The rapper recreated his Slim Shady invasion from the 2000s MTV VMAs earlier than launching into “Houdini” and “Someone Save Me”
Eminem kicked off the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards with a efficiency of “Houdini” and his Jelly Roll collaboration “Someone Save Me” off his newest album, The Dying of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce).
The efficiency opened with a brief skit by which a mass of Slim Shady clones stormed New York’s UBS Enviornment below the management of Eminem as he rapped the opening lyrics of “With out Me” from 2002’s The Eminem Present. In a uneven blonde wig of his personal, Eminem used the opening as a reference to his entrance on the 2000 MTV VMAs, when he carried out “The Actual Slim Shady” and “The Manner I Am” accompanied by over 100 lookalikes. That efficiency can be nominated for one of many VMAs’ new prizes this yr, Most Iconic Efficiency.
As soon as he launched into “Houdini,” Eminem stored the power excessive till he transitioned into the extra emotional minimize “Someone Save Me.” The second video featured visuals of Jelly Roll singing his portion of the tune on the display, which was later changed with residence movies of Eminem’s children.
Together with opening the present, Eminem is nominated for eight VMAs this yr, together with Artist of the Yr, Video of the Yr, Greatest Hip-Hop, and Tune of the Summer season for the Dying of Slim Shady’s lead single, “Houdini.” If he wins only one award, he’ll overtake Peter Gabriel because the male artist with essentially the most Moon Individuals in VMAs historical past.
Eminem final carried out on the VMAs in 2022, when he and Snoop Dogg delivered their collaboration, “From the D 2 The LBC.” He additionally made a cameo throughout Dr. Dre and Snoop’s VMA efficiency in 2012; opened the present in 2010 with “Not Afraid” and “Love the Manner You Lie” with Rihanna; and carried out for the primary time in 1999 with of “Responsible Conscience” and “My Title Is.”
Eminem dropped The Dying of Slim Shady again in July, the rapper’s twelfth studio album ostensibly serving as a ultimate salvo for his longtime alter ego, Slim Shady. Together with “Houdini,” the album options songs like “Tobey,” with Massive Sean and BabyTron, “Habits” with White Gold, “Non permanent” with Skylar Gray, and “Someone Save Me” with Jelly Roll.