Rapper Eminem's new album 'Music to be Murdered by' is hugely criticized

Eminem surprised fans Thursday night by tweeting news of the release of his 11th album. "It's your funeral..." the rapper wrote. It's "Music to be Murdered by," and no one saw it coming.

"Music to be Murdered by" quickly became controversial after its release because of lyrics in the song "Unaccommodating" that reference the bombing of Ariana Grande's Manchester concert.

"But I'm contemplating yelling 'Bombs away' on the game like I'm outside of an Ariana Grande concert waiting," Eminem raps on the song.

A suicide bomber killed 22 people outside the singer's concert in the English city in 2017.

Fans quickly got wind of the song and declared it “disgusting,” saying it made the deaths of Grande’s fans into a “punchline.” Addressing the rapper, one fan wrote, “Maybe try and have a little respect, and don’t use a terrorist attack to gain clout.”

It’s your funeral...#MusicToBeMurderedBy Out Now - https://t.co/q4TAFJUVGV pic.twitter.com/6PqnTjCKgu

— Marshall Mathers (@Eminem) January 17, 2020

This Eminem album is not for me. I’m sorry but he’s 47 and it’s 2020, saying the things he’s saying on this is just cringe now. The shock value just doesn’t hit anymore like it used to. That’s what eminem just doesn’t seem to understand. I’m sorry. Some decent cuts on there tho.

— killuminati (@killumi50150718) January 17, 2020

Eminem really just referenced the Manchester bombing where 22 people were killed... how disgusting, it’s time to cancel this trash and Young MA to for thinking this song was ok @Eminem @YoungMAMusic #EminemIsOverParty pic.twitter.com/DLuzgc98OO

— Joely (@tokyosnow_trip) January 17, 2020

He is actually saying that nowadays it is easy to repeat what happened on that concert and he is exhorting people to vote and to speak up about these issues. He is not mocking what happened he is actually making people talk about it. Listen then talk pic.twitter.com/6TL4PQusHz

— Andrea Fernández (@andy_biersack_l) January 17, 2020

The lyric feels particularly egregious, given that Eminem pledged his support to victims of the bombing in 2017; and urged fans to donate money to families who had been affected.

The Manchester Arena bombing was a suicide bombing attack in Manchester, United Kingdom on 22 May 2017. A radical Islamist detonated a shrapnel-laden homemade bomb as people were leaving the Manchester Arena following a concert by the American singer Ariana Grande.

Twenty-three people died, including the attacker, and 139 were wounded, more than half of them children. Several hundred more suffered psychological trauma. The bomber was Salman Ramadan Abedi, a 22-year-old local man of Libyan ancestry. After initial suspicions of a terrorist network, police later said they believed Abedi had largely acted alone but that others had been aware of his plans.

The incident was the deadliest terrorist attack and the first suicide bombing in the United Kingdom since the 7 July 2005 London bombings.