When Eminem Tried to Trash Talk Michael Jordan, But Regretted it Immediately

Celebrities from the music industry are a common presence at NBA games. However, rarely does a musician talks trash to an actual NBA legend. Michael Jordan once experienced such a situation first hand.

When Eminem challenged Michael Jordan

Recently, In an interview with SiriusXM’s “Sway in the Morning” on Friday, the famous rap icon Eminem  recollected a deal with NBA legend Michael Jordan that he thought would never went down. Eminem described how he was on a phone call with Jordan discussing a shoe collaboration.

According to the Detroit rapper, the deal fell apart when he joked about dunking on the NBA legend.

“I was on the phone with him, we were talking, and everything was cool,” Eminem recalled. “He’s super cool, and everything was good until we get to the end of the phone call and I said, ‘Yo man, when are you gonna come to Detroit so I can dunk on you?‘

Eminem described how deadly silent the moments after his bad joke were. Apparently, the end of that conversation mortified him later on.

“It was crickets. I don’t remember exactly what he said, but I think he just kinda of was like, ‘ha ha ha.’ Like laughed. And I remember getting off the phone going, ‘Oh my God, I think I might have just blew it.'”

Further, he justified his seemingly disrespectful behavior by saying that he meant it as a joke. The rapper knew that it was ridiculous for him to even think  he could dunk on the 6’6” basketball legend.

Eminem said that in his head it was one of those things that one thinks will be funnier in your head than when you actually say it out loud. He also said he was clueless as to what happened after that.

Later, the musicians manager Paul Rosenberg highlighted that he has continued to do business with Jordan since that phone call. Hence, everything appears to be fine between the two.

Eminem and Michael Jordan have a few good collaborations to their names. These include the Eminem x Air Jordan 4, Eminem x Air Jordan 2, and Eminem x Carhartt x Air Jordan 4.