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Eminem Opens 2024 MTV VMAs With ‘Houdini’ & Jelly Roll-Assisted ‘Somebody Save Me’ Alongside Slim Shady Clones


Eminem performed "Houdini" and "Somebody Save Me" at the 2024 MTV VMAs. Get the details.

The rapper — who received eight nominations this year — kicked off the show at UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y., where he entered from the aisles in a blond wig alongside a phalanx of Slim Shady look-alikes. Em stormed out of the tunnel with a dynamic performance of his The Death of Slim Shady lead single “Houdini,” which notched him his highest charting Billboard Hot 100 hit (No. The Detroit rap icon ditched the blond wig and dug into the poignant record, which finds him pouring out his soul and expressing regrets for the times he wasn’t present for his children, and the missteps he took as a parent.

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