Eminem Writes Rap About 'Rolling Stone' Writer

Josh Eells' interview with Eminem in the November 25 issue of Rolling Stone is a penetrating look at the rapper's drug addiction and recovery, his family and his return to musical dominance with his latest album Recovery. It's a serious discussion, one that Eells said had "little evidence of the prankster you hear on his records."

Eminem: A history in photos

Well, not quite: One thing Eells didn't mention is the rap Eminem wrote about him — which you can read for yourself above.

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Song Stories

“Too Close”

Next | 1998

Next was formed in Minneapolis when the uncle of Terry "T-Low" and Raphael "Tweety" Brown, who was a gospel choir director, introduced the brothers to Robert Lavelle "R.L." Huggar. Sounds of Blackness singer Ann Nesby groomed the R&B group before handing them over to Naughty by Nature's KayGee, who wrote and produced "Too Close." The idea for the song was sparked "from a conversation we had with several girls at a nightclub," explained T-Low. "It's talking about the club scene, with guys getting out of hand and the female telling him to back up, asking, 'What are you doing?'" 

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