Eminem Announces Release Date for New Album

Eminem has announced the release date for his first new album since 2020’s Music to Be Murdered By and its companion, Music to Be Murdered By - Side B (Deluxe Edition). The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) is out Friday, July 12.

In May, Eminem teased his album with an obituary for his alter ego, Slim Shady, in a print edition of the Detroit Free Press. “A product of Detroit who began his career there as a rogue splinter in the flourishing underground rap scene of the mid to late 1990’s, Shady first became a household name in 1999 with the debut of his playfully deranged single ‘My Name Is,’ which — along with its uniquely eye catching video — exposed the young artist and his lyrics to a wider audience,” the eulogy read. “That audience was soon exposed to the extreme darkness of the muse/rapper, as he led millions of fans down a road that glorified a demonstrably nihilistic worldview.”

It’s a busy first half of July for Eminem, who is delivering a second single and “Houdini” follow-up with “Tobey” today (July 3) featuring fellow Detroit natives Big Sean and Babytron. A Cole Bennett-directed visual to the Tobey Maguire-inspired track will be released on Friday (July 5).

“Houdini” proved to be a victory on the charts for Eminem with the lead single earning him his highest-charting Hot 100 hit of the decade, as the track debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.