Benzino recently vowed to stop antagonizing Eminem after years of ridiculing the diamond-selling MC, but the former Source publisher is still weighing in on Slim Shady’s 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.
By the sound of it, the Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta alum isn’t exactly thrilled by the news. On Wednesday (May 4), Benzino hopped on Twitter and slammed the Rock Hall for overlooking Black Hip Hop artists who paved the way for Eminem to walk down.
“Rock and roll hall of fame is just like the Grammy’s,” he wrote. “They have no respect for our culture, Black or Hip Hop and if you don’t agree, you’re racist, period point blank.”
Someone at Rolling Stone evidently felt similarly and pointed out in another tweet, “Eminem has now been inducted to the Rock and Roll of Fame before countless Black hip-hop pioneers who paved the way for his success. What message does that send?”
Sharing the tweet, Benzino added, “So where’s Nas, Eric B. and RAKIM, Kool Moe D, EPMD, Fearless Four, Fat Boyz, Lauren Hill, Little Kim, OutKast and 100s other Black rappers??
GTFOH.”
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5, who are often credited as the forefathers of conscious Hip Hop, was the first pioneering rap group to be inducted into the Rock Hall in 2007. Run-DMC followed in 2009 and the Beastie Boys received the honor in 2012 shortly after MCA passed away from cancer.
Public Enemy was inducted a year later, N.W.A in 2016, 2Pac in 2017, The Notorious B.I.G. in 2020, JAY-Z in 2021 and Eminem in 2022, bringing the grand total to nine Hip Hop acts in the Rock Hall’s 36-year history.
Eminem landed in the Rock Hall in his first year of eligibility. Artists become eligible for induction 25 years after the release of their first recording. The foundation’s nominating committee, made up of rock historians, selects nominees each year in the performer category, who are then voted upon by an international body of some 500 rock experts.
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Shady’s first official album, Infinite, arrived in 1996. He followed up with the Slim Shady LP three years later, which began his ascent to superstardom. Meanwhile, Benzino has harbored plenty of hatred for Eminem over the years, engaging in a one-sided beef up until this year. But in March, he was singing a different tune.
“To all @Eminem fans and Stans all over the world,” he tweeted. “The beef is officially over. I’m letting y’all know I have no hate towards any of his fans & recognize his contributions to Hip Hop. He truly is apart of the culture & 1 of the best to rock the mic regardless of his color.”
I have to agree with Benzino on this no disrespect toward Em because he is without a doubt, but dang he should not have skipped the line (not his fault he is just playing the hand he was dealt. They still got us on the back of the bus SMH…
Did you have the same energy for Jay-Z.. or is just cause he’s a white boy
It’s clearly bc he’s white.. that’s the only time black ppl have strong opinions in hiphop..when it relates to anything em does or accomplish..jealousy
Funny how Jay Z skipping the line was not an issue, hypocrisy (to say the least) in its purest form
I’m confused, so Jay-z (he deserves it) got in. There was all this praise but Em get it and he skipped the line. Even tho he has 2 decades of crazy success wether YOU like it or not,
its true tribe was on the ballet no tribe no em and countless others its a disgrace but thats been known
It’s sad that every little thing has to do with race.. those other artists are iconic artists, done in which I think are just iconic in just for being in the moment of time..this maybe a bad analogy but Michael Vick was a great quarterback and brung fan base to the sport and dynamic athletic abilities to the quarterback position but I don’t think he’s a hall of fame quarterback.
Nas should be in, Lauren hill, and outkast. Some artists are just big names and some artists make impacts.
Look at the recent names, they are arguably the top mcs (2pac , biggie, jay z , now Em) all you really missing is Nas
This old bitter ass n**** needs to get somewhere with that bullshit. Didn’t he just call Em a GOAT and called a truce, now he’s back to beefing with him again. This guy is obsessed with white boys seriously. He’s even about to box Aaron Carter, SMH. Guess you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
Hip Hop needs their own hall of fame. I don’t get really why anyone is in the rock and roll hall of fame that doesn’t make rock and roll music. Be like having Michael Jordan in the football hall of fame… it just doesn’t make sense. The Rock and Roll hall of fame has become a joke at this point. Hip Hop just needs to make their own to honor their own. O and BENZINO is a crusty old B****
You’re too woke bro and it’s not that deep. It’s called the r&r hall of Fame but it represents much more .. they can just change the name to music hof but u don’t need to ‘create ur own’ just bc hiphop isn’t in the name LOL
It wouldn’t matter, he’d be in both of them. If you make a blanket statement about racism, yah need to look in the mirror.
Where was this energy when Jay-Z got inducted. The Em hate has been real his entire career eventhough his peers and legends respect him
Just because he is white in a black genre. Think about how great you have to be to survive this long in a Genre where many of the fans hate you because of your color.
