Eminem returned with his first album in four years as The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce) hit streaming services on Friday (July 12). Tapping into his Slim Shady alter ego at times throughout the LP, Em doesn’t hold back when targeting fixtures around pop culture and within hip-hop, especially when it comes to Sean “ Diddy ” Combs. The embattled mogul caught the Detroit legend’s wrath on multiple tracks, as Eminem sniped the Bad Boy CEO regarding the litany of sexual misconduct allegations made against him in recent months.
The only clean name-drop of Combs from Em came on the jarring “Antichrist,” in which he seemingly references the 2016 footage of Diddy assaulting his ex Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel. ( Diddy apologized days after for his actions and said his “behavior on that video is inexcusable” in a self-recorded video posted to Instagram; the apology was later deleted when he wiped his account clean of all posts.) “Next idiot ask me is getting his a– beat worse than Diddy did,” Em raps, but stops short of naming Cassie.
“But on the real, though/ She probably ran out the room with his f—ing d—o.” Billboard has reached out to Diddy’s reps for comment. Fans believe there were another pair of disses on the J.
I.D-assisted “Fuel,” on which Em pays tribute to The Notorious B.I.
G. and 2Pac, and appears to insinuate Diddy had a role in the deaths. “R.
I.P., rest in peace, Biggie/ And Pac, both of y’all should be living/ But I ain’.
