Benzino talks about working with Eminem; Campaigns for relevancy
Reeling off one ‘L’ after another, Benzino (remember him?) speaks to SOHH.com about controversy, lawsuits and possibly working with Eminem.
“I don’t got no beef with nobody,” he told SOHH. “I just wanna do music. I just wanna keep moving forward.”
You’ve read right. Zino says he doesn’t have beef with anyone, even his longtime nemesis Eminem.
“I think if me and Eminem ever got together, it would not only be big for hip-hop, it would just be big for society,” Benzino said. “Hip-Hop is a bridge to white and black races. I think there’s still a lot of youth out here confused about race in America and with him being as influential as he is, as far as who he represents and vice versa, I think it would do good for a lot of kids.”
“I think we’ve made a lot of strides as far as race relations in America,” he continued, “but I think we have a long way to go and I think he can be a very important voice to make that happen. If it was to ever happen, I’d be with it.”
Insert your own punchline here.
A Benzino/Eminem collaboration would definitely not be big for hip hop or society. It would only serve as CPR for Benzino’s career. As far as Benzino being an ambassador for race-relations, that bridge has been burned. If he truly had gone at Eminem for his possible racist tendencies and not created a circus in an attempt to advance his own career, he may have gotten some support in that regard. Now without a strongly circulated magazine, Benzino is as desperate as ever.
