Exclusive: Cashis details what to expect from his upcoming full-length, "The Art Of Dying," and says it's a shame that fans never got to hear Eminem's shelved album, "King Mathers."
Former Shady Records artist Cashis talks about Eminem reaching out to him during his drug addiction & shelved 'King Mathers' LP:
"I was real arrogant at this time, so when he said it, I was like 'Man, I ain't weak. What do I look like goin
"I was real arrogant at this time, so when he said it, I was like 'Man, I ain't weak. What do I look like goin
g into some rehab?' And he's like 'Man, little dude, I'm watching you. You be going crazy'.. I was going hard at it & he just noticed. He knew what his problem was, and he had never seen anyone do it like how I was doing it.
I'm rapping about all these new pills and all these new drugs. He's like 'Well, what's this like?' and I'm telling him and all that, and he was like 'Wait a minute, man. You gonna need some help. If you ever feel like you wanna just talk, just come talk. I'll have it done discreetly. Won't nobody know. I know you're gonna think 'How the homies gonna look at me?' but you can't care about that.'
And I'm like 'Nah, I'm straight, man.' I walked away from that knowing that was my homeboy. He really cared about me. So the fact of him to pull me aside and let me know this wasn't just a record deal.. [showed] he really cared about me as a person. He never really called me Cashis. He always called me Ramone. He saw me as a person, and I thought that was cool."
"Em was just tight, man. I could be like 'Yo, Marshall, what's up? I'm in trouble. Somebody put some assault charges on me' or something, and next thing you know, I had a FedEx'd $10,000 check showing up. Or I could kick some verses in the studio, kick something crazy, and I got a check for $20,000 outta nowhere, and he's like 'It's a birthday gift.'"
"[Eminem] was telling me about [his drug problems] later on, but I wasn't gonna say nothing. He'd call and talk to my kids. I'd talk to him just about life problems... but his music was crackin'. I wish y'all could've heard the King Mathers album. It was so incredible, man."
I'm rapping about all these new pills and all these new drugs. He's like 'Well, what's this like?' and I'm telling him and all that, and he was like 'Wait a minute, man. You gonna need some help. If you ever feel like you wanna just talk, just come talk. I'll have it done discreetly. Won't nobody know. I know you're gonna think 'How the homies gonna look at me?' but you can't care about that.'
And I'm like 'Nah, I'm straight, man.' I walked away from that knowing that was my homeboy. He really cared about me. So the fact of him to pull me aside and let me know this wasn't just a record deal.. [showed] he really cared about me as a person. He never really called me Cashis. He always called me Ramone. He saw me as a person, and I thought that was cool."
"Em was just tight, man. I could be like 'Yo, Marshall, what's up? I'm in trouble. Somebody put some assault charges on me' or something, and next thing you know, I had a FedEx'd $10,000 check showing up. Or I could kick some verses in the studio, kick something crazy, and I got a check for $20,000 outta nowhere, and he's like 'It's a birthday gift.'"
"[Eminem] was telling me about [his drug problems] later on, but I wasn't gonna say nothing. He'd call and talk to my kids. I'd talk to him just about life problems... but his music was crackin'. I wish y'all could've heard the King Mathers album. It was so incredible, man."
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