[2] Benzino has said one of the primary inspirations to enter the genre of rap stems from his fondness of the film Wild Style.

[7][8][9] On September 4, 2020, Benzino released a new single titled "The Bigger Picture" with an accompanying music video on YouTube.

[10] Benzino's father Edward DeJesus was Puerto Rican and his mother Mary Scott was Black American and Cape Verdean.

[17] On June 22, 2019, Benzino was arrested for a bench warrant in DeKalb County, Georgia, and was taken to police headquarters for booking and was later jailed.

He was accused of damaging the Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck of a man who was in the company of Benzino's ex-fiancée Althea Heart.