Don Benjamin is an American actor, model, TV presenter and musician. He first rose to prominence as one of the contestants on the 20th season of America's Next Top Model. A participant in various reality shows and an active user of social networks with a large number of subscribers.
Biography
Don Benjamin spent the early years of his life in a rugged South Chicago neighborhood. Then he traveled with his mother from Florida to Mississippi and Minneapolis. He developed a passion for music quite early. In 2005, Benjamin moved to Los Angeles where he began working as a model, eventually giving him the opportunity to appear on America's Next Top Model.
In 2012, the young man began his musical career with the track "Through the Sky". Since then, his music has been featured in Big Brother, America's Next Top Model and various MTV programs. Benjamin debuted on an episode of One Ten in 2014. In 2016, he worked with pop star Ariana Grande in the video for her single Into You.
Career
In 2005, Don Benjamin came to LosAngeles. His impressive appearance has given him the opportunity to participate in several modeling shows. In 2014, he starred in the CBS episode "The Insider". Appeared on Minay TV a year later.
Benjamin went on hiatus in 2013 to star in the 20th season of America's Next Top Model, which was then airing on The CW. He reached the twelfth episode of that show, placing eighth overall. This served as the perfect launching pad for his career. The artist went on to work as a model for famous brands such as Guess, Tillys and Pink Dolphin. In 2015, Don Benjamin made a guest appearance on the 22nd season of America's Next Top Model as part of Team Marvin.
In 2017, he joined the first season of the VH1 reality horror show Scared Famous, which ended up winning $100,000 in prize money. The artist donated them to Peace on Violence, one of his favorite charities.
Music and movies
Over the past few years, Benjamin has established himself as a hip hop artist. In 2012 he collaborated with Photronique on her track "Through the Sky" and also released his debut single Real. In October 2014, Jealous appeared, a track on which he worked with Eric Bellinger. His next song was Tonight released in September 2015. Two songs appeared in 2016: Touch My Body and Hit the Snooze.
February 22, 2018, Benjamin released his debut extended play MPLS - EP on his own. It contains five songs: "Hometown", "Nobody", "AirplaneJane", "Millions" and "Do Something".
As an actor, he made his debut in the episode "Mother's Love" (TV series "One Ten") in 2014. In the same year, he appeared on the big screen, playing a character named Nathan in the thriller "Matthew 18". In 2015, he played Jason in the drama film Supermodel. His cinematic career also includes roles in the drama 3AM in Hollywood, the action movie Bonnie and Clyde, and the horror film Judgment.
Private life
Don Benjamin was born on May 5, 1987 in South Chicago, Illinois. The area is notorious for its many crimes, gun violence and poverty. However, Don never got involved with any gang as he and his mother soon moved to Florida. Here they stayed for a short period of time before moving to Mississippi and then to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where the young man graduated from high school.
Music has always been a part of Benjamin's life. He grew up listening to Jay Z, Nas, LL Cool J, Boyz II Men and Jagged Edge. In high school, he played basketball and was the team captain.
Don Benjamin is one of the most followed celebrities on social media. In addition to his Instagram, Twitter and Facebook accounts, he also has a YouTube channel. He amassed 2.2 million, 195k and 469k followers on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook respectively. On its self- titled YouTube channel, it has 21,000 subscribers and 453,000 views. The channel was created on May 22011, and the first video was uploaded on December 16, 2013.
In 2015, he began dating music star and social media personality Liana Valenzuela. Don Benjamin and his girlfriend decided to document the progress of their relationship and as a result created the YouTube channel Forever Us on October 31, 2017. The first video was posted here on the day of creation. It's called "Welcome to our channel." In it, the main characters talk about why they created the channel. In January, the young people released a song called No One, which was later released as part of the artist's debut EP.
