{"id":426822,"date":"2026-01-24T10:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T10:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/426822\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T10:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T10:12:08","slug":"eminem-private-concert-at-detroits-little-caesars-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/426822\/","title":{"rendered":"Eminem Private Concert at Detroit&#8217;s Little Caesars Arena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/eminem\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eminem<\/a> crashed Rocket Mortgage\u2019s annual all-team meeting at Detroit\u2019s Little Caesars Arena on Thursday night (Jan. 22), which saw Slim Shady <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/2Cool2Blog\/status\/2014809828992930151\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">perform a medley of hits<\/a> as part of his surprise appearance. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Detroit legend sent the thousands of workers into a frenzy when <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Shadyind\/status\/2014487983618195565\">he popped out onstage<\/a> in a hoodie jacket, gray jeans and white Nike sneakers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tEm ran through a nine-track set spanning his Hall of Fame career, which included rare live performances of <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Shadyind\/status\/2014672474320101687\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u201cLose Yourself,\u201d<\/a> \u201cSquare Dance,\u201d \u201c3 AM,\u201d \u201cThe Real Slim Shady,\u201d \u201cKill You,\u201d \u201cStan,\u201d \u201cMy Name Is,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Shadyind\/status\/2014674587745997208\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u201cWithout Me\u201d<\/a> and \u201cHoudini.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tRocket Mortgage has been known to go the extra mile for its employees\u2019 entertainment, as<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/lil-wayne\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Lil Wayne<\/a> was the special guest performer at last year\u2019s team meeting. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThursday marked Em\u2019s first time performing at Little Caesars Arena, which is home to the Detroit Pistons. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/steve-aoki\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Aoki <\/a>also warmed the crowd up with a DJ set.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tEminem\u2019s last performance in Detroit was when he popped onstage with fellow hometown hero Jack White for his Thanksgiving Day halftime set at the Lions game. Before that, Em performed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/concerts\/eminem-collab-jelly-roll-debut-houdini-michigan-central-station-re-opening-highlights-1235703471\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Live From Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central<\/a> in June 2024, ahead of his The Death of Slim Shady album.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIt\u2019s been more than a decade since a proper headlining gig for Em in Detroit, which came when he co-headlined Comerica Park with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/rihanna\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rihanna <\/a>in 2014 as part of the Monster Tour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tEminem\u2019s last album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Gr\u00e2ce), arrived in July 2024 and netted him an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/eminem-death-of-slim-shady-number-one-billboard-200-albums-chart-1235735997\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">11th No. 1 album atop the Billboard 200<\/a> with 281,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S., according to Luminate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn 2025, Em was on board as a producer for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/stans-eminem-documentary-1236037767\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stan<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/stans-eminem-documentary-1236037767\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">s<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/stans-eminem-documentary-1236037767\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> documentary, <\/a>which tells Em\u2019s life story and dives into his career through the eyes of his superfans. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIt\u2019s anybody\u2019s guess for Em\u2019s next move musically, but there\u2019s been plenty of social media speculation that he could be making a guest appearance on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/j-cole\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> J. Cole\u2019s <\/a>anticipated The Fall-Off album in February. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eminem crashed Rocket Mortgage\u2019s annual all-team meeting at Detroit\u2019s Little Caesars Arena on Thursday night (Jan. 22), which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,3867,216,498],"class_list":["post-426822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-genre-hiphop","tag-music","tag-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}