All I hear is… I can’t relate to killing your mother and your wife? Sooooo y’all don’t talk about killing your dad and your baby mom? You can relate to selling kilos of coke and buying expensive cars? Naaa, it’s called entertainment.
All good, dudes a legend and it is what it is.
This fool has Em on his mind more than Stan did. Called off the beef not long ago, but just can’t help himself. Fuggin d!ckhe@d.
Music isnt a color, its a fucking sound.
Benzino still alive?
I only read about him when he’s complaining about Eminem lmao, talk about chasing the same clout for 20 years
It is what it is. Plus those voters don’t know sh!t about real Hip Hop
Another stupid ass statement from who ??
You mad cause he # 1 hip hop artist of all time ??
What, 7 hip hop artists made it before him, he met the criteria n blew it out the water.
You chirp when the Beastie Boys made it too ?
Fools need to stop playing the race card every hand they’re dealt.
Intelligent people of all races know jackassery when they see it.
If Benzino respected the culture he wouldn’t be so corny and hateful.
Benzino a batti boi.. he a chi-chi mon alrite.. he go around giving head to chicks with pricks
Rappers don’t belong in the rock hall anyway.
I don’t understand why they can’t just create a Hip-Hop Hall of Fame? It makes sense to me to do that since Hip Hop is so influential in society today and it will give those that paved the way their just due instead of waiting for the powers that be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to recognize their contributions. Just one person’s opinion…
This.
Yeah and they should have a country hall of fame and a blues hall of fame and a hall of fame for every genre and candy for everyone!
9 point diff says u know shit, guy.
Definition of Stan in the actual dictionary- an overzealous or obsessive fan of a particular celebrity.
There is literally no fan of Eminem’s more obsessed with him than Benzino. He wants to fight “Stan’s” and doesn’t realize he’s the biggest one of them all. Roided out, old fucking loser who nobody liked when he was young. Eminem should’ve actually killed him not just lyrically
This guys the biggest clown on earth. So is he one of the best to rock the mic and you recignixe all he’s done for the culture or not? This idiot is saying something different everyday. Take a seat Benzino. You are THE WORST to ever do NOTHING! Loser.
Lol somebody get this tranny loving, geriatric mf back to the retirement home. This fool is talking about that the Rock and Roll hall of fame is biased (they may be, I don’t know) when he did the exact same thing when he made the Source give that Made men album 4.5 mics for some bs. I’m not even an Em fan but if it’s ok for Jay to get inducted then why not Em? Dude is clearly just hates to see Em do well
Dope. If anybody deserves this it’s Eminem. Benzino needs to shut his ass up
Stfu bruh, u jus mad that ain’t u ?
Yo this dude just got done saying he was done beefing with Eminem lol. Now he already saying dumb shit.
Benzine looks like he should be on an episode of botched.
Is those tumours in his jaw?
Like he stuffed a chipmunk in each cheek .
It’s where he stores all that transformer prune juice from eating them out all day all night.
“If you don’t agree, you’re racist.” LMAO ??? right here, Benji or whoever the hell. Real problem is a damn rapper HAS ZERO PLACE in what is known as the ROCK AND ROLL hall of fame. Start your own Ghetto Back Alley hall of fame. Point blank… lmao.
does raymond not understand he’s also half white?
LOL i forgot about that
Black people don’t own hip hop, Just like white people didn’t own baseball before Jackie Robison came into the league
It’s the same with rock and roll hall of Fame itself.
Where the fuck is Iron Maiden ? I love m but him over maiden ? On first chance. Iron Maiden plays stadiums all over the world. Has for decades.
Yet their not in the hall of fame. Pathetic.
one sided beef? did they they never hear of the the multiple diss tracks eminem kept putting out when they were beefing? this site is terrible lol
that aside, Benzino has a point. the system loves catering to eminem. he’s won Grammys with shit albums.
Lil scrub let the gown ups talk while you cut the lawn.
I’ll do him one better. Eminem not ANY rapper should be in the Rock n Roll hall of fame? Why?? Because RAP isn’t ROCK. ITS ROCK and ROLL not rap. Are any rock bands in the rap hall of fame or whatever it is they have? I doubt it.
AMEN!
Just so u know, Rock n Roll came from Blacks u idiot. Before u make a racist comment, know ur facts. Who do u think made Elvis who he was?
Benzino biggest chip on the shoulder is that he doesn’t have one single stan. Nobody cares about this loser goofball, he’s just clickfodder. Benzino chats up a transformer? click click. Benzino gets arrested while crying like a little child over some fat biznatch? click click. Benzino arrested while ranting racial slurs at Asian officer? click click. Benzino makes a new record? crickets chirping in the night….. Such a pathetic loser. He’d lick the smeg of a hobo’s knob to get some attention.
