"As a black man that's not what I listen to" — Lord Jamar trolls Eminem's Houdini, reveals he changes the radio station everytime he's on 

American rapper and DJ Lord Jamar spoke about Eminem's track Houdini from his latest album, The Death of Slim Shady Coup de Grâce, on The Art of Dialogue podcast. In the podcast episode released on July 12, he was asked about the track, to which he first responded that he had never heard of it. He then said:

"Everytime I'm in my car and I hear that I changed the station."

He further added:

"Before I get to the station sometimes I hear like 'guess who's back, back again', and then it makes me think didn't he say 'guess who's back, back again' in another song! But no I never stick around to listen to it... I don't listen to Eminem... As a black man, that's not what I listen to..."

He then mentioned that it was Eminem's voice that bothered him a lot. Jamar continued, comparing the rapper's voice to the voices of "little white boys" on games like Pubg, whom he ended up muting. The DJ then asked the podcast host if he had ever listened to the Mockingbird artist's albums, to which the host cited Superman and described it as a masterpiece.

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The beef between Eminem and Lord Jamar explored

This wasn't the first time tensions had arisen between Eminem and DJ Lord Jamar. Jamar, who was a member of the rap group Brand Nubian, claimed in a Vlad TV interview back in 2013 that white people were guests and didn't form a part of the hip-hop culture. Since then, he has specifically expressed issues with rapper Eminem.

Eminem responded to Jamar on the 2018 track Fall, where he rapped:

"I belong here, clown!/Don’t tell me ’bout the culture!"

Jamar stood by his opinions, claiming that the Houdini rapper couldn't be counted on the list of the best MCs. Eminem targeted Lord Jamar again in the 2020 track I Will, from the album Music To Be Murdered By. In the track, he referred to Jamar as the "weakest link" of his rap group and rapped:

"I’m more than you bargained for and I am far more worse/Than a forty-some bar Lord Jamar verse… Your group was off the chain but you were the weakest link."

In a 2020 interview with KXNG Crooked on his Crook’s Corner series, Eminem said that the entire beef began with the question of whether he was a guest in the hip-hop world or not. He added that he never said that he wasn't a guest and further claimed that he would never put himself above any other MC.

Shortly after this interview, Jamar tweeted, claiming his victory. He wrote:

"This sh*t is case closed, now all together repeat after me…WHITE PEOPLE ARE GUESTS IN THE HOUSE OF HIP HOP THAT BLACK PEOPLE BUILT!"

In 2023, Jamar clapped back at Eminem for his track Realest. In one of the verses of the track, the rapper made references to Lord Jamar's 2013 statement about white people being guests in the hip-hop industry. Jamar then posted a video where he seemed to have gotten offended on behalf of Melle Mel, who reportedly wasn't even mentioned on Realest.

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More about American DJ Lord Jamar

Born on September 17, 1968, DJ Lord Jamar, originally known as Lorenzo Dechalus, was the founding member of the New York hip-hop group Brand Nubian. He was born in the Bronx and got acquainted with hip-hop in the 1970s.

In the 2010s, Jamar found himself surrounded by controversy after making statements claiming there was no place for homos*xuality in hip-hop culture. He was, however, a part of Brand Nubian's first studio album, One For All, launched in 1990, which became quite popular then.

Apart from being a rapper, Lord Jamar ventured into acting. He is best known for his role as Supreme Allah in Oz. He also appeared in Third Watch, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Rescue Me, Elementary, and The Sopranos. He was featured in films such as Funny Valentine, Kill For Me, They're Just My Friends, and Morning Breath.