Benny B

Biographie

Benny B aka Abdel Hamid Gharbaoui sometimes called the French "Vanilla Ice" , Born the 11th of Dec. 1968 in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean 1080 Bxl Belgium Benny B a Belgian rapper & B-Boy that was workin' with DJ Daddy K & Perfect, a dancer. They have been influenced by US HipHop seeing all that on TV and more they decided to start that by being hip hop and to have a B-Boy Spirit... They were one of the very first french rapper group to gain a commercial fame in the French HipHop. Some titles: « Vous êtes fous! », « Qu'est-ce qu'on fait maintenant ? », « Parce qu'on est jeune » or « Dis-moi bébé » or even « Do You Speak Martien »... Those titles came up very fast at the Top #3 and Top #2 in France/Belgium in the 90's at multiples times, this group sold approximately 3 000 000 copies. They influenced many french groups even though they didn't stay long in the Charts. They were criticised because they were not underground but a lot of people turned to real house or real hip hop thanks to Benny B for that. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.