While Fredro Starr is getting the itch to start producing again, the Onyx co-founder revealed he’s still getting royalties for crafting the group’s 1995 classic “Last Dayz.”
The track received a second life thanks to being used in a rap battle for 2002’s 8 Mile, but it wasn’t until the Eminem-starring blockbuster’s premiere that Fredro Starr found out the thumping beat was in the movie.
Starr detailed the epic night in a recent interview with Shirley Ju for VladTV where he pulled up to the premiere without an invite and it wasn’t until he ran into Dr. Dre that the legendary West Coast producer hooked him up with front row tickets.
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“I didn’t even know the beat was in the movie. Nobody told me and there was no clearance… Eminem is battling [Lotto] and then the beat comes on, I caught the ill chills. I was like, ‘Oh shit, this beat is in the movie?!’
“Just to see Eminem rhyming on that beat was inspirational. I was like, ‘This n-gga is rhyming on my beat that I cooked up on the SP-1200.’ It’s in the 8 Mile movie and royalties are still popping.”
“Last Dayz” served as the second single on Onyx’s 1995 All We Got Iz Us album and peaked at No. 89 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Listen to the song below.
Last Dayz is up there for the top rap song ever made. Crazy scary dark
the whole album is a fvcking banger!!
true!!!!!!!!!!!
Sticky Fingaz and Eminem made great collaborations, wish they would do another project together
True!
8 Mike is a classic.
8 Mile is a classic*
Fredro aint do that beat
You had the time to write this and none to look up your dispute, if you just wanted someone tell you he did, HE DID.
Only real ones know about Onyx – All We Got Iz Us Album. Fire album
Agallah Produced that… Not Fredro… he trying to discredit Agallah from a fallout over royalties