Eminem has taken aim at Megan Thee Stallion and R. Kelly on his new single “Houdini.”
The song, which samples his own classic hit “Without Me,” finds Slim Shady making light of Megan’s 2020 shooting at the hands of Tory Lanez, which left her with bullet fragments in her feet.
Rapping over a cartoonish beat that also samples the Steve Miller Band’s “Abracadabra,” he spits: “If I was to ask for Megan Thee/ Stallion if she would collab with me/ Would I really have a shot at a feat?”
The wordplay continues when Em later makes a joke about R. Kelly and the leaked sex tape that allegedly showed him urinating on a minor.
“In the coupe, leaning back my seat/ Bumpin’ R. Kelly’s favorite group, the black guy pees,” he quips, playing on the name of the Black Eyes Peas.
The 51-year-old rap legend also takes shots at modern society, including cancel culture and gender identity.
“My shit may not be age-appropriate/ But I will hit an eight-year-old in the face with a participation trophy/ ‘Cause I have zero doubts that this whole world’s ’bout to turn into some girl scouts/ That censorship bureau’s out to (shut me down),” he spits.
He adds: “My transgender cat’s Siamese/ Identifies as black, but acts Chinese.”
The video for the single features Eminem donning his Robin-inspired Rap Boy superhero outfit from the iconic “Without Me” visual and battling his Slim Shady alter ego, who has teleported to the present day from 2002.
When the two face off, comic book style, things spiral further out of control as they combine to create a hybrid “monster” who is even more controversial and unfiltered.
The video, directed by frequent collaborator Rich Lee, features an array of famous faces including Dr. Dre in a prominent role similar to his appearance in the original “Without Me” video.
It also boasts cameos from 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, Royce Da 5’9″, The Alchemist, Jimmy Iovine, manager Paul Rosenberg and Shady Records signee Westside Boogie.
Towards the end of the clip, actor and comedian Pete Davidson pops up and rides in a car with Eminem, while the rapper’s three children are also seen briefly after they’re referenced in the lyrics.
“Houdini” serves as the lead single from Em’s upcoming 12th album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), which is due out this summer.
Killing off his alter ego has been a prominent theme of the rollout so far as an obituary for the foul-mouthed, bleach-blond character previously appeared in a Detroit newspaper.
Shadys back!!
Em is nice but this song is terrible it sounds goofy in a circus kind of way. As a grown man I don’t want to listen to this in my car, at a party or an event or at my house. Em fans got to get over themselves they are not able to accept any criticism at all. Listen the guy is nice but this song is lame.
You have to get over that Em doesn’t intentionally make songs for the “car, party , or event” this song and video is made directly for a play on his old music the Eminem show and slim shady lp
That’s what we like to hear from Em. Go at these lame ass artists. The industry has been too comfortable with mediocre nonsense.
Em is dope but this song is not good at all. His shots at people are usually clever and funny, none of his lines were good, funny or clever. It was just fake ranting. I prefer the serious Em just rapping and going in on a beat with a dope hook. The beat was also horrible.
@Ernie Go find your boyfriend Bert, your opinion about rap is null and void
It sounds like a pathetic attempt to be like his early 2000s era before he fell off. Drake covers what eminem lacks today
great greg loves Drake 🌈
Eminem has never lost a rap beef and he writes his own shit. Drake has a team writing for him and lost to everyone except Meek. Yeah we sure all think drake has replaced Em.
Eminem may write (poorly), his mentor, Dr dre certainly does not. Drake also writes his own lyrics. Bis team only does production
I love you Drake! Come sit on my face, boo! I’ll lick that booty clean !
That’s lame lyrics. GTFOH.
Eat a dick
He really fell off since encore. Drake has long since surpassed eminem in total sales and quality
wtf does drake have to do with anything? shut up and go bump ovo radio… at least they can have one listener..
Kendrick ain’t going to give a shit about you dickriding him or his culture vulture friend, eminem
Hi Ovo. I see you’re still up Drakes ass. Sorry but he’s not gonna bang you, fatgirl
That’s not Ovo, that’s actually great greg, which makes it worse. He’s a grown man who’s in love with Drake. That’s why he brings him up in stories that have nothing to do with him. I’ve never seen a grown man so in love with Drake before lol
Kendrick ain’t going to bang you either. He’s too busy at diddy’s parties along with eminem
I’m not a Kendrick fan, you psycho. Why are you talking about Drake and Kendrick in a story about Eminem?Seek therapy and medication ASAP
Your obssession with eminem and kendrick is unhealthy
Eminem’s talked about diddling kids before yet kendrick had no problem with him.
@Ovo aka great greg This is a story about Eminem. People are commenting about Eminem. You’re the only psycho on here talking about your love of Drake. I’m not kidding when I call you a psycho. You definitely need psychiatric treatment
@drakerunsrap “Eminem’s talked about diddling kids”. Cool story but Drake actually does diddle kids 😂🫵
You talk about drake and compare him to Eminem all the time. Drake sold more albums than Eminem.
That’s kendrick projecting. And Eminem did talk about diddling kids in just lose it
Wrong again Ovo. Em is the highest selling rapper of all time, that includes ur butt buddy Drake. And nobody cares about the white Canadian rapper except you
Drake surpassed eminem in sales by 2020 and was already beating him in album comparisons. Eminem sold less than 300k opening week for revival compared to scorpions and views million!
Wow, you’re dumber than I thought. You know there’s this thing called google where you can find out stuff like this, don’t you? Em has sold 220 million albums, the booty bandit Drake has sold 170 million. Are you actually this slow or are you trolling ?
Those are physical copies sold. Drake far more than made up the gap with the album streams. Eminem doesn’t even come close in terms of streams.
Have I mentioned how dumb you are? Go and read your original comment again. It says “Drake surpassed Eminem in SALES by 2020”. You really are slow, even for a Drake fan
Streams are part of sales too and Drake thrashed eminem in sales, quality, and being authentic to hiphop
Streams are not part of sales, you tard. Sales are purchases, streams are streams. Psychos like you stream Drake 24/7 to up the count. And Drake isn’t hip hop. He’s a sus pop singer who makes music for slow, overweight females like you.
Drake gets money either way from streams and the equivalent album sales far surpasses eminem’s
Cool, but sales aren’t streams, like you tried to say. One is free, the other you have to pay for. You could just admit that you were wrong but you’re far too slow to even realize it. You big dummy
You pay for subscriptions. Drake gets a percentage off of each stream so it’s still a sale. Drake still winning and eminem still losing
You pay for a subscription to a service, like Apple Music or YouTube Premium. You’re not paying for any individual album in those subscriptions. Album sales are solely based on the album. You can’t possibly be this slow, I refuse to believe it. You gotta be trolling
A subscription benefits drake
Goofy single but fun. Although it’s funny seeing people take it so seriously when Em is just effing around with it.
Not too bad honestly. I still wish he’d be able to replicate his pre 2006 or so sound, but I’ll settle for his 2012 sound. These are the lyrics of Shady, not the style.
I love shady not Eminem.
This is what the people want from Em. Not the silly accent, not the lyrical yelling. Slim Shady forever
If you guys want to know what an actual culture vulture is, this is eminem. Drake has black ancestry and his father is a jazz musician which is linked to hiphop. Eminem is 100% white yet acts black and uses his privilege. And uncle Tom’s like Dr dre and kendrick support him.
Eminem does more for the culture than anyone. Started shade45, hired all the best djs and hosts that play real hip hop all day. He put his crew D12 on. Drake was a child actor, Eminem was struggling growing up. He also doesn’t use reference tracks like Drake and actually writes his own lyrics as well as others including Dre. Drake sounds like a washing machine and is just an entertainer.
Eminem disbanded d12 after becoming selfish and shade 45 underpays black employees. Drake struggled when growing up as his actor pay was very low. Drake writes his own lyrics. It’s dre that doesn’t write shit.
Who cares, Drake is lame. 13 year old girl music.
@Toronto aka great greg. Drake’s a whiteboy from Canada who was a child actor lol. The only thing softer than him is his effeminate male fans, like you
Drake has some black dna. Eminem is all white yet acts black and is a culture vulture and corny as fuck.
I absolutely loved the video. It’s vintage Slim Shady! The nostalgia is real. Can’t wait for the album to drop
I like the video more than the song.
I enjoyed that more than I thought I would. The man is having fun. It’s refreshing to not hear drugs, money, hoes etc…
I will always show up for R. Kelly’s pedophile woman beating ass to be made a mockery of. Keep em coming.
Eminem and k dot both attend diddy’s underage sex parties. Eminem projected himself in just lose it and kendejck projected himself by accusing drake
I agree, Eminem is one of the most overrated rappers in the game.
Not as much as the white Canadian who’s an ex child actor .. 😂
Rappers with alter egos or different personas are like folks that have split personalities. It’s so freakin stupid. Like Nicki Minaj who is Roman and Megan Thee Stallion who is Tina Snow. Bahahahaaaa GTFOH
This is the Em Ive been missing. If this single is an indication of whats to come then Im very hyped.
Not feeling it, but I didn’t like “Berzerk” the first time I heard it either, but it grew on me. Check back in a month.
This single is bad very bad. I like Eminem but when he’s doing this I can’t take him serious at all. He’s too talented for this imo
Em’s almost as corny and played out as Snoop. A big sell-out too.
This dude BEEN corny. No real hip hop heads checking for him AT all
There’s comments getting 40 something likes and your goofy ass is here commenting too. Obviously people are checking for him. Shut your clown ass up and sweep up those mcdonald’s french fries before you get another write up.
wish he did this years ago still cool, the video is wat makees this work great then theres the sample “Lyrical technician, an electrician, y’all light work” a playful jab at J.cole
wish he did this years ago still cool, the video is wat makees it work great “Lyrical technician, an electrician, y’all light work” a playful jab at J.Cole
This song is one of the worst I’ve ever heard from Em.
Eminem 🤡 music. Lol.
Classic Slim Shady formula. Release the corny ass single so get all the youngsters on board, and then the rest of the album is dark and got some real lyrics to it. Slim is back, but seems not for long.
It’s very funny that eminem is using bots to artificially inflate his own streams. No respectable hiphop head is checking out a washed up over 50 year old rapper.