Metro Boomin has expressed his desire to connect with Eminem, but some observers think he has reasons beyond wanting to lay down some tracks — reasons related to Drake.
On Thursday (April 25), Metro tweeted, “Somebody please tell Eminem I’m tryna lock in!!!”
The message came just hours after Em announced the release of his forthcoming album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce).
Check Metro’s missive below.
Almost immediately after the producer sent out his request, fans speculated that Metro’s real motive was to drag Slim Shady into his ongoing feud with Drake.
“Metro Boomin trying to get Eminem involved on the Drake beef,” one person responded.
“Eminem and metro boomin makin a diss track at drake would be the funniest thing I’ve ever seen,” another opined.
“Eminem is friends with Drake. He’s also loyal to his friends. Good luck!” wrote a third.
Em has had numerous public interactions with Drake over the years, going back to their 2009 collaboration “Forever.”
Back in 2010, the Detroit rapper gave Drizzy a pep talk before their joint Grammy performance.
“Em gave me probably one of the best speeches … not really a speech, but … he gave me that reassurance,” Drake said at the time. “He was like, ‘Man, anytime you need to look over at me, don’t get nervous. Just look over at me, man, and I’ll give it back to you. Everything will be all right. Don’t be nervous.’ For him to say that to me — I feel like that was an important moment. It was nice.”
There were unsubstantiated rumors in 2016 that the two were beefing, but those speculations ended that summer when Em joined Drake onstage at a show in Detroit.
Just last week, Metro continued his back-and-forth with Drake via Instagram.
Taking to social media on Saturday (April 20), the rapper/record producer posted a now-deleted photo in which he can be seen expressionless, standing beside Kanye West, who had at that point just released his Drake-dissing “Like That” remix.
“Drake somewhere texting his mom they bullying me again,” he captioned the snapshot, taking yet another jab at Drake amid their ongoing beef.
Watch eminem flop when he sells less than 100k opening week for his next album while drake stays winning with over 400m
It would be antisemitic if Em sold more than Drake, since Em is white. Remember the six million.
Eminem is still the highest selling rapper of all time. Has the top 2 fastest selling rap albums of all time. The fact he is in his 50s and is still this relevant is crazy. All of this while writing his own rhymes and not being a fake. Wild.
Drake is the best rapper ever. I don’t care if he doesn’t write his own rhymes. I don’t care if he is actually from a nice neighborhood and still acts tough. He will surpass Eminem in sales eventually and that’s all that matters. It’s why Taylor Swift is the goat because she sells the most.
What in the actual f*ck….. Are you serious right now???? You azz is tweaking first off, Eminem project’s have way more sales than Fake
🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️ I mean drake’s beetch azzz
🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️ Like 4real where are you getting those statistics??? And claiming he is the best rapper of all times is clearly and solefully your own beliefs because I guarantee you 99.9 percent of the people reading me replying back to you will agree with me that drake indeed is far far far from the best rap artist that ever existed smfh yo azz is a GOOFY🥸🥸🥸
Drake is the best rapper ever. I don’t care if he doesn’t write his own rhymes. I don’t care if he is actually from a nice neighborhood and still acts tough. He will surpass Eminem in sales eventually and that’s all that matters. It’s why Taylor Swift is the goat because she sells the most.
FACTS BRO I LOVE MUSIC WE CAN LISTEN TO WHEN I GO SHOPPING WITH MY MOM
Youguys are Pathetic as Drake is not a gangster and never was and is a pu🤬 bottiboi and paid us a lot of money for one of our HAMC presidents 250.000$ to make one appearance in his video.!
HE WILL NEVER BEAT THE WHITE BOY EMINEM…. Drake is also white and never will be anything but a joke.!! He is a fu🤬 LOSER.!! 🤬💩Drake as he grew up privileged like 10 minutes away from my place growing up and his studio is by our clubhouse and we warned him not to ever wear our support gear the LOSER.!!
Youguys are PATHETIC.!!🫵🏻🤬🤡💯💯💯
Metro is a great producer but he’s a bitch as a man. He really is a thrown stones hide hands type dude
Metro is a great producer but he’s a bitch as a man. He really is a thrown stones hide hands type dude
Metro is a great producer but he’s a bitch as a man. He really is a thrown stones hide hands type dude
Metro is a great producer but he’s a bitch as a man. He really is a thrown stones hide hands type dude
“Drake is going to always be in my good graces, because he did something for one of my daughters that I will never forget and he will always be in my graces for that,” Eminem said.