Eminem is back, but the real Slim Shady may not last much longer.
On Thursday night, the Grammy Award-winning rapper announced the release of his upcoming album titled The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace).
The album, which is Eminem’s twelfth, will be released this summer.
Eminem (real name Marshall Mathers), 51, announced the release with a funny video advertising a fake true crime show about the death of Slim Shady, Eminem’s longtime rap alter ego.
“Through his complex and often criticized, twisted rhymes, the antihero known as Slim Shady has had no shortage of enemies,” narrates a crime reporter for the non-existent Detroit Murder Files.
Rapper 50 Cent appears in the video and says that Slim Shady “is not a friend. He is a psychopath.”
The reporter then tells the camera that Slim Shady’s “rude lyrics and controversial antics” may have led to his demise. At the end of the video, Eminem reveals himself behind a censor that blurs his face and says: “I knew it was just a matter of time for Slim.”
Slim Shady, a character often attributed to Eminem’s darker, vulgar and violent lyrics, emerged from the rapper’s 1997 album. lean and gloomy EP.
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The Bachelor My name is introduced listeners to Slim Shady, who opens the song by rapping: “Hey kids, you like violence? / Do you want to see me drive nine-inch nails into each of my eyelids?
Eminem announced his next album just before appearing at the NFL Draft in Detroit. (He appeared at the draft cold open alongside NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.)
His latest album, Music to be murderedwas released without any promotion in January 2020.
In October, Eminem launched a line of jarred pasta sauces, appropriately named Mom’s Spaghetti, in reference to the rapper’s 2002 hit single. Be lost.
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