Eminem’s New Achievement Makes The Game To Go Rant.
March 8, 2022, for the first time in 4 years, Interscope mass-updates Eminem’s RIAA certificates. The news of Eminem becoming the most successful artist in the industry sent The Game into a frenzy.
Eminem was challenged to a Verzuz battle by This former G-Unit rapper was minding his business, promoting a new album.
All this talk I see on the net saying Eminem is better than me because he sold more records is like saying McDonald’s is better than Tam’s burgers, it’s FALSE !!! They just put more money in McDonald’s & promoted the shit out the happy meal dangling toys in kids’ faces.
All this talk I see on the net saying Eminem is better than me because he sold more records is like saying McDonald’s is better than Tam’s burgers, it’s FALSE !!! They just put more money in McDonald’s & promoted the shit out the happy meal dangling toys in kids faces.
— The Goat (@thegame) March 9, 2022
To successfully become a 🐐 approved by both fans & the industry (rap peers, execs etc) you have to do exactly what they want you to do. Eazy, spoke out about it… he died. 2pac was vocal about everything, he died. Nipsey empowered the community, championed independence, he died.
The Game made a statement saying that labels buy out their albums to boost sales and that he has not had commercial success because he’s too independent and too black. He even spins a narrative that the untimely death of some hip hop legends is related to the label conspiracy:
Fuck how many records he sold, you sold or I sold. that’s just #’s on paper n some little awards that ain’t no bigger than my YMCA trophies.
The former Dr. Dre protege finished his rant with a traditional remark about how numbers are not important:
