Kernel BENZ Stevens A.K.A OLBENZ was born in the Caribbean island of DOMINICA.
Raised by his grandparents in a small ghetto village known as Layou. He started singing at the age of 9 and wrote his first song at 11.Raised in a Christian home Benz was exposed to music by his cousin who played in the church band.
After finishing high school he joined a local dancehall group called LICKLE BOY SOUN where he recorded his first song BRAINWASH .he later on release his debut album in 1998 entitled JUDGMENT which basically launch his music career.
Known for his high energy performances and his ability to sing in French and Creole, benz definitely brings something unique to the music industry. He is also known for song such as MY HOME, NEED U GIRL, WHITOUT YOU, GO GETY MY GUN, BAD TIMES, LAVIE and KA YO VEH amongst others. Benz has performed internationally alongside top French and English artist such as ADMIRAL T, MR.DALY, JEFFJOSEPH, DOMINIQUE COCO, KASSAV, SIZZLA, TURBULENCE, BOUNTY KILLA, BUJU BANTON, CAPLETON and others.
In 2007 he appeared on the Jamaican reggae compilation “SOULJAH RIDDIM” with a song entitled CALL ON JAH which also featured top Jamaican artists such as LUTAN FAYAH, LOUIE CULTURE, TURBULENCE and others. Presently Benz has team up with one of Dominica’s top music and video producer JOSEPH JA FOXX ROYER to form the BLAKKINGZ music label. The label is responsible for producing the first ever Dominican music video (RED KLINIC MEDLEY) to be televised on internationally TV.
Genres: World/Reggae / dancehall / r&b
Label: BLAKKINGZ
Management: JULIEN ELWIN FOR XTACY ENTERTAINMENT
For more on olbenz go to.
http://www.last.fm/user/olbenz
Contact:
email: olbenzwarrior@hotmail.com
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