Hip hop's worst kept secret became official this week as Shady Records (the label founded by Eminem and manager Paul Rosenberg) finally worked out a deal that will add Slaughterhouse [pictured right] to their roster. The supergroup — which consists of former Eminem collaborator and fellow Detroit native Royce Da 5'9, Joell Ortiz, Joe Budden, and Crooked I — has already started working on their sophomore album, which is supposed to feature Eminem himself.
Eminem weighs in on the deal after the jump.
This article appears in Jan 13-19, 2011.