

The video features scenes corresponding to specific lyrics: The costume can be seen later in the "Without Me" music video following the release of The Eminem Show. The video also features Eminem dressed in the same superhero costume used by Tom Green in the "Lonely Swedish" video chasing a boy band, taking one of its members down to the ground and sits on his face. Griffin said during a July 21, 2005, interview on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno that Eminem selected her for the video because fellow rapper Snoop Dogg told him she was "really funny." Dre, D12, a lookalike of Kid Rock, Fred Durst, a lookalike of Carson Daly, Kathy Griffin, lookalikes of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee, and even a stuffed Bill the Cat doll can also be seen being held in possession by one of the mental patients in the hospital scenes.Īctress and comedian Kathy Griffin, who is also known for insulting celebrities in her act, appears in the video as an attending nurse in a psychiatric ward. The video also features cameo appearances by Dr. Dre directed the music video on April 7-8-9-10 2000 It features Eminem performing the song in a psychiatric ward, a local Detroit neighborhood nearside a park, a fast-food joint, the Grammy Awards, and even in a factory where multiple clones of the rapper are produced.

The song is a critique of manufactured pop songs that were being churned out at the time. The first single was intended to be "Who Knew". Eminem wrote "The Real Slim Shady" just hours before the final copy of the album was due. Interscope Records' Jimmy Lovine wanted Eminem to have a song to introduce the album, similar to the way " My Name Is" was the first single on The Slim Shady LP.

"The Real Slim Shady" was not included on the original copy of The Marshall Mathers LP before its release. 4 Eminem The One Who Wears His Black Cap Visor Golf Adjustable Upside Down In Up In Smoke Tour (2000).3 Dr Dre Who Wears His Red Tee Shirt Short Sleeve With Half-Sleeves Classics Like Co Saturday April 8 2000.
