premise: The Monster is a work of music.
hypothesis: The Monster is a 2016 American horror film written and directed by Bryan Bertino . `` The Monster '' is a song by American rapper Eminem , featuring guest vocals from Barbadian singer Rihanna , taken from Eminem 's album The Marshall Mathers LP 2 ( 2013 ) . The song was written by Eminem , Jon Bellion , and Bebe Rexha , with production handled by Frequency . It also marks Eminem 's first number one on the US Hot R&B / Hip-Hop Songs chart and has reached the top ten in Austria , Belgium , Italy and Spain . Eminem and Rihanna performed the song live at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards .