Esham is black as fuck bromo!!
Both ICP and Eminem were heavily
influenced (to put it lightly) by him - FACT.
Eminem actually used to be a huge ICP fan. Back when everything was still local. The feud began when he was throwing a release party (for Slim Shady LP i believe) and put ICP's and Esham's name on the bottom of the flyers with a small "(maybe)" underneath both of their names.
He approached J at St Andrew's (a church converted into a venue/club in Detroit) one night and showed him the flyer. J got pissed because he was using their name to promote his shit without either his nor Shaggy's permission. They had never even met prior.
There's even a rumor about Em's tattoo of his daughter Haley. Apparently it used to be a Riddlebox (or was it Ringmaster?), but once the feud started - he had it professionally removed and altered.
I like Eminem, Esham and ICP. I'm just telling what I know from living around these parts/personal research.
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