Eminem has been branded ‘sick and tasteless’ over referencing Alec Baldwin’s Rust shooting on a track from new album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce).
Baldwin, 66, is currently on trial in New Mexico after the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, on October 21, 2021 – with new Eminem track Fuel including lyrics about the killing.
In Fuel, Eminem, 51, raps: ‘But it’s in a holster, I proceed to bust it/ F**k around and get popped like Halyna Hutchins
‘Like I’m Alec Baldwin, what I mean is buckin’ you down, coup de grâce then.’
Fans quickly took to social media to blast the lyrics and the timing of the track’s release – days after Baldwin’s trial began.
Eminem has been branded ‘sick and tasteless’ over referencing Alec Baldwin’s Rust shooting on a track from new album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) – pictured last month
Baldwin, 66, is currently on trial in New Mexico after the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins , 42, on October 21, 2021 – with new Eminem track Fuel including lyrics about the killing
Halyna Hutchins died after being hit by a bullet from the prop gun that Baldwin was handling
One wrote: ‘Are you still listening to this loser? If so, stop it. One wrote: ‘Are you still listening to this loser? If so, stop it.’
Others penned: ‘awful’ and ‘tasteless’ about the track while another wrote: ‘Eminem dissing Halyna Hutchins and Alec Baldwin was not on my 2024 Bingo card.’
Some fans lauded the typically controversial star for his bold lyrics on his first album since 2020’s Music to Be Murdered By.
They wrote: ‘you wild for that alec baldwin bar lol…thank you for being you’ and ‘Eminem is proving that “cancel culture” doesn’t exist.’
Baldwin was a producer and the star of Rust when he shot dead cinematographer Hutchins a mother-of-one, while filming with a prop gun that had a live round inside it. The film’s director Joel Souza was also injured.
The stakes for Baldwin are incredibly high and were starkly illustrated in February when Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, 26, the armorer on the set, went on trial and was found guilty for the same charges in the same court.
Eminem – real name Marshall Mathers – also shocked with album track Antichrist – which saw Diddy, Megan Thee Stallion, Kim Kardashian and Jeffrey Epstein name-dropped.
The star also references mass murderer Nikolas Cruz – who shot and killed 17 people in the 2018 Parkland High School shooting.
Referencing rapper Lil Uzi Vert – who has been accused of promoting Satanism – Eminem raps: ‘Stickin’ a clip into Uzi, I’ve been itchin’ and use, lookin’ like Nikolas Cruz
‘My trigger’s happy, truth, Travis too, we gettin’ rude.’
In Fuel, Eminem, 51, raps: ‘ But it’s in a holster, I proceed to bust it/ F**k around and get popped like Halyna Hutchins ‘Like I’m Alec Baldwin, what I mean is buckin’ you down, coup de grâce then’
Baldwin, seen here outside the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s offices on the day of the shooting, was sensationally charged for a second time in January this year
Fans quickly took to social media to blast the lyrics and the timing of the track’s release – days after Baldwin’s trial began.
Some fans lauded the typically controversial star for his bold lyrics on his first album since 2020’s Music to Be Murdered By
The star also name-dropped Caitlyn Jenner – who was previously known as Bruce Jenner before her transition, saying: ‘Where’s Bruce Jenner at? I wanna f**k that ho’ before mentioning the shooting of Megan Thee Stallion by Tory Lanez.
‘Where’s Megan Thee Stallion at? I wanna suck that toe.’
Slamming Kanye West – who has seen his career implode amid a series of anti-Semitic rants, he rapped: ‘They wanna see me goin’ off the deep end like Ye, ayy (Nah)
‘Rather see me do like Kim Kardashian they say (Yeah, yeah).’
And find a way to get rid of all of this rage, ayy (Hahaha).’
Making a sexual reference to Megan and Nicki Minaj, he said: ‘Cross between Nas and GZA, Biggie Smalls, and RZA/So hard, Megan Stallion and Nicki Minaj’ll scissor (Cut it out).
Diddy’s latest controversies were put on blast in several new tracks, referencing the 2016 surveillance footage of Diddy beating up ex-girlfriend Cassie along with allegations the music executive blew up Kid Cudi’s car.
The footage of Diddy assaulting Cassie back in 2016 was referenced in the track Antichrist, with Eminem rapping, ‘next idiot ask me is gettin’ his a** beat worse than Diddy did.
The rapper also put disgraced Diddy’s latest controversies on blast
Diddy and Eminem pictured at the 45th Grammy Awards
The star also references mass murderer Nikolas Cruz – who shot and killed 17 people in the 2018 Parkland High School shooting
Eminem also mentioned the shooting of Megan Thee Stallion by Tory Lanez. ‘Where’s Megan Thee Stallion at? I wanna suck that toe.’
‘But on the real, though/She prolly ran out the room with his f**kin’ dildo/He tried to field goal punt her, she said to chill/Now put it back in my a** and get the steel toe,’ the lyrics continue.
Diddy’s alleged altercation with Kid Cudi is raised in the track Bad One.
In her explosive 2023 lawsuit against her ex, Cassie claimed Diddy blew up Kid Cudi’s car around February 2012 in retaliation for the brief relationship she had with Cudi when she was on the outs with the Making The Band alum.
Cudi agreed with Cassie’s claims about the car bombing, telling the New York Times, ‘This is all true.’
The claim was among one of many made in Cassie’s 2023 lawsuit against Diddy. She sued Combs last year alleging rape and a range of other offenses. They settled out of court in November for an undisclosed amount.
Bringing up the alleged car bombing, Eminem rapped in Bad One: ‘The f**king bomb with the Puffy on/I’m blowing up for Kid Cudi’s car/In front of his house where all his buddies are.’
Diddy has been under fire as of late with numerous lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault and more filed against him. He has denied all the allegations made against him.
His homes in Miami and Los Angeles were also shockingly raided by federal agents as part of a sex trafficking investigation earlier this year.
The video of him viciously beating his ex Cassie came to light in May.
Late sex offender and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein was referenced on the track – with Eminem mentioning his infamous jet – dubbed the ‘Lolita Express’ which he used to shuttle underage girls and carried the likes of Bill Clinton, Donald Trump and Prince Andrew onboard
The rapper took to Instagram to apologize, saying: ‘I hit rock bottom, but I make no excuses. So difficult to reflect on the darkest times in your life, sometimes you got to do that. I was f***ed up.’
‘I mean I hit rock bottom, but I make no excuses, my behavior in that video is inexcusable. I take full responsibility for my actions in that video, I’m disgusted.’
Late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was referenced on the track – with Eminem mentioning his infamous jet – dubbed the ‘Lolita Express’ which Epstein used to shuttle underage girls and carried the likes of Bill Clinton, Donald Trump and Prince Andrew onboard.
A shock line Eminem raps is: ‘Try not to get seen with Ben Affleck, me, and Seth Green
‘Hangin’ on to the left wing to Jeffrey Epstein, jet’s screamin’ (Hey! Don’t forget me, haha).’
He announced he would be releasing his 12th studio album in April – just over a month after the rapper who discovered him, Dr. Dre, hinted at a new album dropping this year.
Dr Dre (born Andre Young), 59, appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live in March, where he teased a new album from Eminem.
‘Let me explain something to you right now. Eminem is working on his own album which is coming out this year and I actually talked to him and he said it was okay for me to make that announcement right here on this show,’ Dre explained.
Dre added: ‘I’ve got songs on it and it’s fire. I’m actually going to hear the entire album for the first time tomorrow.
‘He holds his music close to his chest so I haven’t heard complete [that he has produced on the album] but I’m going to hear and he’s putting out an album this year’.
