Up NeXt By DX: Benny Cassette

Former HipHopDX Features Editor Andre Grant said in his “Defense Of The Struggle Rapper” editorial, “Out of all the things the Hip Hop web has vilified, the “struggle rapper” might be the least deserving of all that ridicule.” Before Kendrick Lamar became big enough for Barack Obama to sing his praises or Drake found himself making deals with Apple, they were artists without a significantly large fanbase attempting what seemed like the impossible. Hitting the top of the charts became a distant goal to making past one hundred streams of a song possibly made within the confines of their bedroom walls and gaining likes, re-post or anything else that would reach someone. Providing a weekly outlet for those getting their feet wet in the sometimes brutal sport of Hip Hop, allow us to give readers a look into tomorrow’s possibilities through “Up NeXt.”

Producer/Singer/Songwriter Came To HipHopDX’s Music Meeting To Premier Tracks

Inspiration For Career

“As a teenager, I joined a performing arts youth group that did drug and gang intervention.

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I did it as a way to keep myself out of trouble and when I joined, they had no one that rapped. I decided that would be me so when we would go perform and talk to kids that were locked up or in rehab programs I would get up and do a song. I was terrible and had no idea what I was doing and after getting heckled a couple times I decided I needed to take it serious so I wouldn’t get embarrassed. I got decent at it and other kids started to respond when I performed and needles to say I fell in love with being on stage and rapping.”

Having A Shot At Stardom

“I’m already a superstar. The world is just now catching up.”

Project(s)

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“Just dropped the first song off my project Entertain Us and I’m currently finishing up the entire project now which will be called Broken Hearts And Dollar Signs. It’s going to be a genre-bending album.”