Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion

Back then, he broke three world records at the collegiate athletic meet, proving his swimming skills were indeed strong.

Everyone was looking forward to his performance at the 2012 London Olympics to see who was stronger between him and Phelps.

After the competition, many media outlets wanted to interview Link, asking about the athletic meet.

But his manager, Ms. Mandy, held a press conference and said, "Link is in closed training, preparing for the upcoming Boxing Championship challenge, and currently has no time for interviews."

The media then remembered that on May 25th, at Madison Square Garden in New York, there was a boxing match, WBA North American Continental Champion Andrea Rael challenging WBA World Champion Link Baker.

Although Link was busy training and had no time to deal with the media, on the day the athletic meet ended, he tweeted 'I'm the One, Number One'.

The tweet received 1.218 million likes and 80,000 comments within 24 hours.

The comments were extremely positive, most praising his exceptional swimming skills, affirming him as the genuine No. 1

That same day, the single "I'm the One" bucked trends and reached 82,000 downloads.

Link's music released a MV on YouTube featuring his participation in the swimming competition, using "I'm the One" as the BGM.

The video exceeded 2 million views in three days.

In its fifth week of release "I'm the One" reached 314,000 downloads, stormed up to number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and number one on the rap chart, leaving behind songs by Kanye, T.I., 50 Cent, Drake, and others.

Billboard published news claiming "I'm the One" took first place on the rap chart, setting several records.

These included Link being the first artist to reach number one on the rap chart with his debut rap single, the second non-African American artist to reach number one with his own rap song, and the first rapper from Florida to achieve this feat.

Billboard magazine highly praised Link's talent in music, calling him a talented and daring challenger of the unknown, and stating that the music world needed a singer like him.

Other media also lavishly praised Link, calling him a double-threat star excelling in both athletics and the arts.

"How can this be?"

Lil Wayne and others, seeing their rankings on Billboard, were dumbfounded.

After Kanye and TI released their new songs, Link's new song had left them far behind.

Following the trend of song sales, the first few weeks usually showed the best sales, decreasing as time went on.

Link's new song, having been suppressed for four weeks, was expected to fall outside of the top 20 on the rap chart.

They thought they had totally won this battle.

But no one had expected that the guy would quietly run off overseas to participate in an athletic meet, winning eight gold medals and becoming a swimming star.

Riding on the media's coverage, he soared in popularity; "I'm the One" along with his popularity spiked to number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the rap chart, firmly suppressing their singles beneath his.

A novice crossing over to rap and shooting to number one with a song called 'I'm the One,' undoubtedly felt like a slap in the face for them.

"Haha, what are you guys going to do now?"

Eminem lay on the couch, looking at Kanye, Lil Wayne, 50 Cent, and others with extremely gloomy expressions, teasing, "Why don't you guys also try participating in some athletic meets? If one of you could win a gold medal, you might have a chance to turn defeat into victory."

They glared back at him with dark faces; if they had the capability, they would have gone to the Olympics long ago, they didn't need him to tell them.

"Kanye, cut the jokes, don't forget your song got crushed by Link as well. You should be brainstorming with us.", Lil Wayne said.

"No need, I have no beef with Link, nor do I care about the ranking of this song. Besides, have you thought about it? The reconciliation between you and Link was mediated by MJ. Now that you've joined forces to suppress him upon his single release, how do you think MJ would feel after knowing this? Wouldn't he be disappointed?"

Eminem smirking, his face wearing a mischievous grin, looked at them.

Hearing these words, Kanye's face turned even more sullen, his expression even more gloomy.

Lil Wayne and the others also changed their expressions; Michael wasn't just a megastar but also an idol and spiritual symbol for them as African American singers, just like Ali.

In March, after their confrontation with Link at the Grammy Awards, Michael asked through his agent for them to stop creating a scene, not to cause any trouble for Washington.

When they heard Michael speaking up, naturally, they showed face, refrained from stirring the fans, and even apologized proactively in the media.

After Michael had visited New York last time, he invited them over and met with Link, intent on promoting peace, and Kanye had expressed his willingness to reconcile at the time.

It seemed like the matter had passed.

However, after Link released his rap single and seeing its success, they joined forces to release a single to suppress Link's new song, and their fans even went to insult Link.

Would Michael know about this?

Having been in the music industry for decades, Michael definitely knew about their actions, knew they hadn't truly reconciled with Link, knew they were dismissing him, dismissing their spiritual icon.

What's more embarrassing is that they, a group of dozens, still couldn't outdo Link, an amateur.

"Ah!"
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Thinking of this, Kanye suddenly yelled out loud, kicked over a desk, picked up a folding chair, and started smashing it on the desk, the sofa, and the liquor cabinet.

Eminem and others hastily stood up and kept their distance.

Kanye suffers from bipolar disorder. When depressed, he frowns every day as if everyone owes him a million.

When irritable, he lashes out and smashes things, and could accidentally hit someone.

"Kanye, don't lose your temper, it's not our fault, it's Link's fault. He, a pop singer, came into our turf and released a rap song; that's provoking us, stealing our livelihood. We did nothing wrong by suppressing him."

Lil Wayne shouted.

"Yes, it's Link's fault; we did nothing wrong. We were just competing normally."

50 Cent and Drake also followed up, trying to calm him.

With his arms crossed and touching his chin, Eminem said, "How come I remember that before releasing his rap single, Link had informed you guys, and you said you didn't mind."

Everyone was stunned for a moment; indeed, that day in the Lincoln Center parking lot, Link did mention this matter.

Did he mean to offend them by proposing a collaboration with Eminem?

At that time, Kanye said 'whatever you want' and everyone laughed out loud as they left; even the depressed Kanye laughed.

But in the end, they broke their promise.

No matter how you look at it, Link was in the right; they were the ones in the wrong.

If Michael knew that even after Link had reached out, he was still being suppressed, what would Michael think of them?

Thinking of this, even Lil Wayne and 50 Cent, who usually have thick skins, flushed with embarrassment and irritation at this moment.

"Ah!!"

When Kanye heard Eminem's words, he became even more irate, wielding a metal baseball bat and smashing everything in the room to pieces.

Eminem shook his head and was about to say something when he suddenly saw Kanye picking up a dark object from the overturned cabinet, cursing loudly, "Fuck!"

"Damn it, who brought a gun in here! Run!"

Eminem shouted as he ran outside.

Seeing Kanye with a gun, the others also held their heads and sprinted outside.

Bang! Bang! Bang!