Eminem angers fans with ‘disgusting’ lyrics about Manchester bomb attack

Eminem angers fans with ‘disgusting’ lyrics about Manchester bomb attack that killed 22 at Ariana Grande concert on his new album Music To Be Murdered By

  • The US artist released a surprise album today titled Music To Be Murdered By
  • Among new tracks is Unaccommodating, which references 2017 terror attack 
  • Many claimed track was disrespectful towards the 22 victims who were killed
  • The American rapper previously mentioned the same attack in 2011 diss track

American rapper Eminem has faced fierce criticism hours after releasing a new song that features a ‘disgusting’ lyric about the Manchester Arena terror attack.

The artist released a surprise album today titled Music To Be Murdered By to much fanfare, but controversy quickly surrounded the track Unaccommodating.

In the new song, Eminem references the 2017 terror attack at an Ariana Grande concert which killed 22 people while bomb sound effects play in the background.

He raps: ‘But I’m contemplating yelling “bombs away” on the game, like I’m outside of an Ariana Grande concert waiting.’

Dan Hett, whose brother Martyn was killed in the bombing, said that the lyric was ‘lazy’ and designed to help him sell his music to people ‘with poor taste in hip hop’.

He added: ‘He’s Ricky Gervais in a baseball cap.’

The reference has also led to a backlash on social media, with many claiming the song is disrespectful towards the victims, many of whom were teenage girls. 

The artist announced a surprise album today titled Music To Be Murdered Byon Twitter (shown) to much fanfare, but controversy quickly surrounded the track Unaccommodating

American rapper Eminem has faced fierce criticism hours after releasing a new song that features a 'disgusting' lyric about the Manchester Arena terror attack

American rapper Eminem has faced fierce criticism hours after releasing a new song that features a ‘disgusting’ lyric about the Manchester Arena terror attack

One fan wrote: ‘Eminem literally just used a horrific terrorist attack that killed 22 innocent adults/children for a punchline in a song. I am disgusted.’

Another said: ‘This is so messed up! Many people (mostly children) were injured at this concert and some lost their lives, and he thinks it’s OK to put this lyric in a song?

‘@Eminem maybe try and have a little respect, and don’t use a terrorist attack to gain clout.’

It isn’t the first time the rapper has mentioned the terror attack, referencing it in a 11-minute freestyle titled Kick-Off. 

In it, he says: ‘Squashed in-between a brainwashing machine/Like an Islamic regime, a jihadist extreme radical/Suicide bomber that’s seeing/Ariana Grande sing her last song of the evening/And as the audience from the damn concert is leaving/Detonates the device strapped to his abdominal region/I’m not gonna finish that, for obvious reasons.’

In the new song, Eminem references the 2017 terror attack which killed 22 people while bomb sound effects play in the background

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In the new song, Eminem (left) references the 2017 terror attack at an Ariana Grande (right) concert which killed 22 people while bomb sound effects play in the background

Social media users reacted with anger at the release of Eminem's new album today (shown)

Social media users reacted with anger at the release of Eminem’s new album today (shown)

The rapper, who has repeatedly spoken out about gun violence in the US, tweeted out his support for victims of the attack back in May 2017.

He called on fans to join him in donating to the ‘victims and their families’ through a Red Cross appeal via Twitter.

The Detroit rapper also released a new music video for one of the 20 tracks, Darkness, which depicts a shooting at a concert.

The video specifically alludes to the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas that left 58 people dead, making it the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history

It closes with audio and video footage of news broadcasts from other recent mass shooting around the US and an appeal to register to vote.

‘When will this end? When enough people care,’ reads the text at the end of the video. ‘Register to vote at vote.gov. Make your voice heard and help change gun laws in America.’ 

The reference has led to a backlash on social media, with many claiming the song is disrespectful towards the victims of the terror attack in May 2017 (pictured)

The reference has led to a backlash on social media, with many claiming the song is disrespectful towards the victims of the terror attack in May 2017 (pictured)

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