Benzino has taken his ongoing feud with Eminem to a new level by using his Mom’s Spaghetti Restaurant as a music video set.
The Hip Hop entrepreneur took to Instagram on Wednesday (March 20) to document his visit to Slim Shady’s 8 Mile-inspired restaurant.
In one clip, Benzino poses in front of a sign for the restaurant flashing his middle finger and noting that it’s the location for an upcoming “Rap Elvis” music video. The clip is accompanied by another Benzino diss track, “Vulturius.”
He wrote: “Mark this date. #Rapelvis Video soon come……oh the [spaghetti emoji] was horrible. #shadyslayer #Benzino [goat emoji, pirate flag emoji, [a-ok emoji].”
In another brazen clip, he looks to be stealing one of the restaurant’s advertising signs and taking it with him.
In a third video, he takes a bite of food before quickly tossing it to the ground.
Earlier this week, The Source co-founder took issue with Dr. Dre’s bold claim about Eminem being the “Best MC ever,” saying that it’s an “insult” to the culture of Hip Hop.
During an interview with James Cordon’s This Life Of Mine podcast, the Compton native shared his thoughts on Em.
He said: “I think he’s [Eminem] the best MC ever. Point blank, period. Of course, there are gonna be arguments with that because he’s a white guy…I don’t think anyone that’s rapping can touch Eminem on that microphone.”
Benzino reposted a recap of the quote and offered a response, noting that Dre’s comments overlooked plenty of legends in the game.
He wrote: “You know I think Dr Dre is one of the greatest producers of all time, and notice I didn’t say Hip Hop producers, but this is an insult to [Ice] Cube, [MC] REN, Snoop [Dogg], [The] Doc and every other rapper who who wrote all those hits. I mean this is his opinion and I respect it but cmon Dre. [palm on face emoji].”
Shortly before these comments from Benz, Em dropped a music video for “Doomsday 2,” which escalated the long-running feud.
Directed and edited by Cole Bennett, the clip included appearances from Denzel Curry, Teezo Touchdown, BabyTron, JID, Swae Lee and Cordae, all of whom are featured on Lyrical Lemonade’s All Is Yellow album released in January.
On the track, the self-proclaimed Rap God mocks his rival’s financial woes and physical stature. Over a sample of his classic hit “Role Model,” the Detroit MC raps: “Now I got a riddle, one condition, you mustn’t laugh/ What is the opposite of Benzino? A giraffe/ ‘Go at his neck,’ how the fuck is that?/ How can I go at somethin’ he doesn’t have?”
All he doing is giving Em free promo
Thats kinda funny I must admit. Benzino needs to sit down though. Dude is beyond corny.
Dude is obsessed with Em…it’s kinda sad to be honest.
Homie trying to diss Eminem by giving his nasty ass restaurant some free promo!? Another L for Mitsubishi ZNO
I’ll give him credit, that’s pretty funny. Although he’s defcon 1 level triggered lol.
This whole beef rehash just smells like a publicity stunt on both sides. Very convenient that he waits until Eminem is in LA to roll up in Detroit with loads of security lol
Can he even afford to pay for the food… dude probably went round asking people for their leftovers after to take back to his motel room so he could share it with Jeffrey Star!!!
When Em dresses up in a “no neck” costume stuffed with pillows ima laugh my ass off. This guy really wants to wake up a sleeping giant. He would be the first rapper to get destroyed in two different decades.
When Em dresses up in a “no neck” costume stuffed with pillows ima laugh my ass off. This guy really wants to wake up a sleeping giant. He would be the first rapper to get destroyed in two different decades.
Again how the fuck can he say he won? He tried to pretend Em’s recent video with other rappers didn’t bother him, hoping to get people on his side by bringing up when Em said the n word and so on. He should put this much effort in trying to be a decent parent and person.
All those names that he dropped ….all of them habe recognized Em as one of the greatest. Benzino arguments here kinda backfired IMHO.