2 Chainz talks writing process of “Kyrie & Luka” with Eminem

2 Chainz, Larry June, and The Alchemist have recently spoke with Complex magazine about creating Life is Beautiful album. At one point of the interview, Chainz talked the working process on Eminem‘s “Kyrie & Luka” song, the first bonus track on the digital limited edition of The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce) album. The song’s title pays homage to Kyrie Irving and Luka Dončić of the Dallas Mavericks. The rap chemistry between 2 Chainz and Eminem mirrors that of the star duo of Kyrie and Luka in the basketball world.

Interviewer: I was just listening to “Kyrie & Luka” the song you had with Eminem. I was like man, you went crazy.
Alchemist: So crazy. He lost his mind on that actually.
2 Chainz: I actually did that beat.
Larry June: You made that beat?

2 Chainz: Em did his part, but I did my part. Em came in and added some crazy drums on his part. But yeah, that was fun. There is is only two things a person could say: that’s yes or no. And when I asked him to get on it, he said “yes” and the rest is history. And it is crazy. I’m so confident it’s like, “Here go my verse” and I’m done. “Do you Mr. Eminem, because I already know how you get down.” And still ain’t going to change my verse. And so I’m glad it came out from him too.

Larry June: Oh, so you sent him the song but he ended up using it?
2 Chainz: What happened was I sent it to him and he rapped for a while. And so this is when I was working on [Welcome 2 Collegrove] with Wayne. And so I said if I put Wayne on this song, it’s going to be about 10 minutes long. So I said I’ll just sit on the song. But they would ask me, “When you going to put this song out?” And for me, sometimes I sit on songs too long just like sometimes I wait to wear clothes. It’s just a bad thing with me trying to figure out when is the right time to do something. And I didn’t know what project to put it on. I’m trying to say I’m going to put it on this. And it just made sense for it just to come out because people like you were able to hear it and have your opinion on it.

For the full interview, visit Complex here and listen to “Kyrie & Luka” below: