At this stage, Eminem and Lord Jamar have become entwined in a shared destiny. Despite nursing a genuine dislike for one another, neither seems particularly willing to turn the other cheek and let bygones be bygones. In Em’s case, he’s taken to songs like “Fall” and “I Will” to air his grievances with the Brand Nubian rapper-turned-podcaster. In Jamar’s, he’s opted to sit down with DJ Vlad and poke fun at both Slim’s musicality and fanbase. At least, until now. In his latest appearance on Vlad TV, Jamar mused on the possibility of getting the band back together for a diss track. 

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“Premier!” he calls, after teasing the possibility of retaliating on wax. “Send me that joint! Premier, who else. How about Just Blaze? If you not scared, I’ll take one. MF DOOM? I’m just saying.” When Vlad points out that Dr. Dre wouldn’t be a ble option, Jamar doesn’t appear overtly concerned. “I can’t say I would necessarily want one from Dre,” he shrugs. “I don’t feel that’s necessarily my style. The people I named right now are more in my lane.” 

“I was going to say Daringer, but he’s running with them,” says Jamar. “That’s kinda in that lane.” Both Vlad and Jamar proceed to conclude that Primo is the best option, pledging the producer to move “for hip-hop. A lot of trash has been put out right now. The bar is very low. Between what Eminem put out and what Nick Cannon put out, I think it would not be hard to surpass that.” 

Drake might be the biggest pop star on earth right now but he’s ultimately a student of hip-hop. Acts like Kanye West, Cam’ron, Jay-Z, and Lil Wayne have clearly been influential in his sounds, as he’s admitted in the past, as well as R&B artists like Aaliyah, Sade, and Usher. However, he’s a student of the rap game, first and foremost, and last night, he hit the ‘Gram to pay homage to a few artists that he might not credit as often as he should for influencing him.

“Spent my night listening to some of the greatest ever,” he wrote in the first of eight Instagram Story posts where he showed love to a few artists he’s worked with in the past and some that are on his bucket list of collaborators, apparently. Among them are Elzhi, Phonte, Dwele, Slum Village, MF Doom, The Roots, and Cody Chesnutt.

For those familiar with Drake’s ATF/October’s Very Own Blogspot days, the rapper has collaborated with several of these artists in his early career. Not only has Drake called Phonte one of his biggest influences but they also worked together on “Think Good Thoughts” alongside Elzhi. Dwele and Little Brothe also linked up with Drake on “Don’t You Have A Man.” He’s also sampled The Roots and Slum Village in some of his recent work as well. 

As for MF Doom, the rapper has previously paid homage to the masked MC in the past while sparking speculation of a collab in the works. Although that’s never been confirmed, Drake did rap over “Accordion” with Nickelus F back in the day.