A $2 million price tag is apparently too much for NFL owners, as they declined both Eminem and Kanye West’s counter offers to perform for them at their annual NFL Owners Party.
According to TMZ, Eminem requested upwards of $2 million for a performance at the event. Kanye West agreed to do the performance as well, however his bill was over $1 million, plus numerous other requests that would undoubtedly cost more money.
After turning down the price tags of both rap superstars, the owners called Janelle Monae, who only requested $150,000 for her performance and thus was selected to be the party’s musical entertainment.
The NFL Owners Party is held every year prior to the Super Bowl. Approximately 1,500 people are reported attend the party annually.
Check out TMZ’s full report here.
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This title seems to be a bit misleading. The NFL owners turned down their request, so the article should be titled, “NFL Owners Decline Performance Request from Eminem & Kanye West”
Eh, it’s semantics. The NFL turned down their counteroffer but ultimately Kanye and Eminem turned down their initial offer which started everything.
nah cause they didn’t offer anything initially. they just said “perform for us” and em and ye said what their price was. they’re in the position where they name their price for events like that unless you wanna go dubai/abu dhabi style and offer millions straight up. they wanted to negotiate i’m sure, but they were in way different ranges.
I understand that the NFL owners initially stated their interest in having them perform and Em and Ye responded with their counter offer, but that’s not a hard “no,” that’s just basic negotiations. The NFL owners were the ones that said, “okay, well in that case, we don’t want to have you perform,” therefore, they were the ones that declined the offer, not the artists.
You’re right though, it’s semantics. I’m not ragging on the article title. I’m just saying that once I read the headline, I assumed that Em and Ye declined to perform for whatever reason.
It’s all good. Thanks for the feedback.
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yes the reason being that the NFL couldn’t afford them.uhhhh.
the title of this article was made by 5 year olds…
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looked at your statements with stevie wonder eyes
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Blind Fury can you see your pin
Yeezus > MMLP2
erybody thinks Ye’ did somethin so “groundbreaking” with Yeezus. No lol all he did was ask SpaceGhostPurrp for a beat, then stole his beat style. Purrp bein makin beats like “yeezus” since 2010 when Ye’ was on that 808 n heartbreak bullshit. For real Kanye is a copper. Both MMLP n Yeezus were overhyped garbage
@Desperado
Whats youre point? Kanye uses a bunch of diffirent beat styles all the time but what does that have to do with Yeezus not being “groundbreaking”. I don’t think it was ground breaking but it was creative just like 808 and heartbreak. You crying about the beats being similar to another rapper’s is irrelevant.
Kanye sucks.
Yeezus sucked.
Greedy old men.
Clearly the greedy guys here were the owners…
If you could satisfy your crowd by paying $150K compared to $3mil, it’s stupid not to do the former. Fact that Em & K tried to negotiate after they said no, shows who was trying to set the price too high.
Last I checked Em tickets were the same as NFL tickets, but NFL owners take way more risk to put on their event. So fall back on who you think is greedy and trying to extract the most they can from their fans.
When Em was selling most of his records, price of CDs were more than they are now, and that’s not even adjusted for inflation. You do that, they were significantly more than what prices are now. Em ain’t no charity case
“If you could satisfy your crowd by paying $150K compared to $3mil, it’s stupid not to do the former”
Except that no one will be satisfied to hear Janelle Monae’s irrelevant ass instead of Eminem/Kanye.
Eminem don’t give a fuck about his fans or hip-hop all he cares about is money. Greedy commercial sellout fuck. You people who have supported this man’s career are pathetic and you should be ashamed of yourselves.
