Marshall "Eminem" Mathers, 44, is expected to release his ninth studio album in 2017 and one of the artists not commonly mentioned to be featured as a collaborator in the upcoming album is Taylor Momsen, 23. After starring in "Gossip Girl," Momsen went on to pursue a singing career as the frontwoman of the rock band The Pretty Reckless.
Both Eminem and Momsen will be attending Reading and Leeds Festival 2017. The former is one of the three headliners of the festival while the latter, along with her band, will be in Reading on Aug. 26 and in Leeds on Aug. 27, the same days when the "Rap God" rapper is headlining the festival.
Joining Eminem and The Pretty Reckless on those days are Major Lazer, Korn, Flume and Andy C. Also in the lineup are While She Sleeps, Tom Misch, Sundara Karma, Moose Blood, Migos, Mic Righteous, Marmozets, Klose One, Jaguar Skills, Inheaven, Glass Animals, Geovarn, Flatbush Zombies and Everything Everything, among others.
This is the third time Eminem is headlining Reading and Leeds Festival. The first time the Detroit rapper headlined the festival was in 2001. He returned as a headliner in 2013.
Eminem's third time to headline the festival is "beyond exciting," NME quoted him Festival Republic CEO Melvin Benn as saying. The leading music festival company in the United Kingdom, Festival Republic owns and runs the Reading, Leeds and Latitude Festivals.
It will be interesting if Eminem collaborates with The Pretty Reckless after Reading and Leeds Festival 2017 although such a rapper-rock band collaboration is not new. In 2004, Jay Z and Linkin Park released "Collision Course," a collaborative rap rock album.
Another thing that makes an Eminem-The Pretty Reckless collaboration an interesting project is that Momsen is only two years older than Hailie Mathers. Momsen and Eminem's daughter are also both blonde and it will not be difficult to make the former look like the latter.
It does not seem impossible for the "Gossip Girl" alum to try a collaboration with a rapper. In 2016, she told Vogue that rock n' roll "represents freedom" and it has neither limits nor boundaries.
Meanwhile, watch The Pretty Reckless song "Oh My God" music video here: