Born on the 9th of September named Emmanuel Benjamin, popularly known as EBEN and the 5th of six children of a family where christian values were instilled and nurtured. He started out a rapper in his early teens mentored by his elder brother but later discovered he could sing and never stopped singing since then.
While finding himself musically, he worked as a studio background vocal artiste,recorded an album(Spirit,Soul and Body)as a duo(E-double)..and also featured in several album projects.
In 2007 he released his solo album”ON THE ROCK” which features hit tracks like “Imaranma”,”God Dey”,”Iwo Nikan” and others..with a unique genre he pioneered and calls Afrocentric rock, he has graced platforms both locally and internationally..nominated for ‘best male artiste’ Africa gospel music awards UK, best male artiste ‘National gospel awards Nigeria, best gospel video ‘NMVA’…featured on major projects with veteran artistes like Sammie Okposo, Onyeka Nwenu, Sonny Nneji, MI, Keffi just to mention a few.
He is the CEO of HAMMER HOUSE OF ROCK ,with a business arm called the HAMMER HOUSE VENTURES {Video and music production , event management and interior decoration. }. His follow-up album titled PHENOMENON was released featuring artistes like MI, Jahdiel, Dusky and lyn with hit tracks like ‘just d way “Imela Papa” “Awesome Wonder”{won the PBO awards},GMAireland awards, NGMA awards and so many nominations.
