In commemoration of the 15th anniversary of Shady Records, Complex recently released the documentary Not Afraid: The Shady Records Story. In the 30 minute piece, rapper Eminem and his manager Paul Rosenberg detail their journey as co-founders of the label. The documentary features commentary from such artists as 50 Cent, Dr. Dre, and Royce Da 5’9.

Check out Not Afraid: The Shady Records Story below:

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Before Slaughterhouse member Crooked I was rapping double-time alongside Royce da 5’9, Joell Ortiz and Joe Budden at Shady Records, the Long Beach emcee spent some time in label-limbo. He ended up settling at Death Row for a long period, but before that, he bounced around. He recently sat down with Vlad TV to give us the nitty gritty. It’s definitely a story worth checking out. Watch below.

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Manhattan’s own ANTHM lets loose some harsh thoughts over the instrumental twang of Eminem’s “Role Model.” The reference-heavy track finds ANTHM snarling the names of upper-echelon acts like Lil Wayne, The Throne, and Rick Ross as well as industry heads Paul Rosenberg and Rap Radar’s Eliot Wilson. In keeping with a growing theme, amidst a sea of apparent shots, ANTHM tosses some high praise Kendrick Lamar’s way. Other than that, it’s all-out assault, riffing on the assertion that ANTHM is “not a Freshman, nigga check my grades in this class. / Battle me? Better off facing Jason Mraz.” If you didn’t know, ANTHM and Los Angeles’ Blu a.k.a. GodLeeBarnes just released a far chiller tape, Handful of Dust, which deserves a spin and a purchase after you listen to ANTHM get grimy below.

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“Got a call from Paul, told me shit wasn’t working, exchanged words, I told him tell me that shit in person, he probably told Em, and by the way that he said it, unapologetic,  twisted it, made it about him, I saw Slim and he said he didn’t recognize me, was it that or did he let another man define me?”

Xzibit’s new album Napalm hits stores tomorrow. On “1983” we are giving an extremely introspective version of Mr. X to the Z. You may remember back-to-back Eminem features on his two Dr. Dre-produced albums in the early 2000’s, however not much happened between the two afterwards. With audio recordings of his late mother spliced between the verses, Xzibit details his parting ways with Paul Rosenberg, his mother passing and his resentment towards MTV. Listen below.

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It has been a minute since we’ve seen or heard from Marshall. Luckily, Paul Rosenberg has Instagram. Looks like the hooded rapper sure likes it spicy.

P.S. If you don’t know who Paul Rosenberg is, shred your hip-hop head card and go to google and look him up. Now.

Shouts to Paul Rosenberg for the photo cred.

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