Eminem’s 2013 tune “The Monster,” which incorporates a visitor spot from Rihanna, has surpassed one billion views on YouTube.
The tune, which was the duo’s fourth collaborative observe collectively, marks their second time breaking the 10-digit ceiling, one thing they beforehand achieved with their 2009 hit “Love The Way You Live.” It’s Eminem’s ninth video to surpass the milestone, having additionally carried out so with tracks like “Rap God” and “The Real Slim Shady,” and Rihanna’s twelfth. Among the many Fenty founder’s different hits which have carried out so are “Work,” “Umbrella” and “Stay.”
The observe, which appeared on Eminem’s album The Marshall Mathers LP2, was an enormous success, holding down the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Scorching 100 for 4 weeks upon its launch. It additionally grew to become Eminem’s first-ever No. 1 hit on the US Scorching R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, effectively over a decade into his profession.
The music video for “The Monster” directed by filmmaker Wealthy Lee, casts Rihanna as Eminem’s therapist. Within the visible, she analyses Eminem as he watches a reel of movies from throughout his profession, together with clips from “Mockingbird,” “My Name Is,” “The Way I Am,” and “Lose Yourself.” It additionally incorporates footage from Eminem’s 2001 efficiency of “Stan” with Elton John on the Grammy Awards.
The critically-acclaimed video earned three nominations on the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards, together with Greatest Male Video, Greatest Collaboration, and Greatest Course. Though it didn’t win any of those, it took residence the 2015 Grammy Award for Greatest Rap/Sung Collaboration the following yr.
Eminem launched his most up-to-date new solo album, The Demise of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), in 2024. Though Rihanna has primarily targeted on her work with Fenty and elevating her two sons, Riot and RZA, she has additionally launched a number of one-off singles over the previous few years, together with the Could single “Friend Of Mine,” which appeared on the soundtrack to the current movie Smurfs, wherein she starred as Smurfette.
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