Marshall Mathers has compiled one of Hip Hop’s most exalted careers. So why is he still wary of saying he’s the greatest?
Eminem sports one of Hip Hop’s most accomplished careers, and he’s just “beginning to feel like a Rap God?”
Over 100 million albums sold, at least three exalted LPs (Slim Shady LP, Marshall Mathers LP, The Eminem Show. Possibly four depending on how you feel aboutRecovery), unquestionable reverence from fellow rappers, a generation of stylistic Stans flooding the internet spitting Shady aspirations—scores of emcees have adorned themselves GOATs and Gods with a fraction of the Wiki entry. Yet, after 14 years of challenging Rap the noun and the verb, the hook to possibly his most emphatic totem of lyrical godliness dances in intentional doubt? Marshall is beginningto feel like a Rap God? Word?
Written By JUSTIN HUNTE
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