Benzino has assured fans that he fully intends on offering a timely response to Eminem‘s latest provocation, and he’s enlisted some support.
On Saturday (January 27), the former publisher of The Source took to Instagram, vowing to deliver a response to Em’s scathing “Doomsday Pt. 2” diss, within the next 24 hours.
“NO JUMPER INTERVIEW DROPS AT 6 @adam22 RESPONSE TO DOOMSDAY IN 24 HOURS. [grin emoji]” he wrote alongside a video clip featuring an iconic scene from The Godfather: Part lll.
“I’m a businessman, first and foremost. I want no further conflict,” Al Pacino says in the movie snippet.
The odd response didn’t go over well with fans who accused Benzino of not having the chops to deliver on his promise. “It’s been a full 24 hours. Your [ghost, writer emoji] must be still be in the lab. For hiphop sake don’t release Melle Mel response,” wrote one user.
“LMFAO im about to peep this I know his ass about to be salty af in that interview [laughing emoji],” a second comment reads.
Earlier this week, Eminem reignited his feud with Zino — a beef that originated in the mid ’00s — by taking a jab at his financial woes and physical stature.
Over a sample of Em’s classic hit “Role Model,” he 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?”
He continues: “Arm so short he can’t even touch his hands/ When they’re up above his head doin’ jumpin’ jacks/ Sorry, I don’t mean to upset you, Ben/ When I talk about all the debt you in/ I hear that you been creepin’ on the low/ In them cheap hotels, that they catch you in.
“Jesus Christ, dawg, when you said two-ten/ Never guessed you meant at the Red Roof Inn/ In a room with one single bed, two men/ Shady, man, you can’t–, yes, you can. Well, I guess then I regret to inform you, hate to spoil the day/ But this doesn’t…
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