Plan B (musician)
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Plan B (* 22. October 1983 in London , England ; bourgeois Benjamin Paul Drew ) is a British hip-hop - soul musician and actor . He became internationally known in 2010 with the song She Said .
Life
Drew grew up in Forest Gate, London . His father Paul Ballance played in a local punk rock band and his mother worked for a local authority. When Ben was six years old, the father left the family. Young Ben Drew often felt like a social outcast as his family was neither middle nor working class.
At the age of 14, Drew began teaching himself to play the guitar. Shortly thereafter, he wrote his first own R&B songs, but turned to hip-hop and rap when he was 18. His first single, Kidz / Dead and Buried , inspired by the death of ten-year-old Damilola Taylor , gave him the attention he needed to get a record deal.
Drew's first mixtape, It's Time 4 Plan B , was published in Hip Hop Connection magazine in May 2006. This was followed by a first television appearance by Plan B on the show Later ... , in which he played an acoustic version of the song "Mama (Loves a Crackhead)". In the same year Plan B released his debut album Who Needs Actions When You Got Words , which immediately entered the UK album charts at number 30. The album received consistently positive reviews, including The Guardian giving it all five possible stars. With End Credits , a collaboration with Chase & Status , he placed his first Top 10 hit in Great Britain .
Four years later he reached with his album The Defamation of Strickland Banks , the number one in the UK. In mid-2010 Drew had his international breakthrough with the single She Said , which was also a success in German-speaking countries.
At the BRIT Awards 2011, Plan B received the British male solo artist award .
At the end of 2017, Plan B announced its newest album " Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose " for spring 2018.
Personal
He and his long-time girlfriend have a daughter (* 2013).
Filmography
- 2005: Walking After Acconci: Redirected Approaches
- 2008: Streets of London - Retribution Day
- 2009: Harry Brown
- 2010: Plan B: Prayin '
- 2010: 4.3.2.1
- 2010: Relentless Boardmasters
- 2012: Ill Manors
- 2012: The Crime
Discography
Albums
- 2006: Who Needs Actions When You Got Words
- 2010: The Defamation of Strickland Banks
- 2011: The Ballad of Belmarsh
- 2012: Ill Manors
- 2018: Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose
Singles
- 2005: Kidz / Dead and Buried
- 2005: Sick 2 Def / No Good
- 2006: Mama (Loves a Crackhead)
- 2007: No Good
- 2010: Stay Too Long
- 2010: She Said
- 2010: Prayin '
- 2010: The Recluse
- 2010: Love Goes Down
- 2011: Hard Times (feat. Elton John & Paloma Faith )
- 2012: Ill Manors ( Peter Fox Sample)
- 2012: Deepest Shame
- 2012: Playing with Fire ( feat.Labrinth & Etta Bond)
- 2017: In the Name of Man
- 2017: Heartbeat
Collaborations
- 2007: No Hats No Trainers (with Shameless )
- 2008: Pieces (with Chase & Status )
- 2009: Shifty (with Riz MC & Sway )
- 2009: End Credits (with Chase & Status)
- 2018: Ella Fuma (with Chencho Corleone, Farruko, Darell and Brytiago) (US:platinum)
swell
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: DE UK US
- ^ "Shocked? Try listening to this, Mr Cameron," in The Telegraph, June 15, 2006. Accessed October 1, 2010.
- ↑ "Not Ready to Die: An Interview with Plan B" . Pop Matters. Accessed October 1, 2010.
- ↑ Petridis, Alexis (December 14, 2005). "Eminem meets the Arctic Monkeys" . In: The Guardian . Accessed October 1, 2010.
- ↑ "Plan B - Discography on Discogs.com" . Accessed October 1, 2010.
- ^ "Acoustic Hip-Hop from East London!" ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ "Plan B - Music Charts" on αCharts.us. Accessed December 27, 2009.
- ↑ Petridis, Alexis (June 23, 2006): "Plan B, Who Needs Actions When You Got Words?" in: The Guardian. Accessed October 1, 2010.
- ↑ Plan B: In April 2018 the new album comes out, here is the first single "Heartbeat" . In: Warner Music Germany . October 27, 2017 ( warnermusic.de [accessed April 26, 2018]).
- ↑ Rapper Plan B reveals he has secretly had a baby daughter . In: Mail Online . ( dailymail.co.uk [accessed April 26, 2018]).
- ↑ Plan B has revealed he is now a dad - NME . In: NME . January 5, 2014 ( nme.com [accessed April 26, 2018]).
Web links
- Official website
- Plan B in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- "The heart of a rapper" - portrait of Ben Drew alias Plan B in the magazine kulturnews (August 2010)
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SURNAME | Plan B |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Drew, Benjamin Paul (real name); Ballance-Drew, Benjamin Paul (full name); Drew, Ben |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British hip hop, soul musician and actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1983 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London |