Words from Eminem and Sticky Fingaz

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When N.W.A reached White America, that’s when [hip-hop] became a problem. “Dope Man” wasn’t a problem when that song was selling on the streets. As soon as Straight Outta Compton came out and reached the white kids, then it was a problem. America don’t give a shit if a black kid goes out and shoots up ten people; they don’t care unless it happens in a white neighborhood — that’s when it’s talked about. America doesn’t care if a black kid is listening to a song about drugs. Congress don’t give a shit about that. It’s when their granddaughters and their daughters are listening to this shit, then it’s brought to their attention, then all of a sudden they care about it, so now they care about what their kids are listening to.

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It was Dr. Dre that got me on the song, because originally the song was for The Chronic [2001] album. But I heard that Eminem liked it so much that he wanted to hold it for his album — which was kind of better, because Eminem’s album sold 16 million copies worldwide. So I got like a million dollars for a fuckin’ verse. So that was a joke. Big up Eminem.