Oswin Benjamin – Summer Nights

Oswin Benjamin releases Summer Nights.

If you aren’t familiar with the name Oswin Benjamin yet, you soon will be.  The rising NYC emcee/singer has been ascending up the ladder due to his work with Black Milk (“The Soul Pt. 2”), Nick Grant and Chris Rivers among others and his appearances on Sway In The Morning.  Now, Oswin has been tapped for the first leak, “Summer Knights,” (which was exclusively premiered today by Hiphopdx) from Rich Nice’s forthcoming compilation The A&R Room (which is Co-Executive produced by Sway Calloway).

To say that Rich Nice has enjoyed a storied career in the music industry would be an understatement.  Outside of being the first rapper signed to Motown, Rich helped create Track Masters Entertainment with Poke & Tone, wearing multiple hats as Vice President of A&R for Track Masters/Columbia Records, where he was responsible for over 50 artists on the labels roster and worked closely with the President of Urban music Tommy Mottola.  Aside from creating music and shaping projects, Rich Nice also headed up the labels lifestyle branding events, listening sessions and strategic marketing for the label and its affiliated artists which included; Nas, Mary J. Blige, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, LL Cool J, Foxy Brown, 2Pac, Diddy, Notorious B.I.G., Maxwell, The Fugees, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, Jermaine Durpi, Destiny’s Child, Jennifer Lopez, Mariah Carey, Will Smith and Michael Jackson among others.  As an A&R Consultant/Executive Producer, Rich has worked with Multi-Platinum artist Ludacris and his Disturbing Tha Peace label (DTP/Def Jam), The Fast & Furious Soundtrack, Pitbull, 2Chainz, Chingy, Snoop Dogg, Devin the Dude, Too Short, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Just Blaze, Marsha Ambrosius, Bilal, Saigon, KRS-One, Rakim, Kool Herc (the Father of Hip Hop), Kanye West, DJ Premier, Rick Rubin and A-Trak.

Oswin Benjamin - Summer Nights

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