Eminem releases new song “Houdini” with video cameos from Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Pete Davidson and others

The song is the first single from Eminem’s upcoming album “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)”.

• Eminem released his new song “Houdini” on Friday – along with a music video

• The clip features cameo appearances by Pete Davidson, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg and Shane Gillis

• The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) will be released later this year

Guess who’s back? Shady is back – and maybe for the last time.

Eminem released the new single “Houdini” on Friday, May 31, his first from his upcoming album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce).

The video for the new song, which came out the same day, begins with the now 51-year-old rapper lying in bed and receiving a call from Dr. Dre – a direct reference to his 2002 video “Without Me.” In fact, the song itself begins with the lines from the 22-year-old song: “Guess who’s back/Shady’s back, tell a friend,” and much of the video is reminiscent of the video the rapper released for his earlier song.

In “Houdini,” Eminem receives a call from Dre, who tells him that a portal to the year 2002 has opened in the city. This means that a younger version of Eminem – complete with the short, bleached hair the rapper wore back then – has arrived in 2024.

The older and younger versions of the two rappers later appear on screen together as the video continues with the comic book-style imagery used in “Without Me,” with Eminem even donning the same superhero costume he wore in the earlier video as he raps about his younger self, about what a 20-something Eminem would say about the present and life today.

“Abra-abracadabra (And for my last trick)/I’m about to reach in my pocket, dude (like that)/Abra-abracadabra (And for my last trick, poof)/Just like that and I’ll be back, bro,” he raps in the chorus of the track.

Alongside cameo appearances from 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg and comedian Shane Gillis – all of whom appear on screen in cartoonish sections of the video – Eminem and his younger self eventually engage in a battle in which they become an older version of the rapper with longer, bleached hair.

Elsewhere, this “new” Eminem raps surrounded by other blond Slim Shady-esque types, before the clip for the new track ends with a cameo by Pete Davidson, who appears with bleached hair, gets into the rapper’s car to give him a ride, and tells him, “Don’t worry, I just got my license back.”

The rapper released the cover of the song a few days before its release, which features a magician wearing a Jason Voorhees hockey mask and levitating an electrified microphone in the air.

“Guess who’s back? And for my last trick…” it says on the cover.

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The day before, Eminem (real name Marshall Mathers) had released a video with magician David Blaine in which he asked the magician for help.

“I was wondering how far we could go with this magic. Can we do a stunt or something?” he says. “So, for my last trick, I’m going to make my career disappear.”

Eminem’s promotional campaign for his upcoming album focuses on magic and the apparent death of his longtime alter ego Slim Shady. The star first introduced Slim to his fans in 1997 with the Slim Shady EPand two years later The Slim Shady LP.

The album featured songs with lyrics from the perspective of his alter ego, including “My Name Is,” his first big hit with the famous opening: “Hi, my name is what? My name is who? My name is, chka-chka, Slim Shady.”

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Earlier this month, a fake obituary for Slim Shady appeared in the Detroit Free Pressthe newspaper from Eminem’s hometown.

As Complex reported, the obituary’s headline read “Slim Shady left a lasting impression,” with the subheading “Fans will never forget the controversial rapper.”

The obituary described Shady as a Detroit native whose debut single, “My Name Is,” introduced the young artist and his lyrics to a wider audience, but who “met a sudden and horrific end.” The obituary also said that “the legacy he leaves behind is no closer to resolution than the manner in which this figure left this world.”

Weeks earlier, Eminem announced The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)which is his first new album since the release of Music to murder.

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