😱 Eminem REVEALS Why He’s STILL Not Scared of Suge Knight 💥 “This Man Tried to KILL Us!”

When Eminem signed with Dr.

Dre in 1998, he inherited more than just a mentor—he inherited an entire war.

A war that began when Dre famously left Death Row Records, walking away from a multi-million-dollar empire controlled by the most feared man in the industry: Suge Knight.

Suge didn’t just run Death Row—he ran the streets.

He was known for dangling Vanilla Ice over balconies, beating employees into submission, and building a label stacked with gang members instead of executives.

Tupac.

Snoop.

Dre.

Suge had them all, until the empire started to crumble.

Dre’s decision to leave Death Row was seen as a betrayal.

And once he launched Aftermath Records, Suge wasn’t just losing an artist—he was losing his grip on the West Coast throne.

When Dre signed a white rapper from Detroit—Eminem—Suge took it personally.

That’s when the real tension began.

According to Eminem’s former bodyguard Big Naz, the feud came to a boiling point in 2001 at the Source Awards.

Em was in the building to perform with D12, but Suge had other plans.

The artists weren’t allowed to bring their bodyguards to their seats.

As Eminem tried to walk to his section, a swarm of men in red shirts—the color of Suge’s Blood gang affiliation—surrounded him.

Big Naz said he saw the panic in Em’s face.

“He looked terrified,” he recalled.

“He was like, ‘These motherf***ers trying to kill us, man!’”

The men sent a clear message: Suge wanted Eminem to leave Aftermath and come to Death Row.

“What do they want from me?” Em asked.

“Why are they doing this?” Big Naz shoved the goons back and got Em out of there—just in time.

This wasn’t just a scare tactic.

This was a real threat, and Eminem knew it.

But instead of folding, Slim Shady stood tall.

Suge, for all his muscle and menace, had always used fear as his weapon.

He’d once allegedly forced a man to drink urine.

He was rumored to have orchestrated assaults, threats, and even had a role in the East Coast–West Coast war that ended in tragedy.

But what truly burned Suge was seeing his former protégé, Dr.

Dre, rebuild his empire—this time, with Eminem at the helm.

The tension didn’t stop at the Source Awards.

When Eminem signed 50 Cent, Aftermath’s power skyrocketed—and that didn’t sit well with Suge either.

During the iconic “In Da Club” video shoot, Suge made another move.

He showed up unannounced with 30 men—reportedly Mexican gang members—ready to intimidate.

But this time, Eminem wasn’t alone.

“He came with 50 Mexicans,” one eyewitness said.

“But Em? He came with 50 of his own.”

The standoff fizzled out with a puff of cigar smoke, but the message was loud and clear: Suge wanted to rattle the Aftermath crew, and Eminem was a top target.

Despite that, Em stayed locked in.

He kept releasing hit after hit.

He didn’t flinch.

He didn’t hide.

In fact, the bigger Suge’s threats got, the bigger Eminem’s presence in the rap game became.

What made this even more surreal was Suge’s own double-speak about Em.

On one hand, he publicly downplayed Eminem’s talent, saying, “If somebody else is writing your rhymes, that don’t mean nothing to me.

” But on the other hand, he was clearly obsessed with controlling his career.

His foot soldiers were showing up at award shows and video shoots.

That’s not hate—it’s obsession.

And Eminem saw right through it.

Suge’s jealousy wasn’t just about talent—it was about power.

When Dre left Death Row, he was supposed to crumble.

Instead, he built a new empire with Eminem, then 50 Cent, then Kendrick Lamar.

That success was a direct slap in Suge’s face.

It wasn’t just business.

It was personal.

Still, Suge’s reign didn’t last.

Years of violence, threats, and unchecked ego finally caught up with him.

By 2015, he was arrested—again—this time for murder.

Caught on camera running over a man with his truck, Suge was sentenced to 28 years in prison.

The boogeyman of hip-hop had finally been caged.

But for Eminem, the scars of that era never fully faded.

In recent interviews and documentaries, Em has opened up about those early days.

The fear.

The confusion.

The moments where he thought he might die because of who he was affiliated with.

But he always adds one final detail—he never let the fear control him.

And that’s what separates Eminem from so many others in the industry.

He never pretended to be a gangster.

He never threw up signs he didn’t mean.

He wasn’t from Compton.

He was from Detroit.

But he stood up to one of the most feared men in music history—and survived.

Now, Eminem is a living legend.

He’s still selling out arenas.

He’s still charting.

And most of all, he’s still not afraid.

“They tried to kill us, man,” he once said about the Source Awards.

“But I didn’t back down.”

So the next time someone calls Eminem a “soft rapper” or claims he never had to fight for his career, remind them: he faced Suge Knight and didn’t flinch.

He took the war that ended others—and made it into the fuel that launched him into superstardom.

And that’s why to this day, no matter what Suge Knight ever did… Eminem still isn’t scared.