Skilla Baby rejects Eminem's status as the best rapper from Detroit

Skilla Baby recently shot down the idea that Eminem is the best rapper from Detroit.

Skilla Baby rejects the idea that Eminem is Detroit's best rapper

On a recent episode of Keke Palmer's podcast, Baby, this is Keke Palmer, which premiered Tuesday (July 2) on YouTube, guest Skilla Baby shot down the idea that Eminem is Detroit's best rapper. At 45 minutes into the video below, in 2024 XXL Freshman answered questions during Keke's “But the Gag Is” segment.

When Keke posed the question to Skilla, “Detroit's best rapper is Eminem, but the gag is…,” the Motor City rhymer gave a straight answer.

“I don't know why you think Eminem is the best rapper in Detroit,” Skilla said. “But the gag is that no one would say that in Detroit.”

Shocked by his comment, Keke shouted, “Now that's tea, boo!”

The actress-singer then asked Skilla who she would consider the top rappers in Detroit.

“I don't know why everyone took turns being Detroit's favorite rapper,” Skilla replied. “Sada Baby had his turn, Tee Grizzley had his turn, [42] Doug had a turn, Babyface Ray had a turn. Veeze is one of the best rappers in Detroit right now. Baby Smoove, Big Kizz – many artists had turned. Rocaine…Everyone has had their turn to be the best in town, but what we lack is consistency. No one was consistently the best Detroit rapper.”

“Numerically, Eminem. But nobody in Detroit plays Eminem,” he added. “I'm a fan of Eminem. But do we consider him our best rapper? I don't think Detroit does.”

Sada Baby: Eminem is not on the top five Detroit rappers list

Skilla Baby isn't the only Detroit rapper who feels this way about Eminem.

In April 2019, fellow D-Town rhymer Sada Baby said he doesn't have Eminem on his top five best Detroit rappers list.

In an interview with Say Cheese Media, which can be viewed below, Sada stated that Slim Shady was not a major influence on him and therefore is not included in the Mount Rushmore list of Detroit's best. If anything, Sada considers Em more of an honorable mention.

“I didn't know we had trailer parks until I saw 8 miles,” Sada Baby told Say Cheese Media. “And I still don't know anyone who knows this ni**a. So it's not me being in the trenches, I'm just talking about music and rappers and my Top 5 rappers and Detroit's Mount Rushmore, Em is like an honorable mention. Just by his power 8 miles.”