Benzino and Eminem‘s 20-year-long beef might lastly be ending with one final duel — and the “Love & Hip Hop Atlanta”alum thinks he can win with ease, vowing he is in his rhyme prime!!!
TMZ Hip Hop just lately chopped it up with Benzino as he soaked up some Miami rays, and first issues first … we acquired his beef experience on Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole‘s transient battle, and the stunning apology that adopted!!!
J. Cole says he regrets dissing Kendrick Lamar on his new undertaking 🤔
“That was the lamest, goofiest sh*t […] That sh*t don’t sit proper with my spirit” pic.twitter.com/2o7ggIK5hW
Like many rap pundits, Benzino stated Cole’s apology was unhealthy for battling, however nice for displaying future artists that hip hop does not should be so macho — particularly given the lengthy historical past of murdered rappers.
His historical past with Em is a bit more checkered, however we acquired him to elucidate why they’re nonetheless nipping at each other’s heels after a long time. Bear in mind, they kicked off this 12 months buying and selling diss tracks!!!
It looks like a traditional case of admiration neither facet is prepared to confess … Benzino tells us he shot his “Rap Elvis” video in Detroit and Em’s Mother’s Spaghetti restaurant, nevertheless it was all in good sport.
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Benzino claims he felt the 313 love in actual time, and says he is been connecting with D-City gamers for many years.
He is prepared to place his rap rep on the road and lyrically duke it out with Em in a 3-round battle … and guarantees he is not going out like Papa Doc from “8 Mile!!!”
Benzino says his Em points stem from the promotional and advertising boosts he obtained for being white throughout a time Black artists needed to scrap for recognition — and even admitted he blocked Em’s 2004 album “Encore” from getting rated throughout his tenure at “The Supply” journal. They had been at struggle, so no freebies!!!
Cooler heads have since changed hot-headed ones and Benzino tells us he is prepared to shake fingers when it is throughout — however he simply wants Em to just accept the problem.
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Probabilities of that taking place are doubtless slimmer than shady, however Benzino says he is simply territorial in the case of hip hop tradition. He adamantly swears he is not the racist Em’s Stans accuse him of being.
The Boston rap vet has different issues going exterior of gazing his Eminem pin cushion — he simply joined his buddies N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN as “Drink Champs'” first-ever visitor host the place they interviewed MC Eiht.
A podcast profession is perhaps the plain route, however Benzino’s nonetheless holding his schedule versatile ought to Em come knocking once more!!!