Eminem is probably the most “hiphop” mainstream rapper ever. When he was at his peak, and got a chance to do a film, he based it on battle rap. He’s overly technical because as a white rapper in the 90s, he felt he had to be. So, his spot is solidified. That said, he’s always going to have that stigma based on his color, it is what it is. He’s well aware of this also, it’s not like he’s shy about it, he knows full well he’s Elvis for a different generation.
Man fuck the rock and roll HOF. That ain’t for us any damn way. It clearly says rock and roll not hiphop! We should have our own shit anyway instead of worrying about their inductions.
Your music sux anyways bruh’
Fuck yo music, no one likes hip hop. There ain’t nothin worse then a rich spook with crappy music.
Benzino looks like what would come out if you put an NBA JAMS cartridge and a DVD of Black Ink: Compton in an Air Fryer.
This closet tranny fucker needs to pack up his shit and quit while he is ahead. This bum is watching the BMF show and is putting out new music from shit he see’s on the show. No you are not shooting anyone nor do you have 100k then another 100k in the safe while your in a pent house packin up a brick…..couldn’t believe I heard this shit come out of his mouth on twitter, This guy lives in a fairy tale inside of his own head. BOZO THE CLOWN.
It’s not the hip hop hall of fame, it’s the rock hall of fame.
Do what you do best Zino – go bang a dude
Jealousy is a bitch! Just like Benzino! Eminem is a lyrical genius!
Would he be complaining if it had been him getting inducted instead of Em? Nah, all the the pioneers he is “outraged” on behalf of would be an afterthought to Zino if he was considered good enough to be in anything other than the hall of “lost a beef with em”
Jealous little bitch needs to take his ass back to the set of his little TV show and stay irrelevant.
Benzino is just sad man. It’s not the Rock N Roll Hall of Pioneers. It’s the Hall of Fame. Fame is literally in the name, and Em is more famous than anybody he mentioned, and pretty much every artist that paved the way for him. And even on that note, while we’re talking about pioneers, let’s not act like we’ve seen anything like Eminem before. People love taking his credit away but he’s one of one when it comes to a white rapper holding that kind of weight. He’s a pioneer in his own right. Word to MGK, Jack Harlowe, and all the others.
Sounds a lil racist to me
How so? Because Nas wasn’t mentioned?
This man is miserable misery loves company. He been hating on that man for years and thats why he fell so hard because he dont know how to mind his business and get money. He his own demise. He will be blackballed soon. Noone gonna want to work with his peanut head a$$.
First of all, this whole “cultural appropriation’ is nonsense. Hip hop isn’t black just like rock n roll isn’t white. The beauty of music is it’s the universal language that brings the world together. Benzinzo sounds like a little female dog trying to leverage the “I’m a victim” mentality that ran rampant in his little corner of the world. Hey BenGay, or Benzion, or Benzino, whatever your stupid name is, if you are any good at all you would be recognized like Eminem. Now lets get to the racist part……..So BenGay, sorry…Benzino, you’re mad because a white guy is levels better of a rapper than you could ever hope to be. Deal with it.
First of Culture appropriation is not nonsense. When hip hop began it was purely a black art form that came out of the black community……Just like Rock and Roll so it’s funny when you say “Like Rock and Roll isn’t white”……When actually Rock and Roll was created and started by black. Please see Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and a few other artists for reference. And he correct Eminem is average eat best. No where near a great rapper
This UgLy transvestite looking bEiNg on the YaP ?again… you gone pumped ya self up with chemicals yuh bought on the cheap thinking it was steroids!!!! ?
Instead yuh gone taken some Tranvestite stuff cos you turning into a right biTcH you look like a pumped up woman / man cross ??always showing your top half.
Cool it down … & go do something your kids can be proud of instead of diss~owning you.
Try being positive instead of negative all this hostility ain’t working for yuh…
You just looking like a hissed off cLoWn DoG*
PEACE & LOVE ?
Benzino is forever a benchwarmer, complaining that that coach never put him in the game.
If anyone is a racist, it’s you pal. What a moronic comment!
Do y’all think this beige brother has a point?
Maybe the other rappers they mentioned aren’t relevant anymore. Marshall will always be relevant.
Nah he has never really been relevant in true hip hop circles
Iuckily one outside the ghetto cares about real hiphop circles. That’s why all ur legends go wood
Plot twist, turns out benzino is not black
He talks about our culture but how about the beastie boys. Are they in the culture or not because last time I checked they help start the culture of hip hop.
No they didn’t help start the culture of Hip Hop
Congratulations Slim Shady! Keep showing THEM
Dude shut the hell up no neck you mad cause you can’t rap period. You sound stupid for real