Eminem has courted further controversy on his new album The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce) with a blunt reference to Alec Baldwin and the shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust . The record arrives while Baldwin’s trial for involuntary manslaughter remains ongoing. On a song titled “Fuel”, Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers, raps: “F*** around and get popped like Halyna Hutchins / Like I’m Alec Baldwin, what I mean is buckin’ you down, coup de grâce then / Right between the f***in’ / I shoot ’em all in if you think you’re f***in’ with me.
” Baldwin has insisted that he didn’t pull the trigger on the firearm and didn’t know it contained a live round before the fatal shooting. He has claimed the gun fired accidentally. He is charged with a single felony count of involuntary manslaughter and faces up to 18 months in prison if convicted.
Elsewhere on his new record, Eminem makes repeated reference to embattled music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, including an extended reference to footage of Combs’s shocking hotel corridor attack on his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura. Combs has been the subject of 10 lawsuits alleging sexual assault and sex trafficking since last November . In March, homes belonging to Combs in Los Angeles and Miami were raided by officials from US Homeland Security in connection to a federal sex trafficking investigation.
Combs, who has repeatedly denied the allegations, has not been formally ch.
