Good individuals do exist within the music trade.
Kurupt lately shared on SiriusXM’s Sway within the Morning that Eminem quietly helped pay for his rehab remedy throughout one of many darkest intervals of his life. Through the years, the rapper has been open about his battle with alcoholism through the years, which at one level left him in a coma for 3 weeks. Throughout that troublesome time, each Eminem and Dr. Dre stepped in to help him.
Based on Kurupt, Dr. Dre was the primary to succeed in out. “It was Dr. Dre that known as me, actually, and was simply giving his help and letting me know that all of us undergo this stuff. He was simply giving me that recreation,” he stated. Kurupt defined that Eminem later relayed a message by means of Dr. Dre, providing to assist him get the remedy he wanted. “I’m going to place Kurupt with my of us and put some cash into getting him right into a rehab scenario the place he can sit it down, get pleasure from himself, and be out of the best way. No person is aware of he’s there.” Dr. Dre additionally handed alongside one other message from Eminem. “Inform Kurupt I really like him,” Dr. Dre relayed.
That gesture stunned Tha Dogg Pound member and meant the world to him throughout one of many hardest chapters of his life. “That was actually particular to me. I admire each of them a lot. It’s like, rattling, you understand, he simply got here out of the blue from nowhere,” he stated. Eminem has additionally been open about his personal struggles with habit, together with his near-fatal overdose in 2007, making his help for Kurupt much more significant.
Trending Tales
Now centered on his therapeutic journey, Kurupt can be again to creating music. He lately launched a collaborative venture, Tales From My Hood, with longtime collaborator DJ Battlecat in late July, and he’s additionally gearing up for one more collab venture between Rakim and Masta Killa, The Godbody, with Snoop Dogg, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, and KRS-One all tapped to be featured on the venture, which is ready for a September 14 launch.
This text was initially printed on VIBE.
