Anuel AA Reveals How ‘Legend’ Eminem Inspired Him to Write About His Family

Anuel AA credits Eminem for showing him different paths in rap music.

The Latin Trap star appeared on Shade 45’s CTRL, ALT, D-Stroy on November 9, and shared how the Grammy-winning rapper influenced his career. Listen to the full interview on SiriusXM’s Shade 45 (Ch. 45).

“Eminem, I learned that you just don’t do music for girls, commercials or street songs or diss songs,” Anuel told D-Stroy. “But you could do music too for your mom, for your daughter.”

In fact, two of Anuel’s most vulnerable tracks “Me Contagié,” and “Mi Vida” sampled Eminem’s hit songs “Stan” and “Mockingbird” respectively, and played a big part in his success as an artist.

“Eminem was legend, bro,” Anuel said. “I did the ‘Stan’ hook in Spanish when I was in prison and that’s a big ass song in my career. People related a lot to it. So it’s really big and special.”

“I did a song for my mom with the ‘Mockingbird,’ beat,” he added. “And it’s a song talking about my life, about the struggles before the success. It’s wicked cause a lot of bad things I said in the song— that I didn’t want my mom see me go through that—they happened, and I ended up in prison.”

For Anuel, the personal storytelling on “Mi Vida” helped him relate to Eminem on a personal level.

“It’s one of those songs where people listen and they say, ‘Oh sh*t, he said all that and then it all happen to him,'” he recalled. “So it’s a really big song for me. Eminem is a big inspiration for me in my whole career. Really, really big.”

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