Omroep Flevoland – News – 19-year-old rapper Bens became world famous overnight

Omroep Flevoland – News – 19-year-old rapper Bens became world famous overnight
Omroep Flevoland – News – 19-year-old rapper Bens became world famous overnight
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The 19-year-old rapper Bens from Almere became world famous in one fell swoop through a TikTok series by the well-known rapper and TikTokker Connor Price. The musician from Canada has more than three million followers on social media and asked Bens if he wanted to make a song with him. After the song SPINNIN came out, Bens went viral on TikTok and Instagram. For example, the Almouder suddenly gained millions of listeners on Spotify, hundreds of thousands of followers on TikTok and a spot in the American charts.

In one of Conner Price’s videos he ‘blindly’ chooses countries where he will look for artists to make songs with. When the Netherlands became one of the designated countries, he eventually ended up with Bens because he sees him as a talented rapper.

For Bens it’s a dream come true: “I still can’t really believe it. When Connor started following me on TikTok I thought it was a mistake. But after he explained his idea, I could see a hole in the ceiling jumping,” says Bens, who is now also recognized on the street. “When I walk in the center, children often shout ‘hey, aren’t you that rapper?’ and that is nice to experience. People are now even regularly asking for a photo.” He spent weeks on the American hip-hop charts and has followers from all over the world.

“Connor has really become a friend. We still keep in touch and do things together.”

— Rapper Bens

In addition to rapping, Bens is also following an MBO course in Hilversum: “And I’m really not going to stop doing that. A diploma is just important to have.” Yet Bens is going to make a lot more music and he is also starting his own TikTok series. “I want to work with a lot of producers. In the rap world it’s often every man for himself and my success has shown me that working together is key.”

Never leave Almere
To complete the success, Connor Price is also coming to the Netherlands, but Bens is not allowed to say much about that yet: “But I’m definitely there and we’re going to do cool things. I’ll stick to that for a while,” he says with a grin. And he will continue to do all this from Almere Muziekwijk: “I will never leave here again. Almere is and will remain my city.”

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