During a chat with Shannon Sharpe, 2 Chainz remembered recording with Eminem and Dr. Dre's home studio.
Shady was in recovery at the time, so Chainz was told he couldn't smoke around. [Jump to 2:30]
. @2chainz Couldn’t Smoke Around @Eminem
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“When it was time to work with Eminem, it was actually kind of funny… This was his people — Eminem was somewhere writing — but his people are just so concerned with him, they put the speaker outside so I could listen to the beat.” pic.twitter.com/Hod50zspkQ
“When it was time to work with Eminem, it was actually kind of funny… This was his people — Eminem was somewhere writing — but his people are just so concerned with him, they put the speaker outside so I could listen to the beat. I'm outside. It's a beautiful day in Malibu, I'm just smoking," he remembered.
2 Chainz then came back into the home to record his verse. That freaked out Em's handlers, who tried to keep Shady away from Chainz and his evil weed.