Bless (rapper)

Bless (born February 10, 1983, as Ben Rinehart) is a hip-hop artist from Montreal, Canada.

Early career

Bless was a B-boy at the young age of eight showing his deep hip hop roots. He quickly started to write rhymes and by the age of 12 he was demoing tracks in studios. Bless established his name in Montreal as a young battle MC and soon after accomplishing that, he proceeded to take his name south of the border to New York. Once in New York he began to collaborate with the likes of Limp Bizkit's DJ Lethal and Rahiem (Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five). After going to the 'Rocksteady Crew Anniversary' where he met Guru (of Gangstarr) and the two began working on the track 'Never Ending Saga' which is on Guru's 'Baldhead Slick & Da Click' album.

Personal life

Bless is of Black descent.

Touring

At the age of eighteen this Montreal MC had already toured North America and Europe with the likes of Limp Bizkit and Guru of GangStarr. At the age of nineteen, his debut 12" on Guru's Ill Kid Records, Debuted at # 6 on several underground hip-hop charts in the U.S.

Has also toured with Lloyd Banks of G Unit and The Beatnuts

Fight For New York

Bless is also one of the playable characters in the game Def Jam Fight For NY (released 2004). Bless's character was affiliated with Crow (voiced by Snoop Dogg)'s crew, or neutral. He is a Martial arts fighter and fights in the 'Syn Energy Power Plant'. His special move is called 'Platinumberg'.

Albums and mixtapes

Bless has released two studio albums as well as a mixtape hosted by Clinton Sparks. All three have been well received and have featured such hugely respected hip hop artists as Tony Touch, Nature, J. R. Writer of DipSet, Rah Digga of the Flipmode Squad, Guru of Gangstarr, Foxy Brown, Twista, Cappadonna of the Wu Tang Clan and many others. The Clinton Sparks mixtape even features a song with Tupac Shakur, rapping a previously unheard verse.
* - 2003
*The Book of Bless - 2005
*Keep Rising - 2007 upcoming album

References

*http://www.platinumberg.com/index2.html
*http://ps2.ign.com/articles/537/537373p1.html

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/rapperbless Bless