Griselda member Benny The Butcher thought he’d been approached by the manager of fellow New York rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine about a collaboration — which he emphatically rejected. But it turns out the “manager” was a social media prankster.
Benny The Butcher Responds To Fake Tekashi 6ix9ine Call
Benny The Butcher informed his Twitter followers that Tekashi 6ix9ine’s so-called manager asked about doing a song with his client. Benny added a poll to his tweet with the options of “No” and “F*ck no.” The Butcher later found out that the call was from someone pulling a prank on Clubhouse.
“Tekashi Manager hit me up and ask me was interested in doin a song with his client … what u think I said?”
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Despite being a chart-topping artist and platinum-selling attraction, Tekashi is still a pariah in the hip-hop game to a lot of rappers who don’t want to associate with a snitch. New York rapper 50 Cent, Meek Mill and Benny The Butcher are just some of the big names who refuse to work with 6ix9ine; not to mention West Coast rap artist YG and the late King Von said they wouldn’t even work with artists who worked with Tekashi.
“He’s a rat. He don’t deserve to be out. He don’t deserve nothin’. He’s a rat. I was just talkin’ about my n*ggas, the numbers that they got and nobody told nothing. … He’s a disgrace.” (VTV)
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Somebody seems to be messing around with radio veteran DJ Envy‘s phone. The “Breakfast Club” co-host revealed he received several calls around 4 a.m., and when he called back, they claimed to be connected to Tekashi 6ix9ine.
“Mind you this is four o’clock in the morning. I’m like, ‘I got 30 more minutes of sleep what are you calling me for?’ He said, ‘Hey this is Murphy I was just playing with you. This is Tekashi 6ix9ine’s manager, would you interview him?’ ‘No.’ ‘Does it have to do anything with politics?’ I said, ‘Man, you called me at four o’clock in the morning.’ Bam.”
Showtime Set To Air ‘Supervillain’ About Tekashi 6ix9ine
Hate him or love him, Tekashi 6ix9ine has one of the more fascinating stories in the rap game. The chart-topping ex-con and confirmed snitch has already been the subject of a Hulu documentary, and now there’s Showtime docuseries about him coming soon. Showtime is telling its version of the tale in Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine, a three-part series beginning Feb. 21.
Official trailer for Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine
