Monsta Ganjah from The Regime recently joined Australia's Fresh 92.7 for an interview. As the nephew of the Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E., the Long Beach and Carson native recalled his uncles providing security to Eminem.
When speaking about the Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. getting an Eminem and B-Real feature on "911," Monsta Ganjah explained that the Eminem feature was a favor in return for the Samoan rap group stopping the Crips from extorting the Detroit rapper.
"That’s how that song 'Hip Hop is in a state of 9-1-1' with Boo-Ya T.R.I.B.E. and B-Real, that's how that song came about because Paul Rosenberg reached out," Monsta Ganjah explained. "He was getting extorted by some Crips. Eminem was getting extorted by some Crips. Maybe he was paying them money and getting bullied, I don’t know the exact details. I do know a few phone calls were made and then that's how the feature came about [because] they were like, 'Anything in return, what do you want?' They're like, 'I want a feature from Em,' you know what I’m saying? If you hear what he says, he's like, '40, 50 Samoans,' he throws the lyrics out."
The lyrics Monsta Ganjah referenced are from Eminem's opening verse on "911" in which Slim Shady raps, "Everywhere we go people know we roll deep as f***/40, 50 Samoans, they knowing when D-Bo was/50, Tweezy, Obie, there won't be no h** in us/They pop s*** like they gonna do s*** but no one does."
"911" appeared on the Boo-Ya T.R.I.B.E.'s 2003 album West Koastra Nostra.