#BGS2014 #Eminemisthewhitedevil
those werent fans homie
it was for the nfl owners party
Eminem is irrelevant. Kanye West is TMZ rap not hip-hop. Congrats to the woman i’ve never heard of that got the job.
mmlp2 had some of the craziest rhyming ability ive heard in a looooong time, your just too dumb to understand or have too short of an attention span…and now kanye sucks true, but you gotta give him credit for what he has done for hip hop…this guy bhad too really good albums (late registration and college dropout) and he made soooo many classic beats before and around that time
one album that you didnt like from ye and he automatically “fell off”
NFL owners could EASILY afford 2 million. They are 6 figure billionaires. Some of the richest people on the planet. They just don’t want to negotiate with people they feel are below their stature. (which is everyone according to their smug asses)
except that a billion is nine digits
And if they want to stay “6 figure billionaires”, as you put it, they don’t pay millions for rappers to perform at parties.
does that mean they have a minimum of $100,000 billion each?
I think it’s more a case of them being stingy and knowing they can find someone cheaper.
i agree em and west
yes they know they worth
Janelle Monae is dope!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEddixS-UoU
monae is a strange jump to make from kanye and eminem
GUCCI MANE is the realest rapper and heres why.
1) all other rappers rap about being gangster shooting and killing but they havent done it.
2) Eminem raps about killing he hasnt.
3)Jay z raps in open letter about sending shots he hasnt.
4)Nas raps about how he is a queens thug but he wasn’t.
5)Most of the rappers rap about stuff they havent done yet you all support them and say its real rap.
6)When rick ross does it you all claim he is fake and say its fake rap.
This shows that hiphop fans are hypocritical and all these real hiphop fan wanna be’s are just some unjustified haters whose opinions are just as irrelevent as the swag fag rapper fans.
GUCCI MANE KILLED A MAN HE WAS A DRUG DEALER BEFORE RAPPER HE HAS STREET CREDENTIALS HE IS THE ONLY RAPPER THAT RAPS ABOUT FACTS THERE FORE BIG GUWOP IS THE REALEST RAPPER IN THE RAP GAME AND THATS A FACT!
But he still suck as a rapper, who cares about his pass life.
eminem rap s about his life you idiot not the same crap as other rappers.
Lecrae raps about how he used to drink, do drugs, and now he’s a Christian.
TRUE.
no adrianna you slut have you heard relapse or even the very first slim shady LP? whole songs about killin and rapin bitches. you don’t know shit, just a typical stan.
btw i bet the first comment was made by a white boy haha
YO 3 things my brothas:
1. COP dat new NENE Leakes, that big girl can rap, plus she 6’3 and fat, so all ya’ll wanna beat.
2. Both Chingy and Chamillionaire seriously deserve to be in the conversation for G.O.A.T., whole catalogs of fire.
3. Eminem needs to drop that mean puss face, cheer the fuck up, no one buys that hard BS
NFL >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Feminem and Gaynye. I’d rather see a game than hear this ho’s rapping
The only thing wacker than your not clever post is you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmfIsTQ3gbI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQQiG7rAuyw
Typical stupid ass DX writing, which on is it then:
Eminem & Kanye West Decline NFL Owners Performance Request
or
NFL owners turn down the multi-million dollar price tag performances of Eminem and Kanye West
EXACTLY WTF IS WRONG WITH THESE FAGGOTS
“Clearly the greedy guys here were the owners”
That makes no sense lol It’s their money. They aren’t bound to any agreement to shell out millions to two already very wealthy rappers. The owners have more important things to invest their money in, I.E. a professional franchise trying to generate money and wins. Giving Eminem and Kanye millions plus perks is just bad business.
“but NFL owners take way more risk to put on their event”
How so? They dictate how the event goes because they hire the performers. They put the event together. Maybe they didn’t want to risk Kanye doing or saying something that would make the NFL look bad, especially if it was going to cost them extra just to give this clown incentive to show up.
damn. i expected that kind of shit from kanye, but for eminem to pull that? $2 mill just for a performance? what a greedy fuck. he outdone kanye on his own self centered shit, and that’s sayin somethin. lost a lil respect for the wigga.
Aren’t NFL’s owners billionaires?