Eminem has been praised by fans around the world on social media after an incendiary lyrics from his song “Fuel,” featuring JID from his latest album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grace), about Diddy resurfaced following his arrest this week.

Keen music lovers claimed they’ve finally realized the real meaning of one of the Detroit legend’s verses – following the shocking news that Sean Combs, known as Diddy, was charged with a slew of sex crimes. They say Eminem’s lyrics, in the song that was released back in early July, were a warning about Diddy’s sexual assault allegations.

Slim Shady expertly littered his lyrics with double meanings – a word or phrase that is open to more than one interpretation. Eminem sets up the verse by using the word ‘essay,’ then spelling out the word ‘rapper’ but he purposely leaves out an extra ‘p’ – spelling it ‘raper.’ But it’s Marshall’s next set up which left fans stunned. He twists the word ‘essay’ to refer to his friends on the West Coast as ‘ese’ – which is Spanish slang for friend. The next variation of ‘essay’ becomes ‘SA’ which is a well-known acronym used on the internet to mean sexual assault. For the final blow, the entire verse culminates in ‘wait, he didn’t spell the word “rapper” and leave out a P, did he?’ The lyric ‘leave out a P, did he?’ doubles as P. Diddy.

Fans were enthralled with Eminem’s word play, with some users pointing out the hip-hop icon had always been telling their fans about Diddy’s allegations. One person wrote: ‘Eminem and 50 Cent have been chasing P Diddy for years trying to tell us all.’ Another said: ‘Eminem has always been a lyrical genius.’ While a third added: ‘Go and listen to “Killshot” he already told us.’

The lyrics is also going viral on TikTok. One of the users uploaded a video of her reacting to Em’s lines and it already has 8 million views.