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Eminem Spent $600 On Rare Nas Cassette

by Music-News.com on April 29, 2021

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Eminem once spent $600 (£430) on a cassette copy of Nas’ studio debut album Illmatic.

A lifelong collector, Eminem loves chasing down hard-to-find items and when he decided he needed an unopened copy of the 1994 classic, he went all out to get his hands on one.

“Man, I couldn’t find that shit nowhere (sic),” Eminem told Paul Rosenberg and DJ Whoo Kid during a Clubhouse room chat as part of a Shady Con online event.

“I finally found one and it cost like 500 to 600 dollars for a sealed copy,” Eminem added, posing the question: “because who the fuck had a copy of Illmatic and didn’t open it? Nobody.”

He went on: “I think it’s backstock from what record stores had in the back storage – the tapes that never sold, so they just kept them and sold them online. That’s the only thing I can think of.”

The rapper launched his digital festival, Shady Con, last week, giving fans the chance to own a variety of Eminem-approved non-fungible token (NFT) collectables, as well as some original instrumental beats.

“I’ve been collecting since I was a kid, everything from comic books to baseball cards to toys, as well as every rap album on cassette I could get my hands on. Not much has changed for me as an adult,” he shared.

The hitmaker then explained the appeal of the unique tokens: “I’ve attempted to re-create some of those collections from that time in my life, and I know I’m not alone. I wanted to give this drop the same vibe of, ‘Oh, man I gotta get just that one or maybe even the whole set!’”

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