Benny the Butcher

Rap gave me a lot.

— Benny the Butcher

Hip-hop really saved me.

— Benny the Butcher

I'm always gonna be grounded.

— Benny the Butcher

I was a psychology major.

— Benny the Butcher

I hate leeches.

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I'm the freshest from the street corner.

— Benny the Butcher

I can't live life without my kids.

— Benny the Butcher

I'm a humble person, and I come from humble beginnings.

— Benny the Butcher

I love acting. It's fun, baby.

— Benny the Butcher

I know how to act. I'm a gangsta and a gentleman.

— Benny the Butcher

Hip-hop means everything to Benny The Butcher.

— Benny the Butcher

I did 'The Plugs I Met' independent.

— Benny the Butcher

My favorite actor is Don Cheadle.

— Benny the Butcher

I feel like we all are guests. Hip Hop don't belong to none of us.

— Benny the Butcher

I'm a good essay writer, I know how to write. I was just good at it.

— Benny the Butcher

People know me here for putting out good albums. This is what I do.

— Benny the Butcher

I think it's important to have a narrative and to have a point with your music and to be going somewhere with…

— Benny the Butcher

I don't go with ego: If I wanna work with a guy, I'm hitting him up. Because it's for the greater good…

— Benny the Butcher

Tana Talk 3' was done for almost two years before it came out.

— Benny the Butcher

I feel like they say the upstate western New York sound is the gritty sound.

— Benny the Butcher

Like I said in one of my songs, as a man, you're at your best when you're middle age.

— Benny the Butcher

I always was good, even in my times of being bad as hell in school. I always used to get good grades…

— Benny the Butcher

Before the Griselda days, just being a local artist, of course, I wanted to get signed. Of course I wanted to take…

— Benny the Butcher

A lot of people try to hang their thoughts on love, right? So long as they love you, they feel they can…

— Benny the Butcher

Any rapper will tell you when you're working with someone like Cole, it's like a match of wits. You gotta go crazy,…

— Benny the Butcher

Everybody makes it to different checkpoints and that's why they say it's lonely at the top. That crowd that you show with…

— Benny the Butcher

You could make someone the president or an A&R at Def Jam, but that doesn't mean they're ready for it. A lot…

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I would tell people when you hear a love song from me, it ain't going to be, 'Ok baby, I love you.…

— Benny the Butcher

The theme of the 'Tana Talk' series was I wanted to let everyone know who I was. I wanted my authenticity to…

— Benny the Butcher

I don't feel that Hip Hop is mine, I feel like I have a pass in this thing of ours that we…

— Benny the Butcher

Man, the 'Tana Talk' series, it just goes deep. I tell people this all the time: I dropped 'Tana Talk' and I…

— Benny the Butcher

Your work ethic, your understanding of the game, your IQ, how you work the room - those things make you great. And…

— Benny the Butcher

It's not all it's cracked up to be because different things come with fame. And like I said, I love being a…

— Benny the Butcher

Of course we all want a record deal, get the big check, and all that, but it might not be good for…

— Benny the Butcher

There's other guys who got more money than rappers and got maybe a better life than a rapper, but they still want…

— Benny the Butcher

I need an artist to be a dog. You know what I'm saying? I need an artist to think for themselves. I…

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My music's not for the club anyway.

— Benny the Butcher

Everything is not for everybody.

— Benny the Butcher

I definitely read a lot in school, and even more in prison.

— Benny the Butcher

I feel like a real hustler, a real stay down grinder.

— Benny the Butcher