Bnyx
Birth nameBenjamin Saint Fort
Born (1995-04-23) April 23, 1995
Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Record producer
  • songwriter
Instrument(s)
Years active2018–present
Member ofWorking on Dying
Children2

Benjamin Saint Fort (born April 23, 1995), known profesionally as Bnyx (/bɛniː ˈɛks/, "Benny X", stylized in all caps)[1] 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.

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] 2021 was also the year he started working with Yeat, with Bnyx having production credits on the 4L mixtape, Trendi extended play, and the album Up 2 Me, all of which were released in 2021. In 2022, he produced multiple songs on Yeat's September extended play Lyfe, including the Lil Uzi Vert collaboration "Flawlëss". In February 2023, he helped produce 8 of the 22 songs on Yeat's third album AfterLyfe. 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] On November 10, The Kid Laroi released his debut studio album, The First Time, in which "I Thought That I Needed You" and "What Went Wrong???" were produced by him.[8]

Personal life

Bnyx is married to his wife Hannah, whom he met in high school and later reconnected with as an adult. Together they have two daughters.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Callender, Brandon (September 23, 2022). "BNYX isn't interested in a type-beat producing career". The Fader. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  2. ↑ "BNYX". Genius. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
  3. ↑ Strauss, Matthew (April 7, 2023). "Drake Shares New Song "Search & Rescue": Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  4. ↑ Ritchie, Matthew (July 8, 2023). "Lil Uzi Vert Pink Tape Album Review: A Sprawling, Unabashedly Uncategorizable Opus". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Mamo, Heran (July 21, 2023). "Travis Scott, The Weeknd & Bad Bunny Team Up on 'KPOP' Single: Stream It Now". Billboard. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  7. ↑ Bernstein, Elaina (September 22, 2023). "Lil Tecca Drops off Third Studio Album 'TEC'". Hypebeast. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
  8. ↑ "THE FIRST TIME by The Kid LAROI". Genius. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
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