Eric Benét Says He Felt ‘Complimented’ By Jay-Z Rapping About His Divorce From Halle Berry

Eric Benét has gotten over the “crazy” feeling of being referenced by Jay-Z on 4:44 song “Kill Jay-Z.” On the opening track of the 2017 album, Jay rapped: "You almost went Eric Benét / Let the baddest girl in the world get away / I don't even know what else to say / Nigga, never go Eric Benét." The lyric was a reference to Benet’s widely publicized divorce from Academy Award winner Halle Berry, who he divorced in 2005 after four years of marriage. The R&B musician recalled “Kill Jay-Z” on the Wednesday (July 15) episode of Angie Martinez IRL The R&B musician recalled “Kill Jay-Z” on the Wednesday (July 15) episode of Angie Martinez IRL “There was no animosity about that,” Benét told Martinez, adding that he “thought he was being cute” by responding in a tweet at the time. “Hey yo #Jayz! Just so ya know, I got the baddest girl in the world as my wife....like right now!,” tweeted Benét, who’s been married to businesswoman Manuela Testolini since 2011. The couple share two children, while Benét has a 34-year-old daughter, India, shared with his late girlfriend, Tami Stauff, who died in a 1993 car accident. Benét said that the tweet “backfired” and joked that he “should’ve shut the fuck up” at the time. The musician went on to explain that he was in Cuba at the time the song was released and saw news articles that he was “angry” about the Jay-Z lyric.

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