{"rewrite":{"id":"r_f1ed24f46be4bc666fbf13ec","clusterId":"c_355396e05862cc1fae62ad85","slug":"eminem-drops-madara-uchiha-track-with-voice-actor-neil-kaplan","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Eminem Drops Madara Uchiha Track With Voice Actor Neil Kaplan","summary":"Eminem released \"MADARA (feat. Neil Kaplan \u0026 Hideyoshi)\" on Friday, a collaboration with Filipino rapper EZ Mil, Madara's English voice actor Neil Kaplan, and Japanese rapper Hideyoshi. A music video is streaming. Kaplan noted on social media that another voice appears on the track. Hideyoshi posted a clip referencing shadow clones and Shady. Madara Uchiha is the penultimate villain of the Naruto manga and Naruto Shippuden anime.","whyItMatters":"A major American rapper building a track around a Naruto antagonist and pulling in that character's English voice actor is a direct signal of how far anime's character IP now travels into mainstream music.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe track is credited to Eminem and Filipino rapper Ezekiel \u0026#34;EZ Mil\u0026#34; Sapiera, with Neil Kaplan, who voices Madara in English, and Japanese rapper Hideyoshi also featured. Eminem previewed the song on social media with a lyric about slain rappers, and EZ Mil set a \u0026#34;MADARA\u0026#34; image as his profile picture. Kaplan responded to a post listing the artists by pointing out there is another voice on the track. Hideyoshi\u0026#39;s clip carried the line about a thousand shadow clones and only one Shady.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Eminem's take on the Naruto villain comes with the actual English voice behind the character. Neil Kaplan voicing Madara on the track blurs the line between artist and source material.","twitterPost":"Putting Neil Kaplan on the track means Eminem is rapping over the real English voice of Madara, not a soundalike.","threadsPost":"Eminem's Madara track has Neil Kaplan, the English voice actor for the character, on it. That casting choice turns the song into a direct extension of the role rather than a fan tribute from outside it.","newsletterBlurb":"Eminem released a song based on Naruto's penultimate villain Madara Uchiha, made with Filipino rapper EZ Mil and featuring Madara's English voice actor Neil Kaplan and Japanese rapper Hideyoshi. The music video is streaming, and Kaplan pointed out on social media that another voice appears on the track. Madara is one of the primary antagonists of the Naruto manga and Naruto Shippuden anime.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-10-11/naruto-penultimate-villain-madara-inspires-song-by-rapper-eminem/.242708\",\"title\":\"Naruto's Penultimate Villain Madara Inspires Song by Rapper Eminem\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4569,"outputTokens":626,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791700627,"createdAt":"2026-10-11T06:31:17.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-11T06:36:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T06:36:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_355396e05862cc1fae62ad85","canonicalTitle":"Interest\nNaruto's Penultimate Villain Madara Inspires Song by Rapper Eminem","representativeArticleId":"a_3a38343ade7690876d012422","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Naruto\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Eminem\",\"EZ Mil\",\"Hideyoshi\",\"Neil Kaplan\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"music\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-11T05:15:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-11T05:15:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T06:36:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-10-11/naruto-penultimate-villain-madara-inspires-song-by-rapper-eminem/.242708","title":"Interest\nNaruto's Penultimate Villain Madara Inspires Song by Rapper Eminem"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Naruto"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Eminem","EZ Mil","Hideyoshi","Neil Kaplan"],"type":"news","domain":"music","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}