⁠”The ratings were the worst ever after he hosted it”: Benzino claims Fat Joe was partly responsible for BET Hip Hop Awards being canceled 

Benzino doesn't see eye to eye with Fat Joe when it comes to the reason behind the cancellation of the BET Hip Hop Awards.

As reported by Hot 97, Fat Joe recently made claims that “gentrification” was the cause of the cancellation. However, the former Source magazine co-owner hopped on an Instagram Live from what looked to be his hot tub to divulge his two cents. He blamed Joe for his stint as a host for the ceremony's ratings diving:

“Why Fat Joe said it’s gentrification, after they let his a** host the awards two years earlier?”

He continued:

“The ratings were the worst ever after he hosted it. Was it gentrification when you was hosting it, Joey? Stop, man. Joe, you’re putting out too much misinformation on the internet, bro. You gotta do better, man.”

Here's how Fat Joe reacted to BET's announcement of being placed on hold

As reported by Vibe, earlier this month, BET announced that both the BET Hip-Hop Awards and the Soul Train Awards were being put on hold for the foreseeable future as the network figured out a way to reinvent them. CEO Scott Mills did promise fans, however, that the event is not being axed:

“So for BET linear, we have suspended the Soul Train and Hip-Hop award shows. But we have a team that’s actively thinking about where those award shows might best live as the media climate continues to evolve. They aren’t gone. And we also still have the NAACP Image Awards and the Stellar Awards.”

During a recent episode of his Joe & Jada podcast with Jadakiss, Fat Joe weighed in:

“This is a form of gentrification, what’s going on. I don’t know if you really want to ask me about this sh*t. So, BET came up as a community station for Black people and urban culture. Our man Bob Johnson took the check…he sold it to Viacom and Paramount. MTV and them. VH1 and them.”

He went on, blaming the slipping ratings on budget cuts and staff changes:

“Little by little over the years, quietly they’ve been firing a lot of people behind the scenes at BET and everybody who has something to say... And I know ’cause I’ve been working on the BET Hip-Hop Awards for three years. It was like the budget, not for me, but the budget just kept getting chopped and chopped and chopped.”

As of this writing, the future of the award show hangs in the balance, and only time will tell how things pan out.

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