Picture this: You’re insanely rich, and want to rap about it. You write a song about how you’re so rich, and your mansion is so big, you need an elevator to take you from floor to floor. The song’s still not quite there so you add a bit about how it takes you ten minutes to walk from the fridge to the nearest room. But something’s still missing. You need a line to take it to that next level … and then it comes to you:

Sorry, Lance, Mr. Lambert and Aiken ain't gonna make it. They get so upset when I call them both faggots.

That’s right. In Eminem’s recently leaked song “Elevator” from his upcoming release, Relapse: Refill, the rapper goes from rapping about his immense wealth to attacking the gays. It’s just that important to him.

Adam Lambert, after hearing he was mentioned in the song, sent out the following tweet:

Except that Eminem didn’t even use “the f word” at all. The line actually reads:

"Sorry, Lance, Mr. Lambert and Aiken ain't gonna make it. They get so upset when I call them both fake it’s".

Because calling someone a “fake it” makes total sense, right?

But the real question is whether or not this is just your run of the mill celebrity bashing or if it goes further. After all, Eminem is no stranger to taking a jab at other celebrities. Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey and countless others have all been infamously maligned in previous songs. Is this any different?

Of course it is! “Fake it” is obviously a play on words, just like Britney’s “If U Seek Amy.” We all know what Eminem expects his listeners to hear. What else are we supposed to infer from it? Are we supposed to assume that he grouped Adam together with Lance Bass and Clay Aiken just because they were all singers?

Now, this is not a defense of Eminem in any way, but I can understand why he went after Adam Lambert. After all, Eminem has made a career out of attacking popular, trendy figures. Adam is the new hot thing, so it’s almost expected to see Eminem try to breathe more life into his waning career by piggybacking off of someone just rising to fame. Maybe Adam’s right. Maybe it is a sign that he’s made it.

But the homophobia’s got to stop. Enough already! Eminem’s been around for ten years now, is this really the only way he can sell an album? It’s almost enough to make you wonder if ABC was behind the album …