It wasn't the first time Eminem has acknowledged 3rd Bass' influence in the past, he's been seen sporting a T-shirt featuring the album cover of the group's 1989 debut, "The Cactus Album," part of a collection of T-shirts Eminem had custom made, featuring images from his favorite album covers. My mom's really happy about it, my daughter went crazy.
"My name rang that night, if nevermore," he said. ("A Day Without a Rhyme," meanwhile, was just added to Spotify this week.)īut the mention from Eminem marks a new career high point. These days, Ameer is still rapping - after a spelling flip-flop, he's now Mersiless Amir - and he released a 30-track triple album titled "True Legend" earlier this year. "It's almost like I was there, you know?" "I gotta congratulate Eminem for making it to that podium, and I completely appreciate him mentioning me," he said. When they finally got to the moment, "we jumped up out of our seats at the same time, me and my little girl. "We heard him say all the names, and we didn't realize at first it was in alphabetical order, so it took him a long time to get to me," said Ameer, laughing. So he called his daughter, who lives in Los Angeles, and the two of them watched footage from the ceremony on YouTube together over FaceTime. The next day he saw other people were posting about it, too. from a fan telling him he'd been mentioned by Eminem at the Rock Hall ceremony. 5, and he got a message on Facebook at around 3 a.m. That meeting was tucked away in the back of his brain, but it didn't prepare Ameer for his Rock Hall shoutout.Ī self-described night owl, Ameer was up late the night of Nov. "And he started singing, ' A Day Without a Rhyme,' just like in the beginning of my song, and I was like ' wow.' That was awesome." "He came off stage and I was standing there and I was like, 'Eminem, it's your homeboy, Merciless Ameer.' And his jaw dropped like he saw a ghost," said Ameer, born Ameer Stein. and Snoop Dogg, his tourmates on that year's Up in Smoke Tour. It was a year after Eminem's breakout and he was performing on stage with a reunited N.W.A. Years later, in 2000, Ameer said he ran into Eminem at the first BET Awards in Las Vegas. Those who heard it, however, never forgot it.
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