It’s not just pent up frustration that Benzino has against the Source magazine, he’s in a one-sided competition with the very publication he helped put on the map.

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The reality star and Crab Trap entrepreneur went online this morning to diss the Source for having less Instagram followers than his Hip Hop Weekly outlet. 

Judging by their clap-back tweets, the Source didn't seem genuinely bothered by Benzino’s attempts to start a war, but they definitely took the bait. Thankfully, the rift didn't last very long because Benzino was pretty much getting slaughtered in the Twitterverse.

Even if he doesn't think so, the 50-year-old Boston native lost the battle on grounds that he's too old for these childish games.

Read some of the shade below. 

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