Lil Yachty doesn’t flinch when Eminem sends a bar his means, he celebrates it. While most artists would possibly tense up on the concept of being singled out by one in every of hip-hop’s most feared lyricists, Yachty treats it like an achievement. The second dates again to 2018, when Eminem unleashed “The Ringer” and dropped the now-famous line: “Get this f****n’ audio out my Audi yo, adios/ I can see why people like Lil’ Yachty, but not me though/ Not even dissin’, it just ain’t for me/ All I am simply is just an emcee.”

Years later, Yachty lastly opened up about how he processed listening to his identify come out of Eminem’s mouth, and the response wasn’t what anybody anticipated. During an look on Tea Time W/ Raven & Miranda earlier this month, he admitted he felt nothing however pleasure. “Eminem actually dissed me, but I thought it was amazing. If you say my name, it’s like, you could’ve said anyone’s name,” he defined, nonetheless amused by the second. Yachty laughed as he recalled his real shock, including, “So, you’re saying my name? I’m like, ‘That’s kinda fire.’ I was like, ‘You could’ve said anybody and you said me?’ Am I the top of the nobodies? I wasn’t mad at it all, I was like, ‘Fire!’ I’ll take it any day of the week.”

His response suits the unbothered, playful perspective that outlined the early stretch of his profession. Coming up as one of many standout voices of the SoundCloud period, Yachty confronted loads of criticism, labeled all the pieces from “bubblegum trap” to “mumble rap.” None of it slowed him down, although, and Em’s jab grew to become simply one other second he used to gas his momentum moderately than derail it.

What’s wild is that even again in 2018, proper because the bar began circulating, Yachty’s response was simply as optimistic. He took to Twitter to let followers know he wasn’t pressed within the slightest, writing, “Lmao me personally I think it’s fye Eminem took a shot at me.. I f**k wit Eminem,” based on HotNewHipHop. For him, being talked about by a legend was a type of recognition, even when it got here with a sting.