Kanye West respecting Eminem AKA Marshall Mathers throughout his career, a thread:

In a 2004 Scratch Magazine interview, Kanye West claimed tried to steal Eminem's drum set sound because he liked the sound:

In the same interview, Kanye West continues by claiming Eminem is in his top 5 producers let alone his top 5 rappers.

Leaked audio from 2009 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) of Kanye talking about the track "Forever". The track featured Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and Eminem. In the leaked audio, Ye claims that he took two days off to rewrite his verse after hearing Eminem's verse.

In an interview Wednesday (August 11, 2010) with New York hip-hop station Hot 97, Kanye West praises Nicki Minaj and claims that she has the potential to be the number 2 rapper of all time after Eminem, "cuz nobody's gonna be bigger than Eminem.".

In a SHOWstudio live interview on October 6th, 2015, Kanye West says that nobody has a problem with white rappers anymore because Eminem "ended up being the greatest artist"

In a Big Boy interview on June 4th, 2016, Kanye strangely praises Eminem by insinuating that because he couldn't say the derogatory N-word, that it made him expand his vocabulary. "Made him one of the greatest rappers"

On March 21st of 2020, the 2016 call with Kanye West and Taylor Swift leaked in its entirety. Kanye is addressing Taylor with the infamously controversial "Famous" line. Kanye says this line is so controversial that it's going to go "Eminem a little bit"

Near the release of the Kid Cudi track "The Adventures Of Moon Man & Slim Shady" featuring Eminem, Kanye West tweeted praise for the track. https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/1281591976203345922?s=19

On September 20th 2020, Kanye West thanks Eminem for featuring on an unreleased Dr. Dre remix of "Use This Gospel" stating it's his daughter's favorite song of his. https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/1307051807785582593?s=19

Kanye West continues by saying he has "always loved and respected" Eminem and is honored to have a feature of his https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/1307051808611864582?s=19

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