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Slim Shady 'obituary' runs in The Detroit News, teasing upcoming Eminem album

"The Death of Slim Shady" is due out this summer.

On page 3B of Monday's Detroit News, tucked inside the Sports section underneath a college football notebook item, a three-paragraph "obituary" ran for Slim Shady, the alter ego of rap superstar Eminem. Underneath a picture of Eminem in overalls and a hockey mask, a look he sported on 2000's "Up in Smoke" tour, the copy reads, "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 Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)" was announced last month, the same night that Eminem appeared at the opening of the NFL Draft in downtown Detroit.

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