Eminem, Kool Keith 'wowed' by 'The Monster' shout-out: 'MMLP2' rapper's 'wild' lyrics inspired by 'a lot of issues' [VIDEO]

On Eminem's hit MMLP2 song "The Monster," the Detroit rapper drops this line:

"...going cuckoo and kooky as Kool Keith."

Shady references legendary hip-hop "horrorcore" emcee, Kool Keith. And the Bronx native is totally "cool" with that:

"That was good. I thought that was good," the Ultamagnetic MC rapper reveals in a recent interview with VladTV.

He goes on to explain:

"When I heard him [mention me] on the song I was like, 'Wow, it's very good because a lot of people look up to Eminem and he don't really say a lot of people's names on the song. I didn't get much slack from Eminem saying my name, I got more slack from people that was mad that he was saying my name, the average rapper who wanted to be known. A lot of guys felt bad, you got a lot of dudes out here, they look up to him a lot, a very a lot. A lot of good rappers that are top rappers look up to him. Then for him to say my name, the person that looks up to him looks at me kind of cross-eyed."

Keith (real name Thornton) thinks that he's relatable to Slim Shady, because they both write such "wild" songs:

"Well I guess he thinks he's more weirder than me [at] making songs that are wild 'cause I make wild songs. I guess he felt more like that's the comparison the same way he could make that he's iller than me or something, comparing that he could make a iller record than me. He could say iller subjects. He could write iller things. He can make people say 'Wow.'"

He also reveals his personal thoughts on Eminem's lyrical inspirations:

"I listen to Eminem's lyrics sometimes, sometimes he says a lot of wild stuff. "It seems like he has a lot of issues with himself, a lot of stuff more family stuff and personal but the other stuff... 'Stan,' and stuff like that. I mean he has a lot of issues and stuff. Me, I might have my names I keep changing... I don't like to use the same name on a song. Sometimes I'm Michael on a song, sometimes I'm Reggie, sometimes I'm Bob, sometimes I'm Tim. I don't feel like I need to be one person because if you be gangster then you gotta be gangster all your life, if you be this guy you gotta be the lover all your life. If you make a change people can't accept it. And I think that's what happened with [Dr.] Octagon and stuff, people thought I was gonna do that for the rest of my life."

Check out the full interview here!