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Biography
Jeremie Pennick (born November 27, 1984), known professionally as Benny the Butcher (sometimes stylized as B.E.N.N.Y. the Butcher, or simply Benny), is an American rapper from Buffalo, New York. He is part of the hip hop group Griselda with Westside Gunn and Conway The Machine, and is part of the collective Black Soprano Family.
Musical career
Benny the Butcher self-released his mixtapes in the late 2000s as B.E.N.N.Y., including The Mayor's Back and Chains Bond. In 2014, Westside Gunn founded Griselda Records, through which Benny, Conway and Westside Gunn would self-release their own projects. In 2016, Benny released his album titled My First Brick followed by the mixtape Butcher on Steroids with DJ Green Lantern in 2017. On March 3, 2017, Griselda Records signed a deal with Eminem's Shady Records, a subsidiary of Interscope.
On November 23, 2018, he released his album Tana Talk 3, produced by The Alchemist and Griselda producer Daringer, and includes features from Westside Gunn, Conway and Royce da 5'9". The album was critically acclaimed and he began to gain widespread attention. On June 21, 2019, he released the extended play The Plugs I Met, which includes guest appearances from Black Thought, Pusha T, 38 Spesh, Jadakiss, and Conway The Machine. On August 6, it was announced that Benny signed a management deal with Roc Nation.
Writing about Benny The Butcher's 2019 Dan-O of Freemusicempire said " Benny The Butcher did an EP with the greatest guest list of the year. Right after the intro skit you hear him next to Black Thought. Next song Jadakiss, and closing out the project with Pusha T's second best guest appearance of 2019 on 18 Wheeler. No matter who was with him Benny blew like Sonny Rollins on the Sax, whether Conway or Eminem was coming on next…it didn't matter. The Butcher has a gift and no fear."
Discography
Studio albums
- Tana Talk 3 (2018)
Extended plays
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USHeat | USIndie | ||||
| 17 Bullets |
| — | — | ||
| The Plugs I Met |
| 7 | 22 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Mixtapes
- Tana Talk 1(2004)
- The Mayor's Back(2009)
- American D Boy 1(2009)
- Tana Talk 2(2009)
- Chains Bond(2009)
- Benny Montana(2010)
- Married 2 da Game(2011)
- Benny Best Ever(2013)
- 1 on a 1 (2016)
- My First Brick (2016)
- A Friend of Ours (2018)
Collaboration albums
- Butcher on Steroids(2017)
- Stabbed & Shot(2018)
- Statue of Limitations(2019)
Collaboration mixtapes
- Cocaine Cowboys(2009)
- Tommy Devito's Breakfast(2017)
With Griselda
- WWCD (2019)