After dropping Plugs I Met 2, Benny The Butcher spoke to HipHopDX about hip-hop being a "grown man's game," and why he agrees with Jim Jones that being a rapper is also one of the "most dangerous jobs in the world." Jones made the statement after Benny was shot during an attempted robbery in Houston late last year.
Benny stated, "There’s other guys who got more money than rappers and got maybe a better life than a rapper, but they still want the fame and they still want the spotlight because that’s what come with being a rapper. So guys envy you because of that. Everybody envy you because of the money you make.
"They envy you because of the position that you’re in. It’s not just the money either — it’s they look online and see a bunch of people loving you and praising you for the talent that you have. That’s dangerous. It’s like a king. It’s dangerous to be a king because everybody want to be the next king. Everybody wants your spot."
Benny then explained that you don't see NBA players and other athletes being targeted like rappers, and he added that there's a "macho" aspect when it comes to people coming at rappers. He stated, "They want the life of a rapper; there’s just something nostalgic about that, that everybody want no matter how many drugs they sold or no matter how tough they are or whatever. People base their lives on rappers."
He closed by saying, "I hear people who dying to be a rapper but still be in the streets and be like, ‘Yo, well, I’m not a rapper.’ But you trying to be a rapper. First thing people say when they get into it with a rapper, ‘Oh, he just a rapper.’ Yeah, I made it successful out the hood with using words. You right, that’s what I am. But it’s just a thing that we have to deal with from our own community. They love us, but they envy us so much that they want to be us. This shit get dangerous."
Source: HipHopDX
