Eminem’s ‘8 Mile’ Royalties Are Still Paying Off, Says Mobb Deep’s Havoc
“ Eminem’s ” 8 Mile movie was a massive box office hit as well Mobb Deep’s Havoc has acknowledged the Musicdope90s that the film is still paying a portion of the costs of his film. The Queensbridge-bred producer and lyricist claimed the lyricist had been “taken back” when he first saw the iconic clip in which Em’s B-Rabbit figure freely dancing on Mobb Deep’s “Shook Ones” instrumental. “I mean I was really taken back because I didn’t even know if Eminem was a fan,” Havoc revealed on the BET Hip Hop Awards red carpet. “So to discover that Eminem was a fan, I discovered Eminem was a fan, and then the cha-ching noise came into my head. The purchase was a Fendi sweatshirt.” In the same interview, Havoc had to share his top verse of the past as well as his top Prodigy track. In both cases, Havoc chose “Shook Ones.” DX asked if the group were aware of the potential hit in their hands when they first came up with the track. “I mean Prodigy ...