--- title: Eminem Made a Cameo Appeareance at Drake's Detroit Concert description: Drake fans got a massive surprise Tuesday when the rapper invited Eminem to join him on stage during his Detroit concert canonical: https://time.com/4455612/eminem-drake-detroit-concert/ author: Amanda Calvo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-17T09:14:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T00:01:47.945Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Eminem Made a Cameo Appeareance at Drake's Detroit Concert og:description: Drake introduced Eminem as the "greatest rapper" og:url: https://time.com/4455612/eminem-drake-detroit-concert/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Eminem Made a Cameo Appeareance at Drake's Detroit Concert twitter:description: Drake introduced Eminem as the "greatest rapper" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Eminem Made a Cameo Appearance at Drake's Detroit Concert by [Amanda Calvo](/author/amanda-calvo/) ## Amanda Calvo Aug 17, 2016 9:14 AM CUT by [Amanda Calvo](/author/amanda-calvo/) ## Amanda Calvo Aug 17, 2016 9:14 AM CUT Drake fans got a massive surprise Tuesday when the rapper invited [Eminem](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7476124/drake-eminem-greatest-rapper-detroit "undefined") to join him on stage during his Detroit concert as part of his _Summer Sixteen Tour_. “Detroit, make some noise for the greatest rapper that ever get on a mother\*\*\*ing microphone,” Drake shouted to the crowd as Eminem appeared on stage from a trap door, reports Billboard. It was the first time Eminem had appeared in front of his hometown crowd since November, and the pair performed “Forever.” Their joint appearance at the Joe Louis Arena follows some drama between Drake and Eminem’s Slaughterhouse bandmate Joe Budden, who had criticized Drake’s latest album _Views._ \[[_Billboard_](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7476124/drake-eminem-greatest-rapper-detroit "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4455612/eminem-drake-detroit-concert/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4455612/eminem-drake-detroit-concert/"},"headline":"Eminem Made a Cameo Appearance at Drake's Detroit Concert","datePublished":"2016-08-17T09:14:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:01:47.945Z","description":"Drake introduced Eminem as the \"greatest rapper\"","url":"https://time.com/4455612/eminem-drake-detroit-concert/","keywords":["celebrities","Music","Pop Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Amanda Calvo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/amanda-calvo/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4455612/eminem-drake-detroit-concert/","name":"Eminem Made a Cameo Appearance at Drake's Detroit Concert"}}]}] ```