Benny The Butcher Argues That Twitter Nerds Control The Culture

Benny The Butcher complained in regards to the affect of “nerds” on social media in hip-hop throughout a viral rant over the weekend. He argued that the “voice of the streets” does not matter as a lot, and there are professionals and cons to the present dynamic.

“Yo, y’all see the state the sport is in when the streets don’t maintain the tradition or the sport,” Benny stated, as caught by Okayplayer. “Now you bought the bizarre Twitter nerds and the nerds and all these bizarre motherf**kers obtained they palms on the tradition.”

He continued: “The voice of the streets don’t imply as a lot because it did once we was developing. It was numerous cons to that, as effectively. I gotta say that. However you see what occurs when the streets don’t management the sport no extra. It’s numerous f**ok n***a sh*t happening. And lots of people are okay with it as a result of they f**ok n***as.”

Followers have been having combined reactions to Benny’s take. “Idk I don’t suppose ‘Twitter nerds’ have all that a lot energy on the subject of hip-hop,” one consumer replied when Kurrco shared the clip. One other joked: “Does bro know who his fanbase consists of?” Another added: “Bro twitter nerds are the one who truly goes to the concert events and the one which streams ALBUMS not simply 1 songs .. specifically uncs fan base.”

In different information, Benny has been making headlines for his long-standing feud with Freddie Gibbs. Final month, he took purpose at him in a put up on X (previously Twitter). “Don’t measure ya success off wat the subsequent man doin. Thts homosexual,” he wrote, to which a fan replied, “Freddie Gibbs remains to be extra profitable & making higher albums than you although.” Benny then clapped again: “This wat im speaking bout proper right here. Anyway he spreads his cheeks and been pressed greater than a pair of dockers…im good.”