you don't understand how extortion/blackmail works?
I understand perfectly well how it works. Show me where anyone was extorted or blackmailed into concealing additional tapes.
you don't understand how extortion/blackmail works?
Benzino wasn’t gonna win that war, especially with the machine that Em had backing him. That’s why every “battle” he was involved with made him look like the winner. He fell back with that Like Toy Soldiers joint, and after Proof passed he didn’t want to get involved with beef.
Back in those Foolish Pride days he was recording with other white boys. He wasn't rapping around and with Black dudes until he got a bit older.
. It's funny because neither one of you know if it's true or not,
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I definitely heard a tape where he said "I don't fukk with that ****** shyt". And Benzino interviewed a few of the white boys he was making raps with back in the days and they said he had more racist raps other than Foolish Pride.
yep.Em is damn near 50 amd we holdin something against him he did at 21 at the latest.
Exactly. Eminem grew up getting his azz whooped by black dudes cuz he was white. Of course he was racist at one point. Nothing in his recent history would suggest he's still racist. Unlike Kid Rock, Marshall stays and continues to help the culture. And he doesn't have to. I respect him for being one of the illest lyricists in his prime.
People might say he brought the world 50 Cent, he’s also put on guys like Royce & Obie even D12 but nobody listens to them guys anymore. He did sign Westside Gunn & Conway, even got a new song with him and kind of gave him a big look for that. But I get where you’re coming from. Em’s music isn’t something to be proud of listening to. Dr. Dre saw money signing Eminem.
Where Benzino is at fault is Eminem was given an Unsigned Hype column, was covered a lot before SSLP even dropped. Then he used the magazine to diss Eminem. He invited Eminem into the culture and helped legitimize Eminem's position within the culture by covering him and not only giving him the Unsigned Hype column, but Eminem was covered in several sections of the magazine before he dropped his Interscope album. Then he even had magazine covers. Now if Benzino knew about the tapes back then and only released them during the beef, he is in the wrong.
And a lot of people still don't know what started the beef in the first place. Eminem made "Without Me" which pretty much celebrated his privilege in a Black culture and then said it would be empty without him. He may have been parodying white privilege or joking around, but you don't joke or parody something like that. Benzino was RIGHT in calling it out and he was a lone wolf in that battle. The integrity of that battle was lost when he used the magazine to go at Em. Benzino was fighting a winning battle with all the wrong weapons. This was bigger than battle rapping and it should have gotten more attention than it did.
He's from Warrenhe grew up in the D. it's pretty well documented.
He's from Warren
uh, okI understand perfectly well how it works. Show me where anyone was extorted or blackmailed into concealing additional tapes.
I don't know but why he on their list? Don't make sense unless they really believe he should be there, it ain't 2000 no more where they hopin he could do somethin for them, he's like 50 years old and barely makes music and barely features. Why they all have him on the list? and high up?
That's the conversation that should be had. Do they really believe he's one of the goats? ppl actin like this is a coli thing or a message board thing. It's the ones with the voices who still stan him
You're arguing just to argue...........others in the industry were pressured to NOT speak out against Em publicly so that the story would die down. Because other Black industry figures didn't publicly condemn em, or even publicly forgave him............and because they dug up a Made Men song with a white rapper using the same slur on a track with Benzino ...media eventually spun in like Benzino and Source had personal vendetta against em..............and the story died downThis story didn't die and people weren't pressured. Those tapes were leaked and if I'm not mistaken copies were pressed and sold with the magazine:
The Source Digs Up Tape Of Eminem Using Racial Slurs
This was a hot topic that made its rounds. It eventually did die down like all hot topics do, but this was an issue. After the tapes, there was never any follow up.