*Comedian Chris D’Elia was over the moon when he found out Eminem and Logic sampled his viral shady impression on the outro of their “Homicide” collaboration. While promoting the track on Instagram Tuesday (May 7), the hip-hop icon challenged the TV star to a rap battle.
“Me and @chrisdelia are gonna battle one day,” he wrote.
When D’elia, who raps under the Chank Smith alias, caught wind of Eminem’s post, he immediately accepted the challenge.
“Slim Shady himself called me out?! I accept,” D’Elia captioned a post of a selfie of him with a trunk full of napkins, a reference to his Sept. 2018 video mocking the Detroit rapper.
This is INCREDIBLE!!! 4 a second I actually thought it WAS me!! @chrisdelia https://t.co/51Vop6aucO
— Marshall Mathers (@Eminem) February 6, 2019
Eminem seems to be quite impressed by D’Elia’s imitation of him. He posted shared a clip of the comedian’s video titled “Eminem in the cypher,” along with the caption: “This is INCREDIBLE!!!,” he wrote, “4 a second I actually thought it WAS me!!” — see clip above.
This funniest shit I’ve seen all day g. He say this how Eminem raps. pic.twitter.com/9lc8cWA5yd
— Larry Legend (@larryislegend) September 2, 2018
D’Elia told Billboard that Logic’s team contacted him days before “Homicide” dropped. He was so honored to be featured on the record that he refused to accept payment for the sample.
“I was like, ‘Nah, don’t do that, just give it to ’em, it’s fine,” he said. “I don’t care, man. It’s a huge honor. I have money coming in other ways. I don’t need that […] But why the fuck would I say no to Eminem? I’ve been a fan for 20 years! I’m not trying to make money in the rap world. It’s first an honor. I did my silly impression in my garage. I say, ‘have at it.’ I make money doing what I do.”
Check out Eminem’s challenge below:
Me and @chrisdelia are gonna battle one day #Homicide @Logic301 pic.twitter.com/hhZr006hfx
— Marshall Mathers (@Eminem) May 7, 2019
And here is D’Elia’s response (swipe):
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