Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington’s son Jaime has tweeted Kanye West after West claimed that Chester Bennington was murdered.
“Hi, this is Jaime Bennington. “That Boy From @linkinpark’s” (Chester Bennington’s) oldest son.
Considering all that you are saying here today, and that I AM and have been INVESTIGATING the death of MY FATHER…
…I have questions. If you would answer them, I’d appreciate it.
1). What was your relationship to Chester Bennington?
2). How do you know that he was killed for this reason?
3). By “Lincoln Park Boy” are you intending to acknowledge multiple people/situations at once?
4). Why, in specific, are you saying Shawn Carter will have to be the one kill you?
5). Considering that you do actually have a history with/ knowledge of my father, would you be interested in allowing me to interview you about it for my investigation?
**THX*.”
Allegations that Bennington was murdered have been unsubstantiated, but Jaime Bennington has investigated his father’s passing for several years, which has been ruled a suicide. West has alleged that Jay-Z may try to have him killed.
The relationship between Jay-Z and Kanye West appears to be strained, marked by a history of collaboration, friendship, and intermittent conflict. The two artists first connected in the early 2000s when Kanye began producing for Jay-Z’s Roc-A-Fella Records, leading to a mentorship that blossomed into a close bond. This was epitomized by Kanye’s 2007 track “Big Brother,” a tribute to Jay-Z, and their joint 2011 album Watch the Throne, which produced hits like “N****s in Paris” and “Otis.” However, their relationship has faced significant turbulence over the years.
Tensions notably escalated around 2014 when Jay-Z and Beyoncé did not attend Kanye’s wedding to Kim Kardashian, a slight that Kanye later said deeply hurt him, as expressed in a 2018 interview with Charlamagne Tha God. Further strain emerged in 2016 when Kanye publicly ranted about Jay-Z during his Saint Pablo tour, citing a lack of support after Kim’s Paris robbery and frustrations over business dealings like Tidal. Jay-Z responded in his 2017 album 4:44, particularly in “Kill Jay-Z,” where he addressed their rift, though he later clarified to The New York Times that their bond was like that of brothers with “underlying competition.”
More recently, as of March 2025, posts on X and web sources indicate ongoing friction. Kanye has made erratic social media statements, including a March 19, 2025, X post where he expressed feeling like a “black sheep” in their dynamic, citing Jay-Z’s absence from his wedding and perceived slights like choosing Kendrick Lamar for the Super Bowl halftime show over him. Another post from the same day bizarrely claimed Jay-Z might want to “kill” him, though such statements align with Kanye’s pattern of hyperbolic outbursts rather than literal threats. Meanwhile, Jay-Z has remained largely silent publicly, consistent with his private persona, though he’s historically framed their issues as resolvable familial disputes, as seen in his 2018 David Letterman interview.
Their professional ties have also frayed—Kanye left Tidal in 2017 over financial disputes, and their last musical collaboration was on Kanye’s 2021 album Donda. While they reunited briefly at Diddy’s 50th birthday party in 2019, suggesting occasional détente, the current sentiment on X and Kanye’s recent behavior imply no significant reconciliation by March 20, 2025. Their relationship remains a complex mix of admiration, rivalry, and unresolved personal grievances, with no clear evidence of a definitive end or repair as of now.
