Benzino has claimed the late, nice Michael Jackson as soon as personally phoned him and thanked him for roasting Eminem on wax.
In a clip from The Gauds Present podcast shared on Thursday (April 13), the previous Supply co-owner mentioned he bought the blessing from the King of Pop for his present of Black solidarity.
“Let me inform you, Michael Jackson referred to as me,” Benzino informed hosts Ray Daniels and Tamira Smith. “I knew Mike. I met Mike by way of Teddy [Riley]. He referred to as me and he thanked me. As a result of when Eminem dissed him with the fireplace state of affairs, within the [‘Just Lose It’] video, Mike referred to as — and I keep in mind his assistant put him on the telephone — and I sat there and listened to him. And he thanked me.
“He began speaking about Tommy Mottola. And it was one of many biggest moments of my life. And I’m not saying it as a result of all white individuals are dangerous. We’re not saying that. Not all of them are devils. However Mike was referring to the state of affairs within the music trade, and he was simply occurring a rant. However I’ll always remember that.
He continued: “I used to be at a degree in my life that I didn’t must reply to no one. The whole lot I mentioned was true. I mentioned that Black individuals bought Hip Hop and we bought white individuals to lastly purchase into it. And now, they wanna give white individuals one thing that they’ll purchase into. When Eminem got here out, he simply bought totally different remedy than each different Black rapper. And I simply didn’t recognize that.”
Try Benzino’s look on The Gauds Present podcast beneath:
Although Benzino vowed in 2022 to cease antagonizing Eminem after years of ridiculing the diamond-selling MC, the Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta star nonetheless appears to need the smoke with Slim Shady, particularly after sniping about his 2022 Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame induction.
In Might 2022, Coi Leray‘s father hopped on his now-suspended Twitter account to slam the Rock Corridor for overlooking Black Hip Hop artists who paved the way in which for Eminem.
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“Rock and roll corridor of fame is rather like the Grammy’s,” he wrote. “They haven’t any respect for our tradition, Black or Hip Hop and should you don’t agree, you’re racist, interval level clean.”
Somebody at Rolling Stone evidently felt equally and identified in one other tweet, “Eminem has now been inducted to the Rock and Roll of Fame earlier than numerous Black hip-hop pioneers who paved the way in which for his success. What message does that ship?”
Sharing the tweet, Benzino added, “So the place’s Nas, Eric B. and RAKIM, Kool Moe D, EPMD, Fearless 4, Fats Boyz, Laur[y]n Hill, [Lil] Kim, OutKast and 100s different Black rappers?? GTFOH.”
