Today On Mars, we are joined by Oswin Benjamin. Oswin is an artist, songwriter & actor credited on Netflix. We talk about starting his career as a starving artist, getting recognized for his musical talents, meeting and being managed by Sway, Team Backpack Cyphers with Chris Rivers & Denzil Porter, recording at Rick Rubin’s house in Malibu, getting nominated for 2 GRAMMYs, acting in a Netflix movie, starting a family and a bit more.
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00:00 Intro
02:29 Early Days in Upstate New York
07:01 Becoming a Singer
10:31 Getting Serious About Music
18:52 Meeting Sway from Shade45
33:51 Being Managed by Sway
35:40 Rapping w/ Shia LaBeouf on Sway in The Morning
42:15 Lupe Fiasco Friendship
47:52 Cyphers w/ Chris Rivers & Denzil Porter
54:27 Recording at Rick Rubin’s Shangri-La
56:56 Meeting Kendrick Lamar
01:01:44 Recording at Rick Rubin’s Shangri-La (Cont)
01:04:12 Acting in “The 40-Year Old Version” on Netflix
01:17:35 Auditioning for Acting Roles
01:21:50 Subscribe :)
01:24:13 Meeting Royce da 5’9”
01:27:52 GRAMMY Nominations
01:30:43 Hunger to Become Great
01:36:26 Norma’s Grandson
01:41:08 Wife and Kids
01:47:48 Moving to Tampa, FL
01:49:54 Outro
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