Eminem and Michael Jordan have shared a long and fruitful relationship but according to Slim Shady, their one and only phone conversation left a sour memory in his mind.
In the wake of ESPN’s 10-hour Michael Jordan documentary The Last Dance, Sway Calloway decided to inquire the details from any past encounters the two respective masters of their craft may have had during a recent Sway In The Morning interview on Friday (April 24).
Unfortunately, the event proved to be unceremonious.
“I talked with him on the phone one time,” Eminem recalled, before clarifying with his longtime manager Paul Rosenberg that the nature of the conversation involved a Jordan Brand collaboration. “I was on the phone with him and we were talking, and everything was cool and he’s super cool and everything was good until we got the end of the phone call, and I said, ‘Yo, man, when are you gonna come to Detroit so I can dunk on you?’ And it was … crickets! And I don’t remember exactly what he said but I think he kind of just laughed and I remember getting off the phone going, ‘Oh my God, I think I might have just blew it.'”
Eminem may have been known as a prankster but that little tidbit might have been lost on the NBA legend, who allegedly was heard saying “fuck rap” by Drink Champs host N.O.R.E. back in the day and may not have absorbed the humor in the crack.
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“Because to me in my head, it was a total joke, right?” Em explained. “It’s so ridiculous for me to think I could dunk on Jordan, right? So in my head, it’s one of those things that you think is gonna be funnier in your head than when you actually say it. So I don’t know what happened after that! “It was one of those things in my head that was so ridiculous, he has to know I’m joking. But when I got off the phone I remember thinking, ‘I don’t think he knew I was joking.’ Because he’s very — I mean, watching this documentary — he’s very competitive.”
Eminem and Jordan Brand have collaborated on coveted sneaker releases such as the Eminem x Carhartt x Air Jordan 4 ‘Black Chrome’ and the Jordan 2 Retro Eminem (The Way I Am) in the past.
Despite the coronavirus putting an understandable dent in all things entertainment, Eminem has managed to pull off a rather big year musically. His eleventh studio album, Music to Be Murdered, was released in January to a historic Billboard debut, 217.6 million on-demand streams for the album’s tracks and stellar reviews.
The Detroit-bred Hip Hop legend has also used this healthcare crisis to extend goodwill throughout his city. Together with his SiriusXM radio channel Shade45, he launched the Love Your DJ campaign — a cash giveaway for local spin artists that denotes the city’s area code in dollar bills and his Mom’s Spaghetti brand recently kept members of the Henry Ford Health System and Detroit Receiving Hospital fed in full.
Listen to Eminem share his Michael Jordan account below.
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I like how you selected the worst possible photo of Eminem for this article. One can just feel the disdain for him oozing through.
Always the victim huh?
They do that cause they know Em would never have anything to do with this wack azz website notice how they never get exclusives from him or anyone from his camp ever! They know they are the TMZ of hip hop made for teenie boppers who like Drake and wear tight ass woman jeans
Looking at that photo of him one can’t stop wondering why did he choose to try to rock the so called George Lucas “beard” where the neck line is trimmed waaaaaaaayyyyyy too high. Looks dumb as shit!
Exclamation marks huh? You really getting emotional over another man’s appearance? Pipe down you fool.
Jordan is just an old school stiff, everybody wants to joke and play with him but he’s just not with it. I don’t think he’s anti rap, he’s just a serious guy overall.
Naw dude is just a jerk, chamillionaire confirmed it. Chamillionaire is one of the most mature rappers so it has nothing to do with playing around. Mj is just one of those guys who want you to kiss the bottom of his feet. He is def anti rap, the same way Oprah was.
I agree to the point he’s a jerk, but Chamillionaire can’t “confirm” another grown man’s feelings towards a music genre. Jordan has been seen dancing to rap music and has business deals with Nelly and Drake (for whatever that’s worth). If anything he probably just doesn’t like niggas like most niggas.
Oprah doesn’t like black men period.
Not just Chamillionaire, also young joc, norega, redman. Their have been multiple people that confirm the story
of Mj saying f rappers at a event. Do business with someone you don’t like is more common than doing business with someone you do like. I dislike Dr dre but if he ever wanted to do a business deal I’m all ears lol. Jordan is a global icon but he still needs people in certain positions to sale to a certain demographic.
You sound like a hater who calls black men niggaz and hates niggaz please
I can just picture Lord Jamar laughing hysterically and fist pumping the air with glee
MJ probably didnt like some little rapper joking around with him like they’re on an equal footing. MJ was once the most famous man in the world and a true GOAT who never backed down from a challenge. Eminem is the spokesperson for uneducated trailer park trash and hits the pill bottle everytime there is so much as a cloudy day.
Respect is something you lack of
“You lack of”. Is grammar not important in your trailer park?
What’s with all these articles about rappers getting in their feelings over MJ? He didn’t really fuck with rap. Get over and move the fuck on. All these little soft boys who were raised by single mothers need to grow a pair.
MJ is a known asshole. Deal with it.
He’s from DETROIT…is anyone suprized?
Now there’s a pic that is just asking to be photoshopped with something big and black going into eminem’s mouth.
Big, black, with white stuff in the middle!!! Ice cream samwhich!
Payroll Giovanni, Peezy, Icewear, Cash Kidd, Band Gand, Shred Gang, Babyface Ray, Tricc Tricc….thats who i think of when it come to Detroit rap. Not this overrated ex fetanol abuser.
You made half of those names up, sit down and STFU.
Burgh is the real pedo
Did yall know that Eminem was pictured decades ago with one of Jeffrey Epstein teenage sex slaves? Look it up. It’s true. Eminem, and the rest of Hollywood = pedo freaks.
Eminem was pictured with one of Jeffrey Epstein teenage SEX SLAVES. Look it up. It’s true. Em and all of the superstars are freaks. Half of his horror core rap is actually honest and true.
Let’s be honest R A the rugged man is the MJ of rap at the moment.