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Benji Vaughan (musician)

Benji Vaughan is a British psychedelic trance and downtempo producer from London who records solo as Prometheus and is one half of the duo Younger Brother with Simon Posford.

Benny Benassi

Benny Benassi (Marco Benassi, born 1967, Milan) is an Italian electro-house DJ and producer; with cousin Alle he made "Satisfaction" (2002, UK #2), won a 2008 Grammy for remixing Public Enemy's "Bring the Noise," and released albums Hypnotica, Electroman, and Feel The Bass.

Benny the Butcher

Benny the Butcher, born Jeremie Damon Pennick (1984), is a Buffalo rapper and core Griselda Records member with cousins Westside Gunn and Conway the Machine; known for Tana Talk 3, Burden of Proof, Def Jam debut Everybody Can't Go, and his Black Soprano Family label.

Benoit & Sergio

Benoit & Sergio are a house and dance-pop duo of Benoit Simon and Sergio, formed in Washington, D.C. around 2009 and known for the 2011 single "Walk and Talk".

Bensley

Bensley is the stage name of Peter Bennett, a Toronto-born Canadian drum and bass producer and classically trained jazz saxophonist with over 40 million Spotify streams.

Benzino

Benzino is the stage name of Raymond Scott, a Boston-born rapper, producer, and former co-owner of The Source magazine, known for the Almighty RSO, his feud with Eminem, Hip Hop Weekly, and Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta.

Bera Ivanishvili (ბერა ივანიშვილი)

Bera Ivanishvili (ბერა ივანიშვილი), performing as BERA, born 1994 in Paris, is a Georgian rapper and singer, son of billionaire politician Bidzina Ivanishvili; founded the Georgian Dream studio and GDS TV, has albinism, and faced a 2021 secret-recordings scandal over punishing critics.

Berlioz (musician)

Berlioz is the alias of British jazz-house producer Jasper Attlee, formerly Ted Jasper, born in Cape Town and raised in Cornwall. Known for "if Matisse made house music", the EP Jazz Is for Ordinary People (2023) and album Open This Wall (2024).

Berner (rapper)

Berner, born Gilbert Anthony Milam Jr. (1983), is a San Francisco rapper and cannabis entrepreneur, Taylor Gang signee, and co-founder and CEO of the Cookies cannabis brand.

Bernzikial

Bernzikial is the stage name of Bernardo Lemos, an American dubstep and bass music producer from Orlando, Florida, who has released on Subsidia and played Lost Lands.

Betsy (Russian singer)

Betsy, also known as Betsy Girl, is a Russian child singer from Saint Petersburg whose 2024 single "Sigma Boy" became a viral international hit, reaching seventh on a Billboard dance chart.

Between the Buried and Me

Between the Buried and Me (BTBAM) is an American progressive metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina, formed around 2000, known for genre-shifting albums like Colors (2007) and The Blue Nowhere (2025).

Beyond SoCal

Beyond SoCal, marketed as Beyond Wonderland SoCal, is Insomniac Events' two-day, 18-and-over electronic dance music festival held since 2010, typically at the NOS Event Center in San Bernardino, California.

Beyond Wonderland at The Gorge

Beyond Wonderland at The Gorge is Insomniac's Alice in Wonderland-themed electronic dance music festival, held each June at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington since 2021, drawing about 25,000 attendees.

Bhad Bhabie

Bhad Bhabie, real name Danielle Peskowitz Bregoli (born 2003), is an American rapper from Boynton Beach, Florida, who went viral on Dr. Phil in 2016 ('Cash me outside'), became the youngest female rap artist to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 with 'These Heaux', signed with Atlantic Records, and released the mixtape 15.

Bia (rapper)

Bia (Bianca Miquela Landrau, born 1991, Medford, Massachusetts) is an American rapper signed to Epic Records, known for "Whole Lotta Money" with Nicki Minaj, "Best on Earth" with Russ, and her 2025 debut album BIANCA.

BICEP live

BICEP live, also presented as BICEP LIVE, is the live show of Bicep, the Belfast-born electronic duo of Andy Ferguson and Matt McBriar, first performed in 2016.

BICEP presents CHROMA (AV DJ Set)

BICEP presents CHROMA is a hybrid audiovisual DJ and live show by the Northern Irish electronic duo Bicep, debuting in 2023 and touring globally since.

Big beat

Big beat is a UK electronic dance music genre of the mid-to-late 1990s, named after Fatboy Slim's Brighton club night, built on sped-up breakbeats, funk and soul samples, and popularized by the Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy, and Fatboy Slim.

Big Boi

Big Boi, born Antwan André Patton in Savannah, Georgia, is the OutKast rapper and solo artist behind Sir Lucious Left Foot (2010), Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, and Boomiverse.

Big Daddy Kane

Big Daddy Kane (Antonio Hardy, born 1968, Brooklyn) is an American rapper and Juice Crew member, a Golden Age hip-hop icon known for "Ain't No Half-Steppin'", the Gold albums Long Live the Kane (1988) and It's a Big Daddy Thing (1989), and a 1991 Grammy for "Back on the Block".

Big Freedia

Big Freedia (Freddie Ross Jr., born 1978) is the New Orleans "Queen of Bounce" hip-hop artist and TV personality behind Just Be Free (2014), Central City (2023), gospel album Pressing Onward (2025), and features on Beyoncé's Formation and Break My Soul.

Big Hawk

Big Hawk (John Edward Hawkins, 1969-2006) was a Houston rapper, Screwed Up Click original, and brother of Fat Pat; his albums include Under Hawk's Wings and HAWK, and his 2006 murder remains unsolved.

Big K.R.I.T.

Big K.R.I.T. (Justin Lewis Scott, born 1986, Meridian, Mississippi) is an American rapper and producer; K.R.I.T. means King Remembered In Time. Def Jam Top Ten albums Live from the Underground and Cadillactica, then independent on his Multi Alumni label.

Big L

Big L (Lamont Coleman, 1974-1999) was a Harlem rapper and D.I.T.C. member whose debut Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous (1995) and single "Ebonics" made him a revered East Coast lyricist.

Big Lurch

Big Lurch, stage name of Antron Singleton, is a Dallas-born rapper and former Cosmic Slop Shop member, sentenced in 2003 to life without parole for murdering roommate Tynisha Ysais in Los Angeles in April 2002, with allegations of cannibalism while on PCP.

Big Narstie

Big Narstie, the stage name of Tyrone Lindo, is a British grime MC, comedian, and television presenter from Brixton who reached the UK top 20 in 2015.

Big Night Live

Big Night Live is a 2,000-person nightclub and concert hall at 110 Causeway Street in Boston, directly above North Station, opened by Big Night Entertainment Group in 2019.

Big Pun

Big Pun (Big Punisher), born Christopher Lee Rios (1971-2000), was a Bronx rapper of Puerto Rican descent whose 1998 debut Capital Punishment made him the first Latino rapper to go platinum; he died of heart failure at 28.

Big Scarr

Big Scarr (Alexander Woods, 2000-2022) was a Memphis trap rapper signed to Gucci Mane's 1017 Records; his mixtape Big Grim Reaper reached number 25 on the Billboard 200.