With the fanfare, Benzino was asked about a September, 2000 incident where Celtics' star Paul Pierce was stabbed. "Definitely, I want to shout out to Paul Pierce and his family. Paul is definitely comin' from the west coast, comin' from Inglewood, he's a [future] Hall of Famer, and one of the best Celtics players to ever put on a jersey. Although many media outlets initially associated Benzino with the attacker, he vehemently denies involvement. "The situation that happened a few years back was an unfortunate incident. People gotta understand that Boston is such a small community that if everybody goes out to the same nightclub, and something happens, my name - when it comes to Hip Hop and everything around there at that time, was like the biggest name to call out when something goes on. It was a situation where there was a fight, an incident, and Paul, unfortunately had got hurt within the scuffle. I can say that I had nothing to do with it."
Benzino added that he's been a fan of Pierce for nearly a decade, personally and professionally. "I wouldn't have jumped on Paul then. I've been a fan since the Celtics drafted him. I've been a fan since day one. It was just a bad moment for not only Boston sports, but just a bad moment in my career because a lot of people still associate me with that situation with Paul." Ray said that the media has never followed up with Pierce, who he associates with. "Since then, I've seen Paul a couple of times, and everything's been all love, all good."
