In August 2010, just 3 days before Mac Miller released his legendary mixtape
K.I.D.S., Benjamin recorded “Smoke Rings” with Mac in Pittsburgh. Mac went on to find fame, fortune, and critical acclaim while Benjamin went on to lose everything to addiction. He sought treatment for his heroin and crack cocaine and addiction addiction on June 13, 2016 and has been clean and sober ever since. Having stepped away from music to focus on his sobriety, it was only after Mac passing away that he felt that he couldn’t be silent anymore and needed to share his story. The classically trained musician raps while playing the piano on new album Clean, which tells his true story of surviving the opiate epidemic. Watch Ben’s rousing performance of “Liquid Fentanyl” below which is out now on
Apple Music and
Spotify.
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