While there is speculation on who said who's name first as a diss, Eminem spoke on how the beef with Canibus started over the weekend on Tim Westwood's hip-hop show out of London England. Em stated how he was approached by Wyclef and Canibus in 1998 (before Em blew up) and asked if he ghost-wrote the lyrics to LL Cool J's "The Ripper Strikes Back" which was a diss to Canibus. After Eminem denied writing the song, he explains that Canibus was rude to him.
"I met him four years ago at his video shoot, and honestly, he was an a$$ho!e," Em explained. "They thought that I did the LL diss record. Clef had asked me did I write it and I told him no, I didn't write it. Then Canibus asked me separately from Clef, and I was like 'Dog, I'm a grown man, I'd tell you if I wrote it, I didn't write.' Then he was like 'Yo B, I'm not gonna say that I believe you, but I don't trust nobody in this game, blah, blah, blah.' Then I'm like 'Okay, look, I didn't write it, I like your style, and hopefully one day we can do a record together.' And he was like, 'Yo B, get to know me first, come hang out with me first,' and walked away and left me standing there like an a$$ho!e."
Em continued saying that the next year, after the Slim Shady LP dropped, Canibus came to see him on the Warped Tour an apologized for his actions last time they met. Canibus brought Em a track for a collab, which he wasn't feeling and turned it down. The track in question turned out to be "Phuck U" from the 2000 B.C. which Em said sounded like it was directed toward him and LL, but really couldn't tell. Then Em saw the ads for the Canibus album, C True Hollywood Stories, where he was pictured holding a Canibus sticker. Em explained that he didn't know what Canibus was trying to do, but sent off a warning shot on "Squaredance" to see where Canibus stood.
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