Bnyx
Benjamin Saint Fort (born April 23, 1995), professionally known as Bnyx (pronounced "Benny X"), is an American record producer and songwriter. He is known for extensively working with Yeat and has also produced for many artists, such as Drake and Travis Scott, among others. Bnyx is a part of the Philadelphia-founded producer collective Working on Dying.
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Birth name | Benjamin Saint Fort |
Born | Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. | April 23, 1995
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Instrument(s) | Ableton Live |
Years active | 2018–present |
Labels | Working on Dying |
Children | 2 |
Early life
Benjamin Saint Fort was born on April 23, 1995, in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania to Haitian immigrant parents.[1] His stage name comes from his nickname, Benny, and the letter X, which he states "represents/stands for “Extreme”. Extreme [...] is what I strive for whenever I create music".[2] His older brother, Felix, influenced him to start officially producing music after he heard some of what he had done. His younger brother, Patrick, known professionally as BeautifulMvn, is also a record producer and the two often produce songs together. In 2017, Bnyx started working at AT&T after having to drop out of college because of financial difficulties, where he saw that Travis Scott had released a remix of "Swang" by Rae Sremmurd and decided to make his own remix, which ended up gaining traction after repeatedly tweeting the link to his remix while replying to users on Twitter.[1]
Career
In 2021, Bnyx joined the producer collective Working on Dying.[1] On April 7, 2023, Drake released the single "Search & Rescue", in which Bnyx helped produce.[3] On June 30, Bnyx was involved in the production of a song by Lil Uzi Vert from their third studio album, Pink Tape, titled "Aye" (featuring Travis Scott).[4] On July 28, Travis Scott released his fourth studio album, Utopia, in which Bnyx helped produce the songs "K-pop" (with Bad Bunny and the Weeknd), "Sirens", and "Meltdown" (featuring Drake), with the former being released as the lead single from the album exactly one week before.[5][6] On September 22, Lil Tecca released his third studio album, Tec, in which Bnyx produced both "YVES" and "HVN on earth" (with Kodak Black).[7]
Personal life
Bnyx is married, and the couple have two daughters together.
References
- Callender, Brandon (September 23, 2022). "BNYX isn't interested in a type-beat producing career". The Fader. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
- "BNYX". Genius. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
- Strauss, Matthew (April 7, 2023). "Drake Shares New Song "Search & Rescue": Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
- Ritchie, Matthew (July 8, 2023). "Lil Uzi Vert Pink Tape Album Review: A Sprawling, Unabashedly Uncategorizable Opus". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
- Garcia, Thania (July 28, 2023). "Travis Scott's 'Utopia': A Song by Song Breakdown of Every Featured Artist, Producer and More". Variety. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
- Mamo, Heran (July 21, 2023). "Travis Scott, The Weeknd & Bad Bunny Team Up on 'KPOP' Single: Stream It Now". Billboard. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
- Bernstein, Elaina (September 22, 2023). "Lil Tecca Drops off Third Studio Album 'TEC'". Hypebeast. Retrieved October 3, 2023.