Bnyx | |
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Birth name | Benjamin Saint Fort |
Born | Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. | April 23, 1995
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Years active | 2018–present |
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Children | 2 |
Member of | Working on Dying |
Benjamin Saint Fort (born April 23, 1995), known professionally 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.
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. [3] [1]
Bnyx started pursuing music at the age of nine as a hobby with his father. He'd watch music videos and interviews as he enjoyed the business side of the music industry. [3] Later in Benny's life, he'd reach out to people regarding beats, but would soon help writing lyrics too. [3]
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. [4] On May 12, Bnyx was involved in the production of a song by Cochise, titled " KANEKI". 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). [5] 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. [6] [7] On August 10, Yeat released his single, " Bigger Then Everything" in which Bnyx co-produced. [8] [9] On September 15, Bnyx co-produced Lil Tecca's " HVN on earth" with Kodak Black as a single from his album, Tec. [10] On the same day, BNYX co-produced Drake's " Slime You Out" featuring SZA. [11] [12] The track debuted at the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, marking Bnyx's first chart-topping song. [13] On September 22, Lil Tecca released his third studio album, Tec, in which Bnyx produced both "Yves" and "HVN on earth" (with Kodak Black). [14] On October 6, Drake released his eighth studio album, For All the Dogs in which Bnyx helped produce eight songs: " Fear of Heights", " IDGAF" (featuring Yeat), " 7969 Santa", "Slime You Out" (with SZA), "What Would Pluto Do", "All the Parties" (featuring Chief Keef), " Rich Baby Daddy" (featuring SZA and Sexyy Red), and "Away From Home". [15] 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. [16] On December 8, Nicki Minaj released her highly anticipated Pink Friday 2, on which Bnyx co-produced the twentieth cut of the album, "Blessings" featuring Tasha Cobbs Leonard. [17]
At the end of 2023, Bnyx was crowned the "Best Hip-Hop Producer Alive" of the year. [18]
On January 12, 2024, Bnyx co-produced on fourth tracks off Kid Cudi's ninth studio album, Insano: "Most Ain't Dennis", "ElectroWaveBaby", "Funky Wizard Smoke", and " Porsche Topless". [19] [20] [21] On February 1, Bnyx produced "Bnyx Da Reaper", the lead single to YoungBoy Never Broke Again's upcoming album. [22] In April, he signed a record deal with Capitol Records, Field Trip Recordings, and Lyfestyle Corporation in preparation for the release of his debut studio album. [23]
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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US |
US R&B/HH |
US Rap |
AUS | CAN | FRA | IRE | NZ | UK | WW | ||||
"
Talk" ( Yeat) |
2022 | 42 | — | — | — | 55 | — | — | — | — | 85 | Lyfe | |
"
Search & Rescue" ( Drake) |
2023 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 118 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | Non-album single | |
"
K-pop" ( Travis Scott, Bad Bunny, and The Weeknd) |
7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 20 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 5 | Utopia | ||
"
Meltdown" (Travis Scott featuring Drake) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| ||
"
Bigger Then Everything" (Yeat) |
— [A] | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — [B] | — | — | Non-album single | ||
"
Hvn on Earth" ( Lil Tecca featuring Kodak Black) |
88 | 30 | — | — | 69 | — | — | — [C] | — | — | Tec | ||
"
Slime You Out" (Drake featuring SZA) |
1 | 1 | — | 12 | 2 | 77 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 3 | For All the Dogs | ||
"
Rich Baby Daddy" (Drake featuring SZA and Sexyy Red) |
