Eminem releases single with star-studded music video

Slim Shady is back, again. But apparently not for long.

Eminem appears to be killing off his alter ego in his latest project, an album titled “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace).”

He released the first single from the album, “Houdini,” which samples the Steve Miller Band’s 1982 hit “Abracadabra.” His lyrics are aimed at several people, including Megan Thee Stallion and even himself.

“If I asked Megan Thee Stallion to work with me, would I really have a chance to accomplish this feat?” he raps, referencing Tory Lanez shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the feet in 2020, for which Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Eminem also released a music video for the song, in which he gets a little help from some of his famous friends.

It begins with the 51-year-old rapper’s music manager, Paul Rosenberg, leaving a seemingly less-than-positive voicemail about the new album, after which Eminem’s mentor and frequent collaborator, Dr. Dre, tells him, “We have a problem.”

It’s about a portal that allows time travel between the present and 2002. Then there are performances by 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg and Pete Davidson.

Eminem battles with his younger self in the music video, which will remind fans of his 2002 music video for “Without Me.”

His hometown newspaper, the Detroit Free Press, recently published a fake obituary for his alter ego Slim Shady. It described Slim Shady as “a rebellious offshoot of the thriving underground rap scene.”

“The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)” is the follow-up to Eminem’s 2020 album “Music to Be Murdered By.” The full collection of new music will be released this summer.