Jelly Roll explains how his Eminem 'Sing for the Moment' duet for NBC's 'Live From Detroit' special happened, adding that Em is the 'greatest rapper.'
star revealed that Em’s manager personally approached him for the collaboration at one of Jelly’s concerts in Detroit last year. “We’re all hanging out backstage, and I’m just like, ‘Hey, does Marshall even know who I am?'” the “Son of a Sinner” singer recalled. “He’s like, ‘Yeah, that’s why I’m here, man. Marshall loves you. I wanna get y’all together.'”
Months later, when the “Houdini” artist’s team was putting his performance together for the special, they specifically requested that Jelly be the one to belt out the Aerosmith “Dream On” sample in Em’s “Sing for the Moment.” “They called back and was like, ‘Eminem wants to know if you would sing a song with him,'” he told Stern. “I get goosebumps up my body. I was like, ‘Dude, I’m so in.'”“I was so nervous,” Jelly continued.
“There’s not enough praises for him,” the ACM Award-winner added. “He’s inarguably the greatest rapper that ever lived, ever. You’re literally meeting the greatest at his craft.”The interview comes about a week after the special was taped in Michigan June 6. Bunnie XO, who is married to Jelly, posted a sweet video of her husbandfor the first time at a rehearsal for their performance. “When the goat meets the GOAT,” she captioned the clip..
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