Benedict Raditya Utomo, also known as Ben Utomo (born (1990--) 19, 1990) is an American-born Indonesian rapper.
Career.
As an independent artist.
As a teenager, he started rapping for fun with his friends and found his passion. In 2007, Ben met some Indonesian rappers online through MySpace, which led to his exposure to the Indonesian hip-hop scene. Ben Utomo starts his career as a featured artist in Young Lex song titled "Gue, Lo, Mereka" in 2015; and then he released his debut album in 2016 called "Lost in Music". Ben released his second album titled, "Die As a King No Option". Ben also co-found AllDay Music, a hip-hop collective based on Jakarta.
Signed with Def Jam.
At 2019, Ben was signed by Def Jam SEA, and in 2020, Ben released his singles on Def Jam titled "Indo Kid", "Itu Selalu", and "Mama Knows". Ben also released his first album titled "Indo Kid" on April 16, 2021.
Controversy.
Feud with Young Lex.
Due to Young Lex statement on an interview on TV show in 2016, Ben Utomo and Ecko Show released a diss track titled "On Dat Bullshit", even though Ben was featured on Young Lex song.
Feud with Xaqhala.
In 2018, Xaqhala writes an essay in HellMagz (an in-house magazine published by Hellhouse for hip-hop enthusiasts) titled "Ketika Battle Rap Keseleo" (When Rap Battle Extremely Distorted), in the essay, Xaqhala writes:
 ;templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" / ;Funny thing is, when i heard about "Beef Rap Battle" that looks like a "Pop Idol, but for hip-hop".
Ben is extremely angry when he reads the article, and then he released a diss track against Xaqhala titled "Basian", and in November, Xaqhala released a rebuttal track against Ben and Saykoji titled "Phone Call From Hell". However, Ben released another diss track titled "xaqhala-ka-boom-boom", in which he says:
 ;templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" / ;Boyz Got No Brain says "N-word" in their song, don't embarrass yourself by talking about culture which you have no idea about it.
 ;templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" / ;(your lyrics) have no syllables, all of your rhymes are typical, that's why you pick for physical, because you can't do lyrical.
Due to Xaqhala-Ben Utomo feud, all Indonesian rappers throwing diss tracks one-each-other.
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