Big Ben is a charismatic, talented up n coming UK artist with his own slant on the world. A man of the people his story telling, honesty, poetry and versatility have earned him a reputation as someone to watch and most importantly someone to listen to.

Big Ben was raised by his mother in North London. His father was killed by the apartheid regime in South Africa. With family to support here and overseas his mother worked long hours meaning Big Ben had to grow up fast. Being very intelligent but also very rebellious Big Ben often got into trouble, however from his early teens he had a skill for putting his chaotic life into words

 	He was first noticed at 15 by UK rap legend Skinny man who would let him open his shows and took him on his radio show, after hearing a tape of Big Ben that was around Finsbury Park at the time. 

In 2009 Big Ben dropped his debut mixtape ‘Good Food Rap’ an underground classic that earned him a strong word of mouth following. Good Food Rap was recorded and promoted with UKOverstood and supported by DJ’s at the time such as DJ279, Richard Blackwood and online media channels, blogs etc such as ZeeTvd and Tokyo Grindhouse.

Whether it’s about partying or paying the bills Big Ben makes rebel music, with an unflinching, heart on his sleeve, bare all perspective.

His personality, dark humour, charm and catalogue of hits makes his live performance passionate, dramatic  and fun definitely not to be missed. That is why he’s performed at Glastonbury, TDK festival, Respect festival and  I luv Live to name a few. He has also opened for major recording acts such as Ghostface Killah, The Clipse, M.O.P, DJ Premier, The Licks, SkinnyMan, Omar, Shola Ama, Sway, Mitchell Brothers and Rahzel.

Big Bens skill, versatility and down to earth personality mean’s he has worked some of the best in UK! talents such  as Ndubz, Foreign Beggars, MCD, Rodney P, Imperial Squad  to name a few. He is in or affiliated with; FLIPLIFE (a group he founded as a teen), KIN, People’s Army, FDS as well as being an up n coming solo artist.

To visit Big Ben’s twitter page follow:

www.twitter.com/youlovebigben

To visit the official Big Ben Blog, go to :

www.youlovebigben.blogpot.com 	

For watch videos go to:

www.youtube.com/youlovebigben

To visit the Myspace page, go to :

www.myspace.com/bigbenlondon 

For bookings, press enquiries, email :

youlovebigben@gmail.com

 	 


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