Benzino
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Raymond Scott (born July 18, 1965), better known by his stage name Benzino is an American hip hop media executive, and record producer.[1]
Along with his longtime friend, David Mays, Benzino is known for being part of the Hip Hop magazine The Source, which was launched in 1988 as a single sheet newsletter out of Mays’s Harvard University dorm room. Benzino is also known for being involved in a widely publicized feud with rapper Eminem.[2][3] He was also a founding member of several rap groups before finally becoming a solo artist.
[edit] The feud with Eminem
In 2002, Benzino started a feud with rapper Eminem, claiming that Eminem was "a product of the machine that sought to discredit black and Latino artists contributions to hip-hop and that he wished so many people wouldn't jump on the Eminem bandwagon".[4] Benzino released a diss record called "I Don't Wanna" where he claimed that Eminem was not real and true to the rap culture. Benzino then made another diss track with "Pull up ya Skirt" which featured on his 2003 album. Redemption. Eminem responded with his own diss tracks.
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