Benedict Raditya Utomo, also known as Ben Utomo (born ) is an American-born Indonesian rapper.

Career

As an independent artist

As a teenager, he started rapping for fun with his friends and found his passion. In 2007, Ben met some Indonesian rappers online through MySpace, which led to his exposure to the Indonesian hip-hop scene. Ben Utomo starts his career as a featured artist in Young Lex song titled ''Gue, Lo, Mereka'' in 2015; and then he released his debut album in 2016 called ''Lost in Music''. Ben released his second album titled, ''Die As a King No Option''. Ben also co-found AllDay Music, a hip-hop collective based on Jakarta.

Signed with Def Jam

At 2019, Ben was signed by Def Jam SEA, and in 2020, Ben released his singles on Def Jam titled ''Indo Kid'', ''Itu Selalu'', and ''Mama Knows''. Ben also released his first album titled ''Indo Kid'' on April 16, 2021.

Controversy

Feud with Young Lex

Due to Young Lex statement on an interview on TV show in 2016, Ben Utomo and Ecko Show released a diss track titled ''On Dat Bullshit'', even though Ben was featured on Young Lex song.

Feud with Xaqhala

In 2018, Xaqhala writes an essay in HellMagz (an in-house magazine published by Hellhouse for hip-hop enthusiasts) titled ''Ketika Battle Rap Keseleo'' (When Rap Battle Extremely Distorted), in the essay, Xaqhala writes: Ben is extremely angry when he reads the article, and then he released a diss track against Xaqhala titled ''Basian'', and in November, Xaqhala released a rebuttal track against Ben and Saykoji titled ''Phone Call From Hell''. However, Ben released another diss track titled ''xaqhala-ka-boom-boom'', in which he says: Due to Xaqhala-Ben Utomo feud, all Indonesian rappers throwing diss tracks one-each-other.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Lost in Music'' (2016) * ''Die As a King No Option'' (2017) * ''Do Something'' (2018) * ''Indo Kid'' (2021)

Singles

* Basian (2018) * Xaqhala-ka-boom-boom (2018) * Itu Selalu (2020) * Mama Knows (2020) * Indo Kid (2020) * Indo Kid 2 (2022)

Featured

* Gue, Lo, Mereka (

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, featuring Ben Utomo and Edgar; 2015) * On Dat Bullshit (Ecko Show, featuring Ben Utomo; 2016)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Utomo, Ben American people of Indonesian descent American rappers of East Asian descent Rappers from California Living people 1990 births id:Ben Utomo