Ben Ofoedu
Benedict Ofoedu
He was born in Hong Kong on the 29th of June and moved with his family to London when he was 2 years old.
In 1988 Ben was in the group Stakka Humanoid & they had a hit with their single "Slam". Then he joined a band called [a=First Impact] which was a young rap group. He then became the rapper on Frankie Knuckles remix of "Move Your Body".
In 1993 he teamed up with some friends to become [a=Benz]. Big Ben, [a=Tony Thompson] (aka Darkboy) & BJ (aka [a=T.I.M. Shade]) as Benz were signed to RCA Records. The band went on to have a couple of hits in 1995 "Boom Rock Soul", 1996 "Miss Parker" & "Urban City Girl", 1997 "If I Remember & "On A Sun-Day".
1999 saw Ben become the lead vocalist for [a=Phats & Small]. Originally Ben was to be the unknown voice of the singles, but the interest in his fabulous voice was so high that they decided to make him a member of the group.
Ben released a solo single in 2000 called "Your Love". In 2001, he founded the group REDhill along with friends Shane Lynch (ex-[a=Boyzone]), Rodney Williams (ex Benz Tour manager) and Mark Brightman (ex Phats & Small Tour Manager). He left the group one year later to joined up with Leigh Guest (Formerly known as Double Trouble (& the Rebel MC)) & Steve to become [a=Intenso Project].
To this day, Ben Ofoedu still records with [a=Phats & Small], [a=Intenso Project] and the original members of REDhill in a new group called Four Story.
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