{"id":8273,"date":"2012-05-28T14:25:46","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T14:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=8273"},"modified":"2012-07-16T15:49:27","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T15:49:27","slug":"the-rise-and-rise-of-benny-banks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2012\/05\/28\/the-rise-and-rise-of-benny-banks\/","title":{"rendered":"The rise and rise of BENNY BANKS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Benny Banks is being hailed as one of the UK&#8217;s freshest rap heavyweights after his recent signing to Warner Music. With over three million hits on YouTube and commercial success with hit &#8220;Bada Bing&#8221;, <em>Wonderland<\/em> caught up with the snappy London wordsmith to find out what&#8217;s next.<\/p>\n<p><div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8273 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/media.wonderlandmagazine.com\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Picture-225.jpg'><img width=\"345\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/media.wonderlandmagazine.com\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Picture-225-345x406.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/media.wonderlandmagazine.com\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Picture-215.jpg'><img width=\"345\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/media.wonderlandmagazine.com\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Picture-215-345x483.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/media.wonderlandmagazine.com\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Benny2.jpg'><img width=\"345\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/media.wonderlandmagazine.com\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Benny2-345x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>When did you start writing you own material, and when did you discover that you could rap with such amazing flow?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I got into music in 2009 and I was around a lot of people who were rapping so it sort of fell into place. 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Social Media and things like Twitter certainly help out a huge amount.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZcCq_QgKKW8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>You&#8217;re you&#8217;ve wracked up over three million YouTube hits so far. Do you ever get recognised in public?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I do. It&#8217;s crazy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What advice would you offer younger and aspiring rappers?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d say to just be yourself, do your own thing and let it flow naturally.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You&#8217;re signed to a major label &#8211; will you still be producing free-to-download mixes now?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, of course. I&#8217;m Benny Banks and I&#8217;ll always do my thing. I believe the label trusts me and I don&#8217;t like moving backwards. 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