The Game Says He Challenged Eminem To A Rap Battle Because 50 Cent “Cant Rap”
The Game is letting it be known why he refuses to do a rap battle with 50 Cent and why he would rather battle Eminem. According to Game, the answer is simple.
“You want to know why [I challenged Eminem to a Verzuz battle]? Because 50 can’t rap!” he discussed on UPROXX’s new series Fresh Pairs, “And so I gotta go a level up and challenge the better rapper.” The Game said.
During the interview, The Game did give some props to 50 Cent for all the amazing things he did in the television industry, but believes that the Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ rapper is not someone to be worried about when it comes to rap skills.
“It’s no 2005, 2006 animosity toward 50,” he continued. “I watch Power, I watch the Tommy one, I watch the one with Isaac Wright on primetime television. I watch 50’s shows, I’m a fan of those shows. BMF is great!
“But I’m a rapper, he’s a rapper and I am the better rapper. I’m not the better TV producer — I’m giving him his dead flowers while he can still smell them. But when it comes to rap, he can’t out-rap me. Your buddy can rap, though!”
The Game goes on and discusses why he wants to battle Eminem so much. The game says a lot of people in the industry are scared to battle Eminem because he’s known for being such a good lyrical rapper, but that is the reason why he wants to challenge him because everyone else is scared.
“When I said what I said about Em, it was to challenge him, to challenge Hip Hop, to ignite a rap riot — not a street fight or ‘let’s pull out the straps,’” he explained. “But ‘N-gga, get up and rap! Let’s rap!’
“[Because of] Em’s career and all the records he’s sold … they got Eminem put up here where he’s, like, this rap god, but when dissected by myself, I don’t feel like he’s a better rapper than me … I just feel like a rap god where?”
He continued, “At one point, I did [think Eminem was the best rapper] because I was signed to Aftermath and I’m loyal, and Interscope had me thinking that he was better than everybody else. At one point in my career, I was thinking that Em was better than Jay just based off of ‘Renegade’ because The Source magazine said that Eminem got Jay on that verse … until I became a vet and a legend in this game.
“And so now, this Game today and Em today … I’m better today. And if I’m not, get up and let’s rap! I ain’t come here to fight. Let’s rap. You did it with MGK; why not do it with me? You did it with Mariah Carey, you did it with Nick Cannon.”