After the seasoned Hip Hop media figure recently witnessed his daughter perform for the first time, Coi Leray and Benzino appear to have patched things up.
The “Players” hitmaker was conducting an interview backstage at the event on Saturday (July 22) after her performance, when she invited her father to join her.
She’s great, I’m just saying, Benzino said to the interviewer. “Like, no bullshit, for real. I cherish her. Observing her in that way You can call me biased, but to be quite honest, I don’t see anyone else acting that way. Man, she’s great.
“It’s the first time he’s ever, ever seen me perform,” Coi Leray said before reiterating her father’s high praise by announcing with assurance that she is “carrying this Hip Hop shit, this legacy shit.”
The relationship between the father and daughter wasn’t always good. Coi Leray acknowledged in a March 2021 Twitter tirade that she is embarrassed to be Benzino’s child.
She wrote at the time, “And this is why I NEVER WANTED ANYBODY TO KNOW!!!” I FEEL HURT TO BE YOUR DAUGHTER. You’re right, I should have been a boy because I would have already knocked you out. PAIN TO THE NUMBERS! Despite my current pain, everything will be fine. I’ll be the one to RETURN US IMMEDIATELY TO THAT MANSION.
She later expressed regret for her out-of-character behavior on social media, saying: “I’m sorry. Although I though I had adequately prepared, I am nonetheless unprepared. I’m still furious. Never harbor grudges.
“Let unhappy people be unhappy, and just love distantly. It was a test, and I feel as though I failed it by answering. Not everything calls for a reaction. I’m learning, which is cool. always room for improvement.
The following year, after his daughter’s debut album Trendsetter’s disappointing first-week sales of 11,000 units on Instagram, the former publisher of The Source made fun of his daughter.