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This week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome Detroit's own Royce da 5'9 back to the Upper West Side for a deep, hilarious, revealing, and very meaningful conversation on what he misses about Slaughterhouse, their unreleased project, the places he and Eminem listen to music, meeting Beyonce for the first time in celebration of Carmen: a Hip-Hopera, listening to 4:44 for the first time alongside Jay Electronica, what he fights with DJ Premier about, doing the Tootsie Roll in a high school talent show, how he broke the cycle when it came to parenting, and much more!


Royce Da 5’9 speaks about:
1:27 Meeting Big Sean/What drives him to be great/Beginning to produce
10:42 Relationship with DJ Premier/Slaughterhouse/ Working with Dr. Dre
21:09 Detroit’s Rap scene/Meeting Jay-Z
34:48 Griselda Records/Artist Development/ Tommy Boy Records
42:31 Artists he wants to work with/ Beyonce/ Getting sober/Relationship with Eminem
53:56 The Hip Hop Shop/ His definition of a true friend/ Slaughterhouse/ Jay Electronica
1:05:59 Relationship with his father/His experience as a father/ Moments he wish he cherished more/His glasses collection