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Manchester mayor criticises Eminem for rap lyric about the 2017 bomb attack in the city

Manchester mayor criticises Eminem for rap lyric about the 2017 bomb attack in the city
[Photo: BBC]

Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has hit out at Eminem for an "unnecessarily hurtful and deeply disrespectful" lyric about the 2017 bomb attack in the city.

In a song on his new album, the US star raps: "I'm contemplating yelling 'bombs away' on the game/Like I'm outside of an Ariana Grande concert waiting."

That is followed by the sound of an explosion.

Twenty-two people died when a suicide bomber attacked a crowd after Grande's gig at Manchester Arena in May 2017.

The lines feature in the song Unaccommodating, in which the star boasts about his impact on hip-hop. It appears on his album Music To Be Murdered By, which was released yesterday.

[Source: BBC]

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