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

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]