Joe Budden unexpectedly sided with Eminem in Slim Shady’s feud with Benzino. Eminem and Budden had beef in the past, which made it surprising to see the rapper-turned-podcaster give his stamp of approval to Em’s Benzino diss track “Doomsday Pt. 2.”
Budden reacted to the latest chapter in a long-running feud on The Joe Budden Podcast. The former Slaughterhouse member criticized Benzino and praised Eminem’s diss.
“I’m with anybody dissing Benzino,” Budden said. “I am! That n#### is—y’all see him coming out the pool on some bodybuilder s### with the water glistening off his body trying to be like a seal or some s###? Old n##### shouldn’t do that. He do too much s### that old n##### shouldn’t do. And I know he tried to bag that transgender. I don’t care what that n#### say. I know he did.”
Budden acknowledged how strange it was for him to align with Eminem due to their history. Budden also admitted he had no real issues with Benzino but thought Coi Leray’s father was corny.
“Now me and Em on the same side,” Budden said. “Look what you did! Look what you did, Benzino. And I don’t even have no problem with Benzino. But Benzino do make looking 50 corny. He make 50 look bad now.”
Budden, who was signed to Shady Records as a member of Slaughterhouse, trashed Eminem multiple times on the web show Everyday Struggle. Budden once said Eminem’s “Untouchable” was one of the worst songs he ever heard. The comments irked Eminem, who discussed his issues with Budden in a 2018 interview with Sway Calloway.
Eminem’s “Doomsday Pt. 2” dropped via Lyrical Lemonade’s All Is Yellow compilation on January 26. Days later, Benzino responded with a diss track titled “Vulturius.” He quickly followed up with another diss titled “Rap Elvis” within 48 hours.