Jarren Benton

The Funk Volume crew, which consists of rappers Jarren Benton, Hopsin and Dizzy Wright, is laying down the gauntlet and challenging any other crew to a $500,000 battle.

It's amazing that it's already been a year since the 2014 XXL Freshman cover, when we unveiled our Dirty Dozen featuring two R&B artists for the first time ever. But now it's time to check the report card (click the image above). The pas...

Taking a stand against materialism and stereotypes, Hopsin enlightens a class on marketing schemes and big business in the video for "Fly." In the clip, Hopsin is called to the front of the class to give a lecture on marketing schemes and delves into raps about cigarettes, Kim Kardashian and designer clothes...

Chris Webby is having himself a solid year so far. Fresh off Tech N9ne's sprawling Special Effects Tour with Tech, Murs, Krizz Kaliko and Zuse that spanned two months and wrapped up earlier this month, Webby grabs Tech and 2014 XXL Freshman Jarren Benton for the wild, eerie new video for his track "Ohh Noo," premiering today exclusively with XXL. Shot dur...

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Last year's XXL Freshman Class was unique for a few reasons; for one, with 12 Freshmen on the cover, we had more artists than ever before; and it was the first time we'd included R&B singers as part of the Freshman class. But one thing hadn't changed from the 2013 edition; an artist from indie label Funk Volume's roster won the fan-voted 10th spot competition, earning a spot to call their own

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Jarren Benton returns with the second video from his Slow Motion EP. This time the visual is for "Killin My Soul." The video features Funk Volume co-founder Hopsin and Locksmith, who subs in for Jon Connor from the EP version, as they wax poetics over an M16 beat on the lows of a recording artist...

It's every rapper's dream to one day floss in a fur coat, and Jarren Benton is no different. The Funk Volume rapper just dropped the video for "Diamonds & Fur." The track is in support of his recently released EP, Slow Motion. The Payne Li...