Eminem’s latest album, “Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce),” features multiple tracks that address Diddy and his sexual assault allegations. Released on Friday, the album includes the song “Antichrist,” where Eminem boldly casts himself as a villain.
In the song, he raps, “But who else is as pitiless, actually witty and crass, hideous, ghastly, and insidious as me … or spitting as nasty? Next idiot ask me is getting his ass beat worse than Diddy did …” He stops short of naming Cassie directly but implies her alleged assault was due to her frustration with Diddy’s supposed “freak-offs,” and mocks him further in the ad-libs.
Eminem had advised fans to listen to the album in sequence, as the next track, “Fuel,” featuring JID, continues the critique of Diddy. This song contains additional references to Diddy’s sexual assault allegations and also touches on accusations linking Diddy to Tupac Shakur’s murder.
In “Fuel,” Eminem raps, “Do not test like an essay (Why?)/ ‘Cause like where my homies out West, aye (Yeah)/ We can just say (What?)/ I’m like an ‘R-A-P-E-R (Yeah)/ Got so many S-As (S-As) S-As (Huh)/ Wait, he didn’t just spell the word rapper and leave out a ‘P’, did he?/ (Yup!!!!)”
Eminem further accuses Diddy of involvement in Tupac’s 1996 slaying with the lines, “R-I-P, rest in peace, Biggie/And ’Pac, both of y’all should be living/Yup, but I ain’t tryna beef with him ’cause he might put a hit on me like Keefe D, get him/ And that’s the only way you’re gonna be killing me (Nah) Ain’t gonna be on no beat, silly (Yeah).”
Eminem’s album marks a return to his signature controversial style, taking shots at various subjects including Gen-Z privilege, Christopher Reeve, Columbine, and Kurt Cobain, showing that he still isn’t afraid to push boundaries.
