Benzino has had enough of the viral debate involving Jim Jones and Nas, calling out the “stupid idiots” buying into it.
On Thursday (June 26), the former Source co-owner took to Instagram to post a video of himself addressing the commentary surrounding the debate, while arguing that he doesn’t believe there was “even a debate” to begin with, nor is the topic itself worthy of attention.
The former Made Men and Almighty RSO rapper’s comments come after Jones first suggested that he has more impressive Billboard stats than the Queensbridge legend, while more recently taking credit for making Nas “viral” in the process.
“What I did for Nas probably never been done for him in his life. He’s never been that viral at all. Ever,” Jones claimed. “Ever. He’s never been talked about like this ever in his life.”
Let’s take a look below at what Benzino had to say on the matter:
What did Benzino say about Jim Jones and Nas?
“Enough is enough,” Benzino said at the top of his lengthy Instagram video. “Like, enough is enough. Don’t y’all see what the fuck y’all doing?”
As Benzino sees it, social media “is fucking us up as a people,” including by facilitating what he sees as a detrimental disrespect of the very idea of legacy.
“Y’all are taking part in really ruining the legacy of this fucking man,” Benzino said of Nas. “This man has a whole fucking legacy. This Jim Jones Nas shit wasn’t even a debate. Okay, it’s cute at first but it’s getting out of control. It’s getting way too disrespectful and it’s gonna cause irreparable damage to the culture.”
Ultimately, Benzino is confident that he’s “never seen more clown shit” in his life. “Y’all are stupid idiots,” he said in a remark directed at those entertaining the topic.
What did Jim Jones say about Nas?
“My son can’t tell me one Nas record,” Jones said on a recent episode of Fat Joe and Jadakiss’ Joe & Jada podcast. “There must be some type of misconception when it comes to Jim Jones and what Jim Jones has done in this game.
“A lot of these rappers have done a tremendous job. And I take nothing away from them. But they forget, I got a hell of a catalog. Gold records, platinum records. … Check my track record. Then check everybody else track record.”
In addition to the aforementioned “viral” comments, Jim Jones has also acquainted the comparison to Nas and Jay-Z’s beef in the 1990s, which ended in a truce during Hov’s 2005 I Declare War concert in New Jersey.
“And I don’t want to talk about other people’s career but let’s just get to the
semantics of it,” he said, before adding that he doesn’t know Nas enough to “have a conversation” and that he doesn’t “really care” to.
He also said that he got his start in 2003, over a decade after Nas debuted on the Main Source track “Live At the Barbecue.”
“First time I heard Nas, I was in 10th, 11th grade. … Things have changed tremendously since Nas was hot in the ’90s,” Jones said. “He had a smooth wave but it didn’t carry over the way that we seen other artists carry over that was supposed to be in his position.”
Jim Jones claimed that Nas hasn’t fulfilled his “mission” as a rap “leader” unlike himself. “I’ve been getting busy, I’m outside, I’ve been leading example in a great way, you heard?” he said.
