Ben Kenney

American Musician

Ben Kenney was born in Brielle, New Jersey, United States on March 12th, 1977 and is the American Musician. At the age of 47, Ben Kenney biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Benjamin Lee Kenney, Sr.
Date of Birth
March 12, 1977
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Brielle, New Jersey, United States
Age
47 years old
Zodiac Sign
Pisces
Profession
Guitarist, Singer
Ben Kenney Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 47 years old, Ben Kenney has this physical status:

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Hair Color
Dark brown
Eye Color
Dark brown
Build
Athletic
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Ben Kenney Religion, Education, and Hobbies
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Ben Kenney Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
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Ben Kenney Career

Kenney played guitar for the hip-hop group the Roots before he joined Incubus in 2003 after the departure of the bass guitarist and founding member Alex Katunich (aka Dirk Lance). He had previously played with Incubus members Mike Einziger and Jose Pasillas in Time Lapse Consortium.

Kenney plays at least six different instruments and sometimes plays drum duets with Incubus' drummer Jose Pasillas live on-stage.

He has also done studio work for artists including Justin Timberlake, Faith Evans, Erykah Badu and Blackalicious, and producers Timbaland and DJ Jazzy Jeff.

26, Maduro, Distance and Comfort and "Burn the Tapes" were all released by Kenney's own record company, Ghetto Crush Industries. Ghetto Crush has also released music for the Division Group, Aleda and Root Valdez. Kenney helped the Smyrk to produce their EP, New Fiction.

Solo career

Kenney started in New Jersey band called Racecar in 1994 with Jimmie Muller and Sam Hofman. After this, he and Chuck Treece started a musical duo called Supergrub in 1996, with three CDs released: Norma & Thurselle, Communicator and Challenger.

He has five solo albums, 26 released on December 1, 2004, Maduro released on March 1, 2006, Distance and Comfort released on January 15, 2008, Burn the Tapes released on October 1, 2010, and Leave On Your Makeup released on September 17, 2013. Kenney plays guitar, bass guitar and drums while singing and writing every part on the solo records. When touring to support his solo records he plays guitar and sings, accompanied by Ashley Mendel on bass guitar and vocals and Sekou Lumumba on drums. Recently, Simon Harding from the band Fin has replaced Lumumba.

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