Eminem and his Shady Records artist Yelawolf grace the cover of the year-end issue of VIBE magazine. The other cover has T.I. on it which will be released in the coming days. Below is an excerpt from the issue.
Eminem, what advice do you offer, if any, on being scrutinized for being a white rapper. Do you guys ever talk about race in that way?
Eminem: We make jokes about it, but I don’t think we talk about it in depth. As I was listening to his music, I am not even thinking about any of that shit. It’s just the music. That’s one of the things that’s great about it. I’m not even thinking about it when I hear the music.
Yelawolf: We do poke fun of it because it’s funny. Like, he calls me White Dog.
A couple of more excerpts can be found on this link.