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September 11th, 2001 is a day we now unfortunately refer to as “911” because of the horrifying, deadly World Trade Center attack in New York City.

Ironically, in the world of music, that same fateful day was also the wrinkle in time when two twin towers in hip-hop also exploded, Jay-Z and Eminem.

Em was invited by Jay to produce and be featured on the gold-certified song called “Renegade” from Jay’s double-platinum sixth studio The Blueprint dropped on 9/11/2001.

Did this decision lead to two of the greatest rappers of all time making the greatest rap song of all time?

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Leading up to 2001 when “Renegade” penetrated our mental states, neither Jay-Z nor Eminem needed each other for a mainstream co-sign, hip-hop credibility, or to gain a paying audience.

Brooklyn’s Jay-Z already added five albums to his lucrative catalog, one every year. Reasonable Doubt, In My Lifetime, Vol. 1, Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life, Vol. 3… Life and Times of S. Carter, and The Dynasty: Roc La Familia.

Let’s not forget Jay-Z’s Roc-A-Fella Records label that would eventually give us Kanye West, that “RW” logo gracing his Roc-A-Wear clothing line, Jay-Z headling the “Hard Knock Life Tour” in 1999 with DMX, Method Man, Redman, Beanie Sigel, Ja Rule, DJ Clue, Memphis Bleek, and Amil, along with its 2000 documentary film that tracked that tour called Backstage.

Eminem had been over in the Midwest of the map earning battle rap credibility in local Detroit outlets and in the Rap Olympics competition in Los Angeles and also released an indie rap album called Infinite.

Eminem was then selected for stardom by none other than Mr. N.WA., Captain The Chronic,and the super producer and introducer of Snoop Dogg himself—Dr. Dre.

Eminem’s two pre-Renegade albums The Slim Shady LPwon a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album and is now quadruple-platinum.

The dyed-blonde Caucasian word wizard followed up that album off of Dr. Dre’s Aftermath Record label with The Marshall Mathers LP, his birthname, going diamond, with 11 million in sales—still his highest-selling album to date.

Royce Was Supposed to Be a Renegade

Sometimes the greatest rap songs of all time end up with artists that they weren’t originally intended for.

The behind-the-scenes story behind “Renegade” is that it wasn’t going to be a Jay-Z song at all.

In fact, the verbally invincible Bad Meets Evil duo of Eminem and Royce da 5’9” was going to have another hot one to burn their names deep in the history books with, because “Renegade” was going to be a Royce track featuring Eminem. Royce talked to VladTV about the origin of “Renegade” during a 2016 interview stating:

Speak Your Mind

What makes “Renegade” the greatest rap song of all time is not just star power of Brooklyn and Detroit’s finest fusing their firepower together.

The song’s messages and content fall right in line with other hip-hop anthems—be authentic and speak your mind.

Hip-Hop as a culture, even back in its 1970s Bronx beginnings, was about giving a voice to the voiceless and providing a creative outlet of expression for the pain of the underprivileged.

Whether it is the hard knock life of Jay-Z’s Marcy Projects housing apartments in Bedford-Stuyvesant or the low income trailer park domestic roots of Eminem in Detroit, these lived experiences have made these men into inspirations for those financially struggling and musical renegades of a world that favors those born-rich who didn’t have to fight their way out of the 99% socio-economic classes like Jay-Z and Eminem had to.

Jay-Z gives his first-hand perspective of living in a crime-ridden environment, with a fatherless childhood, and surviving with the limited financial opportunities available to him.

Eminem expresses how the media has hypocritically painted him as some satanic drug addict, ruining the lives of listeners as if he created all the ills of the world that they face.

The confident chorus on “Renegade” sums up the importance of speaking your mind, and owning it, just like the outspoken legends Public Enemy, Ice Cube, and Wu-Tang Clan did before them.