Eminem runs fake Slim Shady obituary in Detroit Newspaper

nme.com:

Eminem ran a fake Slim Shady obituary in a Detroit Newspaper following the announcement of ‘The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)’.Photos of the obituary in the print issue of the Detroit Free Press began circling social media.

The piece featured “Slim Shady Made Lasting Impressions” as the headline with its subhead reading “Fans Will ‘Never Forget’ Controversial Rapper”.

It also featured a photo of Eminem wearing a pair of dungarees and a white hockey mask.The obituary for the iconic rapper’s eccentric alter ego began by paying tribute to Eminem’s early career in the “underground rap scene of the mid to late 1990s.”It continued: “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 obituary reads. “That audience was soon exposed to the extreme darkness of the muse/rapper, as he led millions of music fans down a road that glorified a demonstrably nihilistic worldview.“Ultimately, the very things that seemed to be the tools he used became calling cards that defined an existence that could only come to a sudden and horrific end.

His complex and tortured existence has come to a close, and the legacy he leaves behind is no closer to resolution than the manner in which this character departed this world.