Despite his rocky relationship with his daughter Coi Leray, Benzino’s recent remarks during an interview with RealLyfe Productions indicate that he’s very happy for her following the news that she’s expecting a child with Trippie Redd.
“I’m going to be a granddad. Ain’t that something?” Benzino remarked. “I don’t know when this is going to air… I think I found out when the world found out. It feels kind of surreal. My son just told me that his girl is pregnant. […] He’s my oldest, him and Coi are separate by three years. I mean, I’ll be 60 in July, so it took me all this time to be a granddad, man. It’s just surreal, I can’t believe it.
Benzino Speaks On Coi Leray & Trippie Redd Expecting A Child Together
“I don’t know enough about [Trippie], you know?” Benzino expressed about Coi Leray’s boo. “I’ve never met him personally, I’ve heard a few of his songs. I don’t try to judge based off the Internet, ’cause Lord knows I hate when they do it to me. But yeah, this is a different moment right now. First, I want to congratulate both of them. […] My daughter’s having a baby by Trippie Redd. Like, wow, huh? I mean, I’ma be a hell of a grandfather, you know what I’m saying? […] Being a granddad, what it’s going to do is going to show both of my kids what it is to be a parent now… working in the industry. […] So this is going to be interesting. It’s the most beautiful thing that I guess could ever happen to them.”
Then, Benzino remarked that he hopes to meet Trippie Redd one day amid his strained relationship with Coi Leray. He’s still processing this information, as he found out alongside the rest of us, but he also shared that he doesn’t speak with Coi often. In fact, Zino declined offering her a message during the interview, as he would rather say something personally. He’s hoping for a marriage down the line for that mutual support for the child’s sake, and even if not finding out about it directly is “kind of s***ty,” he’s happy to eschew Internet narratives and just be proud of his daughter.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022.
Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case.
Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.
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