Royce Da 5’9 and Benzino engaged in a war of words earlier this week which included the former co-publisher of The Source magazine sending several shots at Eminem and challenging Nickle Nine to a Verzuz battle.
On Wednesday (December 30), Benzino tweeted, “I know for a fact my catalogue is better than Royce, somebody set up a versuz, I promise I’ll destroy em’s favorite housen-gga. Take the challenge @royceda59 unless u scared.”
Royce screenshot the post and shared it with his 900,000 Instagram followers, clowning the mere notion of a battle between the two.
“Y’all owe me for these laugh,” he wrote in part. “I want my flowers for these hysterical outbursts during these trying times…this mufuka dun challenged me to a Verzuz battle… He prefaced this with ‘My Catalogue.’ Shut the noise… I better get outta town … Im not worthy…Challenge not accepted but big props to I see booty I see Booty.”
The post caught the attention of fellow Slim Shady collaborator Joyner Lucas who revealed Benzino had actually DM’ed him with another Verzuz challenge.
“Man dis clown tried to inbox me a few months ago tryna VERZUS battle me too,” Lucas wrote in the comment section. “Idk what nursing home he escaped from but they needa find him and bring him back ASAP.”
The whole thing appeared to kick off on Tuesday night (December 29) after Royce tweeted about the possibility of the former Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta star joining the popular audio-only app Clubhouse.
“I can’t wait till Benzino get on Clubhouse,” he wrote.” A Front row seat to the most obligatory pseudo toxic masculine tough guy talk the world has ever seen. Please Clap for this hoe ass n-gga so he can try to move on. He stuck in 06. Thank you… Peace, Peace.”
That was all it took for Benzino to flex his vocabulary muscle and let the insults fly. Par for the course, he dragged Shady into it and suggested Royce was nothing more than Eminem’s slave — multiple times.
“@Royceda59 you had EMs platform this long and still irrelevant?” he wrote in a since-deleted tweet. “You still ain’t blown? You been sucking his dick so long you forgot that ur an artist too. It wasn’t t long ago when you going at him so now u think n-ggas won’t go at him because of u? U a whole Pussy our here.”
Royce Da 5'9 Flames 'Mr. 5 Mics In The Source' Benzino After Latest Eminem Disses
Royce ultimately stepped back from the situation but not without reminding him he allegedly gave one of his own albums a perfect, “5 Mic” rating at his own magazine (although that has been disputed).
“I don’t want no problems with you Mr 5 mics in the source,” he wrote in an Instagram post featuring a video of a greased up Benzino. “The streets know You dangerous when you desperate so Ain’t no telling what lengths you’re willing to elevate this misunderstanding to so put your shell back on and go do karate with the rest of the ninja turtles. I’m a God fearing, Peaceful fully clothed man. Peace Gangsta .. Peace.”
Father forgive me, but I actually like “look into my eyes” by Zno. At least I did 15 years ago when it came out. Royce still has the better catalog, even if neither of them have any hits.
Benzino could be a good rapper. But you diss a rapper with the biggest rap fan base then this will happen. You get obliterated.
Eminem is the GOAT
Gayest of all time
Benzino is trash and Em bodied him. That being said, this is what’s wrong with rap today. Eminem has become trash and people like Royce and Joyner don’t want to admit it or tell the guy. Congrats, Em….your great at being a technical rapper. What good is that if your songs are unlistenable? Also, we gotta stop giving this guy a pass for his trash ass bars. “She calls me dumb bell, she lifts me up then puts me down” this is the rap god?
There called bars. You wouldn’t understand….
That’s just one simple bar to avoid simplicity and fit syllables, Em gat other heavy bars too so don’t be dumb, bell_ive in Eminem in the art?and with the numbers he’s doing i doubt he is unlistenable and you should speak for yourself, if you dont like something keep off it i wonder why you on Em’s dick, rather stick to ua icons and keep the good vibe rather than sticking out here looking like funny
You’re right that is probably the simplest bar Em has ever spit. The reason Pump Killa mentioned only that one is because that’s probably the only one he understood.
You quoted his simplist bar bro congrats go listen to darkness. The entire song is a fuckin double entendre. Literally the only fuckin rapper I’ve ever seen be able to do it.
I mean give credit to Benzino for being….bold? But he should go watch 8 mile….oh wait he dosnt do shit but give random reviews without listening to shit. Probably gave 8 mile a 2/5 star lmao. That crack head needs to go back to jail. He gonna get slaughtered again.
Royce is a joke, so is benzino. Although benzino is right about royce being eminems little lap dog.
As he was murder inks little bitch too, that whole reigme was destroyed though so…
Royce isn’t a joke,lol. Benzino can’t name one song of his that anyone knows the words to. Just because Royce is signed to EM’s doesn’t make him his bitch anymore than others other artist who signed those they know. Plus Royce lyrical would murder most in the game today.
Man we ain’t got no hihhop culture…let to many “funny” ass niggs in the game… (Yeah I mean Fred Sandford kinda funny)look at all these goofy ass dudes commenting..Benzino??????….dude please, dudes a traveling garbage can..cats like this messed the whole game up….we’ gone from. hihop to weirdo- hop to this village people-hop with dudes like Charlamagne the god as an expert on how to spit on dickhead….If you’ve never peeped Royce really or you lack the capacity..shut the F up ( that F is for you falsetto dudes still reaching for soprano)
All this is funny until one of them run into Benzino face to face. He can laugh and be all the jokes in the world about his music, but even Royce acknowledged that he knows what Benzino is willing to do in real life, that’s why he tried to bow out and make a joke about it.
Truth, lol. Benzino would beat both of their asses!?
Lie,lol. Royce didn’t acknowledge Benzino as being one to be scared of,lol. Benzine couldn’t even handle the dudes on Love & Hip Hop. You don’t know Benzino to know what that clown can do. They have all crossed paths before but are their any stories of Benzini doing anything ever but look like a fool?
Hi, my name is…
….chika chika…??….
Benzino He is pretty rough looking I Bet he has to sneak up on a glass of milk.
Benzino his name sounds like a really bad foot fungus or some kind of rash that you can get on your Balls He is a freak
All Benzino be needing is money since Em destroyed his career. So he being smart by tryna Verzuz Royce just cuz he thinks he can out-rap him and to be honest he might. But he ain’t dumb enough to Verzuz Eminem cuz he knows he gonn lose. But calling Royce scared if he doesn’t commit to the challenge is just a cover for he himself (Benzino) is being scared to call out Eminem. P*ssy maggot, he never gave Em a 5 mic cuz he was always jealous of Em’s verbatim.
He ain’t gonna out rap Royce either. Don’t know what the fuck you talking about.
Em is garbage