Benny Blanco: Age, Career, Girlfriend, And Net Worth

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Who Is Benny Blanco?

Benjamin Joseph Levin, popularly known as Benny Blanco was born on March 8, 1988, in Reston, Virginia, U.S.

Benny an American rap artist, songwriter, and producer is Jewish and a native of Northern Virginia.

He also won the BMI Songwriter of the Year Award five non-consecutive times and won the 2017 iHeartRadio Producer of the Year Award.

Benny Blanco Career

He began producing hip-hop instrumentals in his bedroom and recording his vocals on top of them. His first serious exposure to music came in 1994, when he was 6 years old with Nas’ “The World Is Yours” and All-4-One’s “I Swear” on cassette tapes, which influenced his early productions.

After early experiments with beat-making and recording himself on his boombox, his rapping earned the attention of The Source and executives at Columbia Records.

He attended Camp Airy for many years of his childhood in Thurmont, Maryland, where he would routinely perform and host a radio show under the name “Ebba Ebba”.

He eventually secured an apprenticeship with producer Disco D after multiple trips to New York City from his home in Virginia to meet with labels and producers.

He was mentored for several years by songwriter and producer Dr. Luke, who signed him to his production company Kasz Money Productions.

While he was under Dr. Luke’s tutelage, he co-produced and co-wrote many songs, including hits such as Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream”, Kesha’s “TiK ToK”, and Taio Cruz’s “Dynamite”

His work has led to sales of over 500 million album-equivalent units worldwide for artists including Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, Halsey, Katy Perry, Maroon 5, Kesha, Britney Spears, Rihanna, Sia, The Weeknd, Kanye West, Avicii, Selena Gomez, Adam Lambert, Charlie Puth, Keith Urban, OneRepublic, Wiz Khalifa, J Balvin, Kali Uchis, Juice Wrld and SZA.

In July 2018, Benny released his debut single as a lead artist, “Eastside” (with Halsey and Khalid). The song peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100, marking his 27th top ten songs as a writer, a sum which includes seven number-one singles on the chart. “Eastside” was also a global success, topping the charts in four countries and peaking within the top ten of several others.

It was followed up with “I Found You” (with Calvin Harris), “Better to Lie” (with Jesse and Swae Lee), “Roses” (with Brendon Urie and Juice Wrld), and “Graduation” (with Juice Wrld).

Benny’s debut album, Friends Keep Secrets was released in December of that year to modest success. A deluxe issue of the album was released in March 2021, coinciding with its original release receiving platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Benny is the founder of two labels in collaboration with Interscope Records, Mad Love Records, and Friends Keep Secrets. He has signed artists including Tory Lanez, Jessie Ware, and Cashmere Cat, among others

On March 9, 2020, Benny and Chef Matty Matheson debuted a new collaborative cooking show, Matty and Benny Eat Out America, on Blanco’s YouTube channel. The first episode featured a behind-the-scenes visit to fellow YouTuber Kenny Beats’s show “The Cave” where Benny teaches Matty to rap. Additional episodes included Lil Dicky, Mason Ramsey, Diplo, Laird Hamilton and more.

On April 16, 2020, Benny made his TV debut playing a fictionalized version of himself on the first and second seasons of the FXX series Dave with Lil Dicky.

On March 31, 2021, he and chef Matty Matheson debuted a new cooking show on Benny’s YouTube channel, called “Stupid F*cking Cooking Show”.