to see if he had a ghostwriter

If you’re a fan of both Eminem and Kendrick Lamar, then sit tight because this story is truly interesting.

Ed Sheeran revealed on The Zack Zang Show that he heard from Rick Rubin that Eminem tested Kendrick Lamar to make sure he was really writing his own verses.

The two collaborated for Love Game, a song off of the 2013 album, The Marshall Mathers LP2. Eminem invited Kendrick to the studio, kicked out Kendrick’s crew and told him to write his verse for Love Game right there.

“Eminem heard that Kendrick Lamar was the best rapper and he invited him to the studio to get him on a song,” Sheeran says in the interview. “He arrived and Kendrick came with all his mates and Eminem said, ‘I just want you in the studio, just you on your own and then my engineer is gonna come in and then record you doing it, but your mates aren’t allowed in.

“Kendrick did it, wrote a sick verse, and then everyone came in to listen to it. Eminem said that he did it to test Kendrick because he thought he had a ghostwriter. He then realised that he didn’t then claim [Kendrick] was the best.”

Kendrick apparently already suspected that Eminem would do that but not on that scale. He said during a 2014 radio interview:

“He brought me out to Detroit, I had a show, and he brought me to the studio to do a hook… I go in, do the hook, and he’s like ‘I like the hook.’ Then I’m like, ‘Alright, cool, I’m finna dip,’ then he says ‘Think you could do a verse?’… The thing with Em which was crazy to me is he kicks everybody out of the studio… I took it as him kicking everybody out to see if it’s really you writing those raps that you’re writing.”

Interesting, right?

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