Eminem Has Lost His Superpower

Slim Shady is dead. Back in April, the rapper Eminem teased his new album — called The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace) — with a trailer for a fake true-crime documentary about his peroxide-headed, foul-mouthed, sociopathic alter-ego’s murder. A couple of weeks later, the Detroit Free Press (Eminem’s hometown paper) ran an obituary for the fictional character. And now we’ve got the new single, “Houdini”, with a video where Eminem plays himself and Slim battling for control of his career.