Good people do exist in the music industry.
Kurupt recently shared on SiriusXM’s Sway in the Morning that Eminem quietly helped pay for his rehab treatment during one of the darkest periods of his life. Over the years, the rapper has been open about his battle with alcoholism over the years, which at one point left him in a coma for three weeks. During that difficult time, both Eminem and Dr. Dre stepped in to support him.
According to Kurupt, Dr. Dre was the first to reach out. “It was Dr. Dre that called me, literally, and was just giving his support and letting me know that we all go through these things. He was just giving me that game,” he said. Kurupt explained that Eminem later relayed a message through Dr. Dre, offering to help him get the treatment he needed. “I’m going to put Kurupt with my folks and put some money into getting him into a rehab situation where he can sit it down, enjoy himself, and be out of the way. Nobody knows he’s there.” Dr. Dre also passed along another message from Eminem. “Tell Kurupt I love him,” Dr. Dre relayed.
That gesture surprised Tha Dogg Pound member and meant the world to him during one of the hardest chapters of his life. “That was really special to me. I appreciate both of them so much. It’s like, damn, you know, he just came out of the blue from nowhere,” he said. Eminem has also been open about his own struggles with addiction, including his near-fatal overdose in 2007, making his support for Kurupt even more meaningful.
Now focused on his healing journey, Kurupt is also back to making music. He recently released a collaborative project, Tales From My Hood, with longtime collaborator DJ Battlecat in late July, and he is also gearing up for another collab project between Rakim and Masta Killa, The Godbody, with Snoop Dogg, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, and KRS-One all tapped to be featured on the project, which is set for a September 14 release.
This article was originally published on VIBE.
