Lbenj Explained

Lbenj
Birth Name:Zakaria Bennaji
Alias:Lbenj
Birth Date:1 March 1993
Birth Place:Casablanca
Genre:Pop

Lbenj, (born 1 March 1993) whose real name is Zakaria Bennaji, is a Moroccan Singer.[1]

Biography

He took his first steps in rap, writing songs during his period of convalescence after a motorcycle accident in 2014.

Lbenj first received attention after releasing "T-Max" in May 2016. The single reached 10 million views on YouTube.[2]

He then released several successive songs, including: "Nari Nari", "SKR", "1000cc", and "Zakaria".

In 2017, he released "Single", a song from his album Galaxy. The single garnered him a Moroccan Music Award nomination. Nominations are based on broadcasts on the top Moroccan radio stations (Chada FM, Hit Radio and Radio 2M).[3]

In January 2018, he revealed "Noir et Blanc", receiving more than 3 million views on YouTube in less than 3 weeks.

In 2019, Lbenj performed at the Mawazine Festival[4] [5] and was nominated for Best African Act in the Diaspora All Africa Music Award.[6] Don Bigg released the song 170 KG disparaging Lbenj and other young Moroccan hip hop artists.[7]

As of March 2019, his YouTube channel reached 1 million subscribers.[8] According to Haartz, Lbenj is one of the "hottest artists in Morocco and across the Arab world" and "at the top of the charts in many Arab countries".

Selected discography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vidéo. Baghin, le nouveau son de l'artiste "Lbenj", H24info . 2023-10-29 . www.h24info.ma.
  2. Web site: 2021-04-25. 2019-06-01. ar. "لبنج Lbenj"… رابور شاب يشق طريقه بثبات نحو العالمية.. Le7tv.ma.
  3. News: Mehamed . Rahal . November 9, 2017 . 5e edition des Morocco Music Awards: Que la musique retentisse! . French . . .
  4. Web site: 2019-05-09 . Mawazine 2019 : Les multiples facettes de la musique marocaine sur la scène de Salé . 2023-10-29 . Hespress Français - Actualités du Maroc . fr-FR.
  5. Web site: 2019-06-27 . Mawazine 2019: Manal et Lbenj enflamment la scène de Salé . 2021-04-25 . Welovebuzz . fr.
  6. Web site: Report . Agency . 2019-11-24 . Tiwa, Burna Boy, Wizkid, 2Baba, two others shine at 6th AFRIMA awards [FULL LIST] ]. 2023-10-29 . Punch Newspapers . en-US.
  7. News: Elmaleh . Khen . You Need to Get to Know Moroccan Hip-hop: It's Original, Independent and Female . en . Haaretz . 2023-10-29.
  8. Web site: بالفيديو: هكذا أصبح الرابور "البنج" من أصحاب الملايين . 2021-04-25 . ar.le360.ma.
  9. Web site: 2021-04-25. Abir El. fr-FR. Adnani. Unis par la trap, Vinci et Lbenj, deux rappeurs aux univers différents, H24info. h24info.
  10. Web site: 2021-04-25. 2020-07-12. ar. الرابور "البنج" يستعد لإطلاق كليب "سباتة". Belpresse بلبريس.
  11. Web site: 2021-04-25. 2020-08-31. en-US. لأول مرة.. فيديو كليب يجمع الرابور "البنج" بالفنانة الإستعراضية الحمامصي. فبراير.كوم موقع مغربي إخباري شامل يتجدد على مدار الساعة.
  12. Web site: 2021-04-25. en. بعد السليماني..الرابور "البنج" في ديو غنائي جديد. Soltana.ma. 2021-04-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20210425023440/https://soltana.ma/573421.html?fbrefresh=2. dead.
  13. Web site: 2021-04-25. 2021-03-26. ar. " قالولي " ديو غنائي جديد يجمع بين الرابور " البنج " والفنانة شيماء جاحظ. ميديا لايف " محمدية لايف " جريدة إلكترونية شاملة بالمحمدية Media Live. 2022-05-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20220509150510/https://medialive.ma/%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%88%d9%84%d9%8a-%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%88-%d8%ba%d9%86%d8%a7%d8%a6%d9%8a-%d8%ac%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%af-%d9%8a%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9-%d8%a8%d9%8a%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%a8%d9%88/. dead.