Eminem in 2021. Photo: Brendan_linden via Wikimedia Commons, CC0.
Rapper IDK has signed to Eminem's Shady Records in partnership with Interscope Records, and announced the deal Friday, Nov. 13, 2026 with the midnight release of "WELCOME," a new single featuring Eminem and built on production from the late Detroit producer J Dilla, according to FADER and Billboard.
On the track, IDK delivers the verses while Eminem comes in on the chorus, per WSTW's reporting. The song arrives with a black-and-white music video filmed in Detroit, the city tied to both Eminem's and J Dilla's legacies. Stereogum notes the beat is built on production Dilla left behind; Dilla died in 2006 and remains one of hip-hop's most influential producers.
For IDK, the partnership closes a long circle: he has said Eminem and 50 Cent helped shape his early interest in hip-hop. "WELCOME" is the introductory single for his upcoming album, his first under the Shady/Interscope deal, and its label information identifies Clue No Clue LLC under exclusive license to Shady/Interscope, per Apple Music and Raptology.
The record also marks a rare Eminem-on-chorus appearance rather than a lead verse, and it puts Shady Records' latest signing in the same frame as two Detroit icons at once. If the album lands the way the single telegraphs, IDK could be the most interesting thing to come out of the Shady camp in years.
Sources: Billboard, Rolling Stone, FADER, Stereogum, Raptology.
