Marcus ''BeNda'' Boyd was born Feb 4, 1981 into a body of love, determination and sincerity. His mother a licensed hair stylist/entrepreneur and father a musician & hustler which gave him a very humbling balance. Wicker Park, a very diverse neighborhood in West Chicago, is where he enjoyed growing up because of all the different types of cultures. Wicker Park served as training for BeNda to make music for the world.
BeNda has been known to say''My grammar school was big as hell and I learned more there than I did in high school!'' Being faced with gangs and other harsh realities often left him with the ultimatum to make right decisions; sometimes he did and other times he didn't. This of course isn't uncommon when you grow up in Chicago.
His introduction to Hip Hop came from his older brother, Marlo, who also rapped. He came to find his true gift by following in the footsteps of his brother, where rocking a crowd ,at an early age, came easy for him especially with the support of his brother's group, ''Lerical Tribe''. Bouncing around in different groups didn't satisfy BeNda. He wanted and needed to show his creative abilities using his own launch pad. By traveling from bus, to train, to plane, as a determined young BeNda, he landed on the ''Jenny Jones Show''.
After winning the talent show there, BeNda was offered a deal with ''Red Zone Entertainment''. Also, a respect winning battle in the studio gained BeNda the roll of hype-man for a local rapper named ''Gotti''. Next, a new door opened with platinum rapper, ''Belo'', of the group ''Do or Die''. As a business decision BeNda did not accept the offer. Three years later, ''Gotti'' was signed to ''R.Kelly's" label, Rockland Records. It was in the first video ''Boo & Gotti'' performed in entitled, ''I Wish'' (Remix) with R. Kelly that BeNda can be seen in some candid cameo shots.
Back in the studio, looking to take what he felt was his, BeNda had a chance encounter with ''Burundi (Bun P.) Partlow''. Although Bun P. slighted doubted BeNda's talent /networking abilities, he offered BeNda an opening performance for ''Twista''. Burundi's interest was sparked because BeNda brought down the house. Bun P. was working on a song produced by ''Kanye West" when BeNda heard it and asked if he could write to it. At Kanye's house, BeNda cut the vocals and everybody loved it. This helped him develop a mutual working and business relationship between him and Kanye. Now with a deeper understanding of the business world, BeNda was given a chance to work with ''Hustle'' (marketing and promotions) firm as a paid intern. On the set of yet another video, BeNda faced another battle. This time attracting attention from platinum producer, Steve "Stone" Huff. In two days, Huff had BeNda at Jive/Battery Studio recording. Buzzing off what happened at the video shoot, BeNda was given an opportunity to play music for Wayne Williams, Sr. Vice President or A& R for Jive Records. He liked what he had heard and told BeNda to "stay in his face".
The mixtape era was in its takeover mode and BeNda scored big with DJ Scrap Dirty on a Violator Allstar DJs Mixtape with the song entitled "Rub 1 Out" (Xavier Exon feat. Elepahant Man & BeNda).This was a Reggaeton smash before it was mainstream! Another catalogued favorite which also made it to stores was ''DJ D-Mans'', "Destroy & Rebuild" which was a double CD mixtape. DJ D-Man is known widely for his national aired house music anthems "Booty Call" & "Dookie Booty".
BeNda was now ready for his shot at the spotlight. The deal came from LegitBallaz/Koch Entertainment. BeNda's first national release as part of the group ''LegitBallaz'' was released Feb 21, 2006, entitled ''THA TRUTH Vol.4". Pre-selling an estimated 13,000 copies, the label was in no way disappointed in the overwhelming response it received for their newest arrival. Since this date he has been in numerous videos including ''Barnfire'', for the Midwest monster group ''Crucial Conflict''. BeNda has recently performed in L.A, ST.LOUIS, Chicago's HOUSE OF BLUES, Excalibur, Transit, WILDHARE, Radio Star, and Chicago's Puerto Rican Day Parade in 2005 and 2006, plus the JAMAL SMALLZ CHARITY CAR & BIKESHOW with YUNG BERG, JUELZ SANTANA and BEN 1. BeNda has also had the opportunity to have been on stage with Kanye, Common, DAY 26 and LIL WAYNE, in addition to an opening performance for R&B superstar ''Ne-Yo''! With hopes of a bright and successful career, BeNda hopes to be your next best artist. CHA-CHING!
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I just wanted to stop by in order to inform you that we are doing 2 new discount promo packages for this Back To School August 15th, 115th and Halsted{Chicago, IL}event. So if you havent got in contact with me concerning this event then you are in luck because now you have a chance to two (2) better packages.
A) $100~1 song (no longer than 5min), image on flyers, and image on BET commerical
B) $150~2 songs (no longer than 10min), image on flyers, and image in BET commerical
This is only going on for 2 days~ENDS @ 12am Aug. 7th..Commerical will be sent in Friday morning.
Please get in contact with me as soon as possible in order to take advantage of this.
Hello my name is Jay of Dirty Mink Designs and I just wanted to see if you need any graphics made, such as Mixtape Covers, Flyers, Myspace Layouts, Logos, Websites, Magazine Covers, and way more. If you are interested in any of these things, or you have something you would like done that I have not listed, please do contact me via email or my business #.
AUGUEST 26 IS GOING DOWN ONCE AGAIN AT THE TASTE WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING REGISTRATION INQUIRIES TO BE APART OF THIS EVENT DONT MiSS OUT!! CONTACT 773 699-6213
AUGUEST 26 IS GOING DOWN ONCE AGAIN AT THE TASTE WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING REGISTRATION INQUIRIES TO BE APART OF THIS EVENT DONT MiSS OUT!! CONTACT 773 699-6213
Wassup twitter.com/bendaworld? This Monday July 29th Mixtape Monday's Famous Hottest Song Contest Bracket Style Competition - The More Rounds You Win, The More You Perform Big Cash Prize as Usual, Free Beats, Studio Time, and Yes The MM Belt will be there! Exodus II, 3477 N Clark St. (2 blocks S. of Wrigley Field) Sign up: 9 pm sharp - Bring your original music on CD $15 to compete/ $5 to support Hosted by: Notrydo Sincere and Lady Flipsyde Sponsered by: oreganostudio.com, L'Evated Marketing, Illysoul movement and DJ SP1 Further questions please call AwoL 312-399-2695
Thank you Chicago! They said it couldn't be done this long..
**Silent Auditions all month long for the Mixtape E-event Aug. 19th and the African Fest Labor Day Wknd.
AUGUEST 26 IS GOING DOWN ONCE AGAIN AT THE TASTE WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING REGISTRATION INQUIRIES TO BE APART OF THIS EVENT DONT MiSS OUT!! CONTACT 773 699-6213
JUST CHECKIN IN! COME CHECK US OUT MAY 8 OPENIN FOR TWISTA! INFO ON THE FLIER! HIT US IF U WANT TICKETS! BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR OUR BDAY BASH MAY 9 W/POWER 92S OWN DJ SLUGO & GUEST PERFORMERS!
Hey THE OFFICIAL BeNda PAGE!!!!!. I'm proud to say that Mixtape Mondays is officially back in effect, the way it was meant to be... The new location 6810 S. Western Ave
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HIT ME IF U NEED TICKETS FOR THE SHOW! NEW RINGTONES ON PAGE!
