A biography for Benny the Butcherhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm a good essay writer, I know how to write. I was just good at it.”
“I'm really a nice guy.”
“I did do a couple semesters of college.”
“I definitely read a lot in school, and even more in prison.”
“I like to see Michael Rainey - I like watching his ascension. He's fire.”
“I'ma always be part of Griselda.”
“Once fans started calling me Benny the Butcher and I put something on iTunes, they were like, 'You gotta change that to Benny the Butcher because that's what they know you as. Your name is Benny the Butcher.' I was like, You're right.”
“I'm the freshest from the street corner.”
“I was a psychology major.”
“With new levels come new devils, and I want more. I want bigger for myself.”
“I watch and learn from everybody I come across.”
“A lot of dudes aren't man enough to step away and get their lives together. Not their street life - their whole life together. I feel like being in jail a lot of times put me in position to do that and gave me that discipline.”
“If you don't look at Hit-Boy as a legend, I don't know what to say about you!”
“When you going through doors that's too narrow for everybody to fit through, through those doors there's opportunities that's going to take you further. Doors that you need to walk through.”
“Before the Griselda days, just being a local artist, of course, I wanted to get signed. Of course I wanted to take my talent to the majors, and do something big. But after the Griselda run, it got to the point where I didn't need a label.”
“Rappers, we love to be in recording mode.”
“Twitter controversy ain't really controversial to me.”
“Your work ethic, your understanding of the game, your IQ, how you work the room - those things make you great. And those could lead to big numbers. You need those first before you even get to the big numbers. So I look for artists to be a dog, to have patience.”