Eminem’s diss track, “Smack You,” targeting both Suge Knight and Ja Rule, has appeared online.
The song, believed to have been recorded in the mid-2000s during the height of 50 Cent’s conflict with Ja Rule, sees Eminem harshly criticize both the former Murder Inc. artist and the co-founder of Death Row Records.
He directly holds Suge Knight accountable for the deaths of 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G., rapping: “I’m holding Suge responsible for the deaths of the two greatest rappers to ever grace the face of this planet.”
The Detroit rapper goes on to add: “If only the late, great Mr. Christopher Wallace could talk / He could tell you himself / I’m holding Suge responsible for the death of Ja Rule or anyone else down with Tha Row.”
Slim Shady also mocks Ja Rule for trying to align himself with Suge: “Beggin’ Suge to get him to follow you to all the clubs / But you’re too dumb to see that your publishing’s all he wants / Thinkin’ you friends ’til he gets it and you’re the next rapper / Sittin’ on the passenger side of that Benz that gets hit again.”
“And LAPD’ll be saying, ‘Who did this shit again?’ / Knowing who did it, but still nobody admits it / But if I get killed for this shit, I know who did it.”
Eminem continues to criticize the Queens, New York artist for trying to emulate 2Pac: “I don’t know why the fuck you even gotta get me started / I swear to God, you gotta be retarded, you’re regarded / The hardest workin’ artist since ‘Pac? Stop, no, you’re not / Oh my God! Knock it off, Ja, get off his jock.”
Eminem has not addressed the leak of the long-forgotten track, and Ja Rule and Suge Knight have not responded to the diss.
“Smack You” is one of many tracks by Eminem that have surfaced recently, including unreleased collaborations with 50 Cent, Nate Dogg, Slaughterhouse, Anderson .Paak, and Westside Boogie.
Veteran Aftermath producer Fredwreck has expressed anger over the leaks, warning the person responsible on social media: “FYI to the criminal who’s leaking the Eminem music. We will find you. Street law will be applied. Ask ‘Koolo’ what happened to him last time he leaked. We know where he lives and Yes this is a threat.”
While Eminem accuses Suge Knight for the deaths of 2Pac and Biggie in “Smack You,” he has more recently pointed the finger at Diddy in his songs.
On a remix of his track “Fuel,” from Death of Slim Shady, he raps: “The Notorious B.I.G.’s death was the domino effect of 2Pac’s murder / Like facial tissue, whose card should I clean next? Puff’s?”
“‘Til he’s in police handcuffs, guilty, will he step up? / Like gee, never turned himself in, who knows all the murders there’s been / Or me next up, prepare for me to not choose none of my words carefully.”
