Benjamin Paul Ballance-Drew

In 2018, fans of the rapper Plan B were alarmed - their favorite has noticeably lost weight. And he, in turn, hastened to assure that changes in appearance are on a voluntary basis, and for all those interested, he did not hide the secret of changes in weight. As the media wrote from the words of the performer, he gave up three products - sugar, milk and alcohol, went to the gym three times a week and leaned on potatoes, brown rice, vegetables and proteins.

Plan B is one of those rappers who did not embellish the lyrics of songs about a difficult childhood and did not exaggerate stories about the past for the sake of a catchphrase - his early biography turned out to be really difficult. Benjamin Paul Bellance-Drew (such are the singer's full name and surname) was born at the end of the second autumn month of 1983, on October 22, in the Forest Gate area of ​​London.

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Six months after his birth, the head of the family left his wife, son and daughter Lauren, sinking into complete obscurity after 6 years. However, it seems that the boy inherited his craving for melodic art from him - he played punk rock in a local group.

When talking about his childhood, Ben mentioned that there was a lot of violence around - at home, in the disadvantaged neighborhood where he lived, and at school. After his father left, the mother began a relationship with a drug addict, the grades in the school left much to be desired, and the teenager felt himself a real outcast.

Due to low academic performance, he had to change several schools, and music became the way out of this situation. At the age of 14, Ben independently mastered the guitar, playing the hits Blur and Oasis on it, and then began writing the first songs in the R&B genre, of course, about love.

In adulthood, preferences shifted towards hip-hop. The debut rap piece was created under the influence of the murder of a black schoolboy Damilola Taylor in late November 2000, committed by his peers - brothers Ricky and Danny Preddy.

In June 2006, Plan B released the first disc, whose long title translated into Russian sounds like "Who needs action when you utter words?", Containing references to a family biography. For example, one of the 14 tracks - "Mom (Loves a drug addict)" - the performer dedicated to his mother, whom he worried about and wanted to dissuade and pull out of a destructive relationship. "Studio" has earned a lot of flattering reviews from critics and the public, and over time acquired gold status.

Despite the subsequent tour, the release of videos and performances at various festivals, Ben found the time and energy to record the mini-album "Remixes". In parallel with the successful start of his musical career, the singer plunged into the world of cinema, where he showed himself both as an actor ("Shpana-2", "Harry Brown", "4.3.2.1", "Strike"), and as a director ("Michelle", " Unfavorable neighborhoods ").

The second and three times platinum in the rapper's discography was The Defamation of Strickland Banks, containing the famous song She Said, which was featured in the 2010 Jacobs Monarch coffee commercial. The premieres were preceded by the Time 4 Plan B mixtape with More is Enough.

Спустя 2 года вышла третья пластинка Ill Manors, заслуженно включенная в шорт-лист премии Mercury Prize. 4 из 11 песен появились в дуэтах с коллегами Kano, Labrinth, Takura и John Cooper Clarke. Кстати, это далеко не первые дуэты исполнителя — в 2008-м поклонники заслушивались Pieces, выпущенной вместе с Chase & Status.

Что касается выбранного творческого псевдонима, то Дрю рассказывал, что Би — это первая буква его имени, и именно так его в юности называли друзья. Поэтому он сразу решил, что ей самое место в его нике. Когда парень увлекся соулом, он думал «скрываться» под Strictly B. Но, крепко обосновавшись в рэпе, переименовался в Plan B, не скрывая, что хип-хоп и был тем самым запасным «планом Б».

The blue-eyed singer with truly British features and a sad look could not stay away from the increased female attention. In 2011, the guy was credited with an affair with actress and star of the Chelsea Golden Youth television series Kaggie Dunlop, then with model Samantha Fires.

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On January 5, 2014, reliable information leaked to the media that Ben and his beloved Natalia Kyriakou had a daughter last year. The happy father did not part with the child even at work and took him to the studio to record new tracks. The artist chose not to disclose the rest of the details of his personal life and did not indulge in photographs of his beloved women on social networks.

In 2018, Plan B fans waited for the release of the next album, Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose. The singer invented and developed the script for the single Guess Again from it himself - the result is a futuristic post-apocalyptic action game that tells about future technological progress and its impact on human lives. In 2019, Delusion of Forever was created in a duet with Dirty Dink.

It is known that the artist participated in the filming of the short film The Defamation of Strickland Banks, as well as in The Devil's Dandruff and Catch Me Daddy.

2006 – Who Needs Actions When You Got Words 2010 – The Defamation of Strickland Banks 2012 – Ill Manors 2018 – Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose

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