Rapper The Game has finally opened fire against Eminem and all his associates: 50 Cent, Dr. Dre, and even Em's only biological daughter Hailie Jade on a 10-minute rampant "The Black Slim Shady" on his Drillmatic album cut. It's an ironic sight, especially knowing how Em was among responsible people for The Game's breakthrough in 2005 with his sophomore album, The Documentary. He even put Em among his list of top five of alive emcees below Lil Wayne, Nas and Jay-Z last year - so the question is, how did he switch up his feelings that fast?
The Compton rapper even went as further as taking away credits from Dre, who signed him to Aftermath Entertainment label back then, introduced him as a new G-Unit member, and launched his career. Below, we will revisit the timeline of Game and Eminem's relationship throughout the years, and how it suddenly spiraled and went south in 2022.
8 When Did Eminem And The Game's Relationship Begin?
The Game and Eminem's relationship started all the way back in the early 2000s. Em, who was at the peak of his career at the time, was brought as a featured artist for Game's major-label debut The Documentary on the track "We Ain't."
Game was just getting ready to get elevate his career to a whole new level after being signed to Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment label, just like Em. He was also brought as the latest addition to 50 Cent's G-Unit squad and featured on the "In da Club" music video, but left due to "creative differences."
7 The Game Has Praised Eminem On Numerous Occasions
Before everything went south this year, The Game used to praise Eminem on many occasions and even went as far as praising Em's comeback album Recovery as a classic. During an interview with Sway Calloway on RapFix Live, the rapper praised Em for being one of the best to ever do it.
He said, "One thing that stuck with me is that Eminem is not to be f**ked with ever in Hip Hop, ever! If you noticed out of everybody I take a shot at, that’s the only person that is untouched. He’s in a bubble and you don’t even say nothing to Eminem. To anybody that ever does. God bless you. He will end your career."
6 What Happened After Eminem's Superbowl Performance?
Dr. Dre gathered some of the most elite emcees and an R&B queen to form an "alliance" of star-studded performances for this year's Super Bowl halftime performance. It's a celebration of (mostly) the West Coast hip-hop scene of the early 2000s, and Game wasn't handling not being included quite well, especially that his arc nemesis, 50 Cent, was on the show.
“The real reason I wasn’t on the Super Bowl [Halftime Show] is because I’m not a ‘safe’ artist,’” he an episode of the I Am Athlete podcast with Brandon Marshall, Pacman Jones and Nick “ Swaggy P” Young. “You don’t know what the Game gon’ do when he get up there. So, it’s just like, ‘He not safe,’ so they went with the safe artists.”
5 The Game Challenged Eminem To A Verzuz
Fast-forward to March 2022, the Game claimed that he is a far better and more superior emcee than Eminem and challenged him to do a Verzuz rap battle. In an interview with Drink Champs, he proclaimed that he "used to think Eminem was better than me. He not. He not. He's not. Challenge it."
He also went on to discredit Dr. Dre for signing him to Aftermath in his early days and said that Kanye West had done more for his career than the fellow Compton rapper.
4 Eminem Made History As The Most Certified Artist In RIAA History
While Game was running his mouth from one interview to another, Eminem just kept on breaking records after records. In the same month, Em made history as one of the only seven musical artists in all genres and eras with three or more Diamond-certified albums, becoming the most certified artist in RIAA history with 73.5 million certifications for singles.
3 Why The Game Called Eminem An 'Industry Puppet'
Game's response? Well, he called Eminem an industry puppet in a long Twitter rant, and of course, touched on how his skin color attributed to his success in hip-hop.
“All this talk I see on the net saying Eminem is better than me because he sold more records is like saying McDonald’s is better than Tam’s burgers, it’s FALSE !!! They just put more money in McDonald’s & promoted the shit out the happy meal dangling toys in kids faces.”
2 The Game's Recent Album Contains A 10-Minute Anti-Eminem Diss Track
Everything leads up to Game's recently-released album, Drillmatic – Heart vs. Mind. The heavily-featured album contains a 10-minute titled "Black Slim Shady" where he aims at his former collaborator and puts out everything he hates about the Detroit legend.
He raps, "I never heard you in a club, I never heard you in a bar / Eleven albums and ten never got played inside of my car" - while referencing so many Eminem songs in the track.
1 Has Eminem Said Anything About The Game's Diss Track?
Eminem hasn't officially responded with a diss track nor jumped on an interview to clear the air, but has anyone from his camp said anything? Westside Boogie, his Shady Record signee, said that he's ready to join the force if necessary.
He said during an interview on Cruz Show while addressing his latest album More Black Superheroes, "I’m pretty sure If Eminem asks me like ‘hey can you get on this song with me?’ to go at Game, I’m pretty sure my loyalty is gonna reside with him and I’m at it."