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It started out as kind of a dance beat that Matthew Burnett and Jordan Evans had worked on before. I really like the chords on the beat, so I stripped it down and left a few elements in there. The two beats were night and day; it went from a dance beat to a hip-hop beat. It was pretty cool. Shout out to Jordan Evans and Matthew Burnett. They’re very, very talented kids. What they’ve done with Daniel Caesar is nothing short of incredible. And Daniel will be around for a very, very long time. He’s special.
My old manager has a relationship with Marshall and his manager, Paul Rosenberg. This is after producing ‘Forever’ for Drake, Lil Wayne, Kanye West and Eminem. It was while this was happening that the connection was made and that’s how [Eminem got the beat]. [I didn’t get in the studio with Eminem but] I ended up meeting Dr. Dre through my friend Stat Quo. It was like a dream come true meeting my favorite producer of all time.
A few days before [‘Not Afraid’] dropped, somebody informed me that it was about to [be Eminem’s single]. It was surreal; I almost didn’t believe it—until it came out and I heard it. That changed my life in a sense, like, I took my career seriously. I really realized that I had a gift. It was really motivating and I just wanted to continue to do my best at all times.
Not Afraid Lyrics. Chorus I’m not afraid (I’m not afraid) To take a stand (To take a stand) Everybody (Everybody) Come take my hand (Come take my hand) We’ll walk this road together, through the storm. Whatever weather, cold or warm. “I’m not gonna weigh in on the dynamics of CINDERELLA and what caused that to go south. He said: The only thing I’ll say is what I’ve said in the past, and that is, there’s been issues for decades between us, and they’ve gone years unresolved.