Legendary DJ Funkmaster Flex has caused a stir of controversy amongst 2Pac fans after comparing the iconic rapper to the Cheddar Bob character from Eminem’s 8 Mile.
In an Instagram Live video, the DJ starts talking about the night Pac was shot, robbed and assaulted at a studio in New York after being jumped. Funkmaster Flex claims to have been in the Quad Studios building that night, and spoke out by saying:
“You Pac fans always talking that talk. Cheddar Bob. Came in there, popped himself in the leg, popped himself first. That’s what happened.”
Flex continued, “They didn’t even touch him. He panicked, pulled out the steel, shot himself.”
In 8 Mile, Cheddar Bob is Eminem’s character’s most simple friend and shoots himself, busting an artery in the process, when a situation gets out of control between the protagonist crew and the antagonistic Free World crew.
Whether or not what Funkmaster Flex is saying is true is up for debate, but what’s not up for debate is how disrespectful Flex is being by comparing one of the greatest rappers to have ever lived with Cheddar Bob. Ouch.