Jarren Benton

XXL is giving away two tickets to Rittz's Life & Times Tour at SOBs in New York City tomorrow night (Nov. 26)! The Life & Times Tour features some of the hottest up-and-coming rappers in the country including Rittz, Jarren Benton and Snow Tha Product. You...

Funk Volume emerged from a combination of frustration and ambition. As XXL detailed back in our most recent issue, the L.A. based label formed after rapper Hopsin went through a messy split with Ruthless Records that left the contact-sporting artist with a bad taste in his mouth...

Jarren Benton Conquers His Stage Fright

Atlanta native MC, Jarren Benton, releases the visuals from his latest project My Grandmas Basement, which is out now. The video for “Life In The Jungle” finds Jarren running from the cops after a store robbery and he's smack in the middle of a crack house. The mind o...

Funk Volume's own, Jarren Benton, releases the visual for "We Own" featuring Pounds and labelmate Dizzy Wright. These tounge twisting spittas cook up a gem on this record, which is a cut off Benton's LP My Grandma's Basement released earlier this month. The...

Jarren Benton is releasing his official debut album, My Grandma's Basement, today. To celebrate this joyous day, Jarren released a video for the album's third single, "Go Off" which features label mates Hopsin and SwizZz. The track is produced by M16...

This week's release schedule is loaded up with young talent continuing to push the boundaries and a couple old heads setting out to recapture the magic. Without further ado, here's a rundown of the biggest hip-hop releases slated for this week...

The momentum from Jarren Benton is getting stronger and stronger each passing week. This guy is starting to create a buzz for himself and rightfully so. The Funk Volume artist is set to drop his upcoming My Grandma’s Basement album tomorrow on June 11. On this record...

Funk Volume is set to release a documentary entitled Independent Living: The Funk Volume Documentary. The documentary follows the imprint’s 2012 tour, which featured 44 performances in 50 days. It showcases the hard work ethic of artists on Funk Volume, as they perform to sold-out crowds across the nation. T...

On June 11, Jarren Benton will release his debut album My Grandma’s Basement through budding indie label Funk Volume. It’s been a long journey for the now 31-year-old Decatur native, who for years struggled to find his niche in a city that didn’t completely take to his frenetic, outside-the-box approach. “There were plen...

Jarren Benton is another promising act from the Funk Volume label. He’s already creating his own lane and plans to turn a lot of heads with his next project, My Grandma’s Basement. On “Bully,” Benton and Vinnie Paz go straight bar for bar over production by Kato. Filthy. My Grandma’s B...

This week finds high-profile, big budget videos from Kendrick Lamar and A$AP Ferg, while Gunplay and Jarren Benton come through with simple yet effective videos. Click through to check out XXL's best music videos of the week. Kendrick Lamar - "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe" Kendrick brings back the big budget video with a stylishly shot visual for his single "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe