A few weeks ago, a series of tweets from Adegbenga Adejumointe aka Benga served to open the dialogue about mental health issues that run rampant in the music industry. No one is safe from them, but a particularly at risk population are many artists, industry professionals, and fans, who quite often fall hard from the struggles of trying to keep up with a fast-paced, quick to … [Read more...]
Benga Starts A Very Necessary Conversation via Twitter; Openly Discusses Mental Health Issues
By now the news regarding UK dubstep OG Benga is circulating heavily on the interwebs. His retirement from DJing and production last year was met with confusion in the media and upset from his many fans. Benga and Skream shaped dubstep before wubs and wobbles and heavy bass manifested themselves in the United States and Canada through Skrillex, or Excision and Datsik. And while … [Read more...]