11 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 152 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 16 |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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US |
US R&B/HH |
US Rap |
AUS | CAN | FRA | IRE | NZ | UK | WW | |||||
"
Out the Way" (Yeat) |
2022 | — [D] | 36 | — | — | 73 | — | — | — [E] | — | — |
|
Lyfe | |
"No More Talk" (Yeat) |
2023 | 77 | 27 | 16 | — | 81 | — | — | — [F] | — | — | Afterlyfe | ||
"Nun I'd Change" (Yeat) |
— [G] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [H] | — | — | ||||
"
Aye" ( Lil Uzi Vert featuring Travis Scott) |
31 | 11 | 7 | — | 44 | — | 68 | — [I] | 93 | 54 | Pink Tape and Utopia [J] | |||
"
Sirens" (Travis Scott) |
27 | 26 | 14 | 37 | 24 | 36 | — | 34 | — [K] | 22 | Utopia | |||
"DYNASTY" (Kash Krabs featuring Oddwin, Yung Patrick, Sauceward, Spongeguap, and qulan.) [35] |
- | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DYNASTY // CHOCOLATE | |||
"Hold Me" ( Quavo) |
— | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Rocket Power | |||
"
Fear of Heights" (Drake) |
10 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 8 | 90 | — | 28 | — [L] | 13 | For All the Dogs | |||
"
IDGAF" (Drake featuring Yeat) |
2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||||
"
7969 Santa" (Drake) |
16 | 12 | 10 | 66 | 16 | 103 | — | — | — [M] | 19 | ||||
"What Would Pluto Do" (Drake) |
18 | 14 | 12 | 21 | 53 | — | — | — | — [N] | 24 | ||||
"All the Parties" (Drake featuring Chief Keef) |
26 | 19 | 15 | 68 | 27 | — | — | — | — [O] | 30 | ||||
"Away From Home" (Drake) |
32 | 23 | 19 | 99 | 33 | — | — | — | — [P] | 47 | ||||
"I Thought That I Needed You" ( The Kid Laroi) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [Q] | — | — | The First Time | |||
"Blessings" ( Nicki Minaj featuring Tasha Cobbs Leonard) |
— [R] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Pink Friday 2 | |||
"ElectroWaveBaby" ( Kid Cudi) |
2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [S] | — | — | Insano | ||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Bnyx | |
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Birth name | Benjamin Saint Fort |
Born | Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. | April 23, 1995
Genres | |
Occupation(s) |
|
Instrument(s) | |
Years active | 2018–present |
Labels |
|
Children | 2 |
Member of | Working on Dying |
Benjamin Saint Fort (born April 23, 1995), known professionally 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.
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. [3] [1]
Bnyx started pursuing music at the age of nine as a hobby with his father. He'd watch music videos and interviews as he enjoyed the business side of the music industry. [3] Later in Benny's life, he'd reach out to people regarding beats, but would soon help writing lyrics too. [3]
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. [4] On May 12, Bnyx was involved in the production of a song by Cochise, titled " KANEKI". 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). [5] 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. [6] [7] On August 10, Yeat released his single, " Bigger Then Everything" in which Bnyx co-produced. [8] [9] On September 15, Bnyx co-produced Lil Tecca's " HVN on earth" with Kodak Black as a single from his album, Tec. [10] On the same day, BNYX co-produced Drake's " Slime You Out" featuring SZA. [11] [12] The track debuted at the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, marking Bnyx's first chart-topping song. [13] On September 22, Lil Tecca released his third studio album, Tec, in which Bnyx produced both "Yves" and "HVN on earth" (with Kodak Black). [14] On October 6, Drake released his eighth studio album, For All the Dogs in which Bnyx helped produce eight songs: " Fear of Heights", " IDGAF" (featuring Yeat), " 7969 Santa", "Slime You Out" (with SZA), "What Would Pluto Do", "All the Parties" (featuring Chief Keef), " Rich Baby Daddy" (featuring SZA and Sexyy Red), and "Away From Home". [15] 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. [16] On December 8, Nicki Minaj released her highly anticipated Pink Friday 2, on which Bnyx co-produced the twentieth cut of the album, "Blessings" featuring Tasha Cobbs Leonard. [17]
At the end of 2023, Bnyx was crowned the "Best Hip-Hop Producer Alive" of the year. [18]
On January 12, 2024, Bnyx co-produced on fourth tracks off Kid Cudi's ninth studio album, Insano: "Most Ain't Dennis", "ElectroWaveBaby", "Funky Wizard Smoke", and " Porsche Topless". [19] [20] [21] On February 1, Bnyx produced "Bnyx Da Reaper", the lead single to YoungBoy Never Broke Again's upcoming album. [22] In April, he signed a record deal with Capitol Records, Field Trip Recordings, and Lyfestyle Corporation in preparation for the release of his debut studio album. [23]
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US |
US R&B/HH |
US Rap |
AUS | CAN | FRA | IRE | NZ | UK | WW | ||||
"
Talk" ( Yeat) |
2022 | 42 | — | — | — | 55 | — | — | — | — | 85 | Lyfe | |
"
Search & Rescue" ( Drake) |
2023 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 118 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | Non-album single | |
"
K-pop" ( Travis Scott, Bad Bunny, and The Weeknd) |
7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 20 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 5 | Utopia | ||
"
Meltdown" (Travis Scott featuring Drake) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| ||
"
Bigger Then Everything" (Yeat) |
— [A] | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — [B] | — | — | Non-album single | ||
"
Hvn on Earth" ( Lil Tecca featuring Kodak Black) |
88 | 30 | — | — | 69 | — | — | — [C] | — | — | Tec | ||
"
Slime You Out" (Drake featuring SZA) |
1 | 1 | — | 12 | 2 | 77 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 3 | For All the Dogs | ||
"
Rich Baby Daddy" (Drake featuring SZA and Sexyy Red) |
11 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 152 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 16 |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US |
US R&B/HH |
US Rap |
AUS | CAN | FRA | IRE | NZ | UK | WW | |||||
"
Out the Way" (Yeat) |
2022 | — [D] | 36 | — | — | 73 | — | — | — [E] | — | — |
|
Lyfe | |
"No More Talk" (Yeat) |
2023 | 77 | 27 | 16 | — | 81 | — | — | — [F] | — | — | Afterlyfe | ||
"Nun I'd Change" (Yeat) |
— [G] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [H] | — | — | ||||
"
Aye" ( Lil Uzi Vert featuring Travis Scott) |
31 | 11 | 7 | — | 44 | — | 68 | — [I] | 93 | 54 | Pink Tape and Utopia [J] | |||
"
Sirens" (Travis Scott) |
27 | 26 | 14 | 37 | 24 | 36 | — | 34 | — [K] | 22 | Utopia | |||
"DYNASTY" (Kash Krabs featuring Oddwin, Yung Patrick, Sauceward, Spongeguap, and qulan.) [35] |
- | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DYNASTY // CHOCOLATE | |||
"Hold Me" ( Quavo) |
— | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Rocket Power | |||
"
Fear of Heights" (Drake) |
10 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 8 | 90 | — | 28 | — [L] | 13 | For All the Dogs | |||
"
IDGAF" (Drake featuring Yeat) |
2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||||
"
7969 Santa" (Drake) |
16 | 12 | 10 | 66 | 16 | 103 | — | — | — [M] | 19 | ||||
"What Would Pluto Do" (Drake) |
18 | 14 | 12 | 21 | 53 | — | — | — | — [N] | 24 | ||||
"All the Parties" (Drake featuring Chief Keef) |
26 | 19 | 15 | 68 | 27 | — | — | — | — [O] | 30 | ||||
"Away From Home" (Drake) |
32 | 23 | 19 | 99 | 33 | — | — | — | — [P] | 47 | ||||
"I Thought That I Needed You" ( The Kid Laroi) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [Q] | — | — | The First Time | |||
"Blessings" ( Nicki Minaj featuring Tasha Cobbs Leonard) |
— [R] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Pink Friday 2 | |||
"ElectroWaveBaby" ( Kid Cudi) |
2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [S] | — | — | Insano | ||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |