Toward the beginning of last Saturday’s brief rap god reunion, a noble Black woman once again saved me from myself. Or rather, from about nine shots of Espolon and a surge of fanboy euphoria. Moments beforehand, Eminem had emerged from the dark shadows of a Yankee Stadium tunnel to join JAY-Z to perform “Renegade” at HOV’s Blueprint 25th anniversary concert, and I’d unsheathed my iPhone 15 and started filming the moment. Or at least I thought. My dumbass rapped along to Slim Shady’s verse for about 13 seconds before she tapped me on the shoulder with an important mission directive: “Press record.”
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