Eminem Teases ‘Face-Off’ Roast Battle With Slim Shady In New Trailer

Eminem and Slim Shady have finally sat down for a conversation in a new teaser trailer. The Complex-produced visual, titled The Face-Off, was released on Friday (July 26) and features Eminem, or Marshall Mathers rather, confronting his alter ego, Slim Shady.

The short echoes the theme of Eminem’s latest album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), with Slim Shady seemingly detailing why he has suddenly resurfaced. “I’m back because you got your nuts tucked so tightly between your legs f**king Caitlyn Jenner would be jealous,” Slim wisecracks at Mathers’ expense. “Yo, are you just, like, allergic to not being an a**hole?” Marshall snarkily quips back.

As he continues, the Detroit emcee details why Slim Shady “can’t be canceled,” comparing him to a Family Guy character or Cartman from South Park. “Every other week on TikTok, Gen Z discovers you on Monday and cancels me on Tuesday,” Marshall adds. Slim Shady continues to mock the legendary rapper before digitally disappearing into the “Detroit multiverse.” The official Complex YouTube channel offers a description of The Face-Off event, which is set to go down on Monday (July 29).

“Somewhere in the Detroit multiverse, Slim Shady has escaped his 2002 timeline and popped through a portal to terrorize 2024,” a description for the video details. “A serial offender with no shortage of targets, Slim’s really back with Terminator-type tenacity, bent on taking out the very man that sired him: Marshall Mathers. In The Face-Off—a digital short created in collaboration with Complex—Slim and Marshall spar with the gloves off in an 11-minute roast battle that bends space and time and shatters civility. Only when the dust settles do we discover which one wins the war for the soul of Eminem.”

Complex has also released a capsule collection to coincide with Eminem’s album and his upcoming battle with his alter ego. Complex’s The Death Of Slim Shady Capsule Collection can be purchased here.

Watch the trailer above.