Group
Bad Meets Evil
- From
- Detroit, United States
- Active
- 1997–2025
- Rating
- ★ 4.65
- Releases
- 8
- hip hop
- hardcore hip hop
About
Bad Meets Evil was an American hip hop super duo composed of Detroit-based rappers Royce da 5′9″ ("bad") and Eminem ("evil"). Formed in 1997, the duo's name comes from the namesake song from Eminem's The Slim Shady LP (1999), which featured Royce da 5'9". They debuted the same year with the release of the double single, "Nuttin' to Do" and "Scary Movies", the latter of which was part of the soundtrack to the 2000 horror comedy parody film Scary Movie. A decade later, the duo reunited to release an extended play (EP) to critical and commercial success.
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The duo broke up after a feud between Royce and the members of Eminem's group D12. The feud ended when Proof, a D12 member and a mutually close affiliate of both rappers, was killed in April 2006. After Royce's supergroup Slaughterhouse signed to Eminem's Shady Records, a reunion of Bad Meets Evil followed with the EP Hell: The Sequel (2011), which reached number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The EP's lead single, "Fast Lane" peaked at number thirty-two on the Billboard Hot 100, while its second single, "Lighters" (featuring Bruno Mars), peaked at number four on the same chart.
The duo returned for the 15-year anniversary album for Shady Records, Shady XV (2014), for "Vegas", and again in 2015 to record two tracks for the boxing film Southpaw, titled "All I Think About" and "Raw". The duo reunited for the song "Not Alike" on Eminem's album Kamikaze (2018). Eminem was also featured on Royce's song "Caterpillar" on his album Book of Ryan (2018). Royce was featured on three tracks on Eminem's album Music To Be Murdered By (2020): "You Gon' Learn", "Yah Yah" and "I Will". On the song "Godzilla" from the same album, Eminem confirms that the duo are still active by rapping ("pack heat, but it's black ink
Evil half of the Bad Meets Evil, that means take a back seat").
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Also known as
Bad Meets Evil (Eminem & Royce Da 5'9'') · Bad Meets Evil (Eminem and Royce 5-9) · Eminem & Royce 5’9 · Eminem & Royce DA 5-9 · Eminem & Royce DA 59 · Royce da 5'9" & Eminem
Tags
- midwest hip hop
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 87f27b14-cbd0-44ea-93a3-6fead5cb45e7
- ISNI
- 0000000121818248
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 5 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.