All the Celebrities Eminem Name-Drops on 'Houdini'

Lyrical: “If I asked Megan the Stallion if she'd work with me/ Would I really have a feat?”

Eminem and Megan Thee Stallion have yet to collaborate, and a request for a featurette playing her Tory Lanez shoot in 2020 is a weird way to ask. Lanez ended up being sentenced to a decade behind bars, and the Houston rapper has been vulnerable about the depression and mental health issues she's endured in recent years.

Lyrical: “In the coupe that reclines my seat/ Bumpin' R. Kelly's favorite group the black pees”

R. Kelly and Eminem have never collaborated throughout their careers. Here, Em uses puns comparing the disgraced singer's alleged fetish of peeing on women during sex to his favorite band the Black Eyed Peas.

This isn't the first time Slim Shady has kicked out Kells either. In 2009 Relapse On the track “Old Times Sake,” Em brings up R. Kelly and his alleged fetish once again. “And she gave me wings, I believe I can fly/ While I'm peeing on a girl, you won't catch me CSI,” he raps.

Lyrical: “Cancel me what? OK, that's it, go ahead Paul quit/ Snake a– p—k”

Eminem and Paul Rosenberg met in 1997 during the infancy of Em's career and he became Slim's manager shortly thereafter. Rosenberg briefly left his role with Eminem in 2018 when he took over Def Jam Records as president, but ended up leaving the label in 2020 and resuming management duties.

Lyrical: “F–k them, f–k Dre, f–k Jimmy, f–k me, f–k you, f–k my kids are bad”

Jimmy Iovine is the co-founder of Interscope Records. As the story goes, Iovine reportedly played By Em Slim Shady EP for Dr. Dre and urged Dre to sign the Detroit rapper to his Aftermath label. Iovine and Eminem remain close to this day, as Em reached the famous strain 70th birthday party last year.

Lyrical: “F–k them f–k Dre, f–k Jimmy, f–k me, f–k you, f–k my kids are bad”

Dr. Dre has long been a mentor to Eminem and signed him to his record label Aftermath. From producing Em's “My Name Is” in 1999 to “Forgot About Dre” and more, Dr. Dre remains an integral part of Slim Shady's creative process as they form one of the most dynamic duos in all of rap. Dre appears in the “Houdini” music video and revealed in March that he contributed to Eminem's upcoming video The Death of Slim Shady album.

Lyrical: “I got two balls, big as RuPaul's, what you thought you saw/ Ain't what you saw”

There doesn't seem to be any history between RuPaul and Eminem before they name-dropped him on “Houdini.” RuPaul is known as the “Drag Queen” during the production of the acclaimed reality series RuPaul's Drag Race. The multi-talented 63-year-old has won a pair of Billboard Music Awards, a Tony and 14 Primetime Emmys.

Lyrical: “Caught Sleeping and Watch the Kidnapping” Never Happened / Like Sherri Papini

Eminem has referenced notorious serial killers and other strange cases and diabolical criminals seen in American history throughout his lyrics in the past. During the last verse of “Houdini”, Em mentions Sherri Papini, who was arrested for orchestrating it own kidnapping scam in 2016.

Papini, 34 at the time, claimed she was kidnapped for three weeks before being released in November 2016. The mother of two stood by her story when questioned by federal agents. The California resident was finally arrested in 2022 and agreed to a plea deal. He ended up getting 18 months in prison and a $300,000 fine on charges of mail fraud and lying to a federal agent.

Lyrical: “Harry Houdini, I vanish into thin air as I go”

Harry Houdini was an escape and stunt artist who became a famous performer in the early 1900s. His unearthly stunts seem to be the inspiration behind Em's new single that bears his name. The Death of Slim Shady. Houdini died aged 52 in 1926.