Benjamin Urbaez was born and raised in Queens, NYC, to a musical family. This duality—Caribbean warmth and urban grit—shapes everything he creates.
From an early age, music wasn't just entertainment; it was lineage. The rhythms of merengue and bachata mixed with hip-hop beats, church hymns blended with street poetry, and somewhere in between, Benjamin found his voice.
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Benjamin's music defies simple categorization. Live afrobeats pulse beneath spoken word poetry. Indigenous Taino influences weave through contemporary production. Spiritual chants meet street-level truth-telling.
He performs in both Spanish and English, often within the same breath—rapping, singing, and engaging in spoken word that feels less like performance and more like communion. Each show is a ceremony, each song an offering.
The Taino people of the Caribbean, whose rhythms and spirituality were nearly erased but never silenced. The griots of West Africa, carrying history in melody. The poets of the Nuyorican movement. The healers who understand that sound is medicine.
To create music that heals. To build bridges between the ancient and the contemporary. To remind people—especially those of the diaspora—that their roots run deep, their ancestors are listening, and their voices matter.
In 2024, Benjamin embarked on a transformative world tour alongside Dreeemy, bringing their unique blend of Dominican and Egyptian influences to stages across Europe, through New York, California, and Mexico City.
These weren't just concerts—they were gatherings. Spaces where strangers became family, where language dissolved into pure feeling, where the sacred met the street.
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