Benzino Admits That He Was Far From Perfect During His Time With The Source Magazine: “I Had To Learn And Grow Into This”

Benzino has at last acknowledged that his time at The Source was far from perfect.

During an interview on “My Expert Opinion” with Math Hoffa, the Love & Hip Hop personality admits that his negative reputation was somewhat warranted.

“I had to learn and grow into this because I did not grow up with this,” he said. “I grew up with other sh*t. So, I was an a**hole sometimes. And I know that.”

“I wasn’t right. And that’s not the way to be. You know? You have to try to stay in your lane in certain things. But I was transitioning. And to this day […] people still think, you know, I’m that a**hole. I was the top of my muthaf*ckin’ food chain,” Benzino added. “Even [Russell Simmons], Lyor [Cohen], all these n-ggas, Steve [Stoute] and everybody, they all had to answer to somebody. I was the top of a damn near $75 million company when n-ggas wasn’t getting money like that. I got that big money first and I was the top of that.”

Earlier this month, Benzino confessed that he had used armed individuals to force JAY-Z and Dame Dash to leave The Source offices. According to the reality star, the Roc-A-Fella co-founders visited the magazine’s New York City offices to address a “cover situation.” Unbeknownst to them, seven of Benzino’s associates were strategically positioned, armed and prepared, for the encounter.

“This one time, Jay and Dame was complaining about a cover situation, and they came up to The Source on some rah-rah sh*t,” he said. “So I had n-ggas strapped up in different rooms — they didn’t know that.”