EZ Mil reunites with Eminem on Madara, the closing track of his EP 3RD WRLD VOL. 2, released October 23, 2026 through Shady Records, Aftermath Records and Interscope Records. The single itself arrived earlier, on October 8, and the EZ Mil Madara pairing marks the third time the two rappers have shared a record.
The EP is a tight three song set, and every choice on it is deliberate. Madara carries the headline collaboration, but the project around it shows an artist using a short format to test range: one solo statement, one live drum collaboration, and one finale built around changing voices and languages.
Inside the 3RD WRLD VOL. 2 tracklist
The 3RD WRLD VOL. 2 tracklist runs in a clear order. It opens with TALK 2 ME, a solo record that puts EZ Mil’s own voice at the centre. LET EM follows, featuring drummer Luke Holland, whose live playing gives the middle of the EP a different physical energy from the programmed drums around it. Madara closes the set, credited to EZ Mil with Eminem, featuring Neil Kaplan and Hideyoshi.
Universal Music Canada announced the EP from Toronto on October 23, presenting it as the next instalment in the 3RD WRLD series. The series began with 3RD WRLD VOL. 1 in July, a three track collection built around the forces that shaped him. That first volume included 2200, mixed by Dr. Dre and named for the zip code of Olongapo City, his hometown in the Philippines, alongside SINDAK, which pairs Tagalog lyrics with metal influenced production, and LORD HELP ME, described in the release as a prayer for strength.
The credits underline how much of this record EZ Mil built himself. On Madara he is listed as producer, with Eminem as co-producer, Mike Strange as mixing engineer and Mike Bozzi as mastering engineer. Across the EP he is credited as composer, lyricist, performer, producer and engineer, and his family company, FFP Records and Management, owns the copyright while the three major labels hold an exclusive licence. That structure matters: he operates inside one of the biggest label systems in rap while keeping ownership of the work at home.
EZ Mil Madara and the Eminem reunion
Madara is named for Madara Uchiha, the Naruto villain, and the record builds that connection into its cast. Neil Kaplan, who voices Madara Uchiha in the English dub of Naruto, delivers a spoken passage inside the song. Tokyo rapper Hideyoshi handles the hook and interludes, bringing a Japanese rhythmic texture to the track, while EZ Mil switches between English and Japanese around him. Eminem’s verse, widely reported as his first original verse of 2026, returns to the high, rapid delivery of his Slim Shady era, and he is credited as co-producer of his own section.
The spoken line Kaplan delivers inside the record has become its most quoted moment:
Power chose me, for I once loved those who hate me.
That single line does a lot of the song’s world building. It turns a voice millions of anime viewers already associate with the character into part of the record itself, so the Naruto reference is structural rather than decorative. The production underneath stays tense and spare, with sombre keys and heavy low end leaving room for four very different voices to enter without crowding each other.
A partnership that started with Realest
This is the third EZ Mil and Eminem collaboration. The first, Realest in 2023, was EZ Mil’s first release in the Shady system and debuted at number 3 on both the Billboard Rap Digital Song Sales and R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales charts. The second came in 2024, when EZ Mil appeared on Head Honcho from Eminem’s album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), trading verses that moved between English and his native tongue on a number one album.
Before the label deal, his breakthrough came through Panalo (Trap Cariñosa), a bilingual song that found a large audience through a live performance on the Wish USA Bus. The path from that bus performance to three records with Eminem in three years is the real story underneath this EP: a Philippines born, Las Vegas based rapper who kept his languages, his hometown and his family business inside the music while the platform around him grew. With 3RD WRLD VOL. 2 out now and Madara anchoring it, that run is still accelerating.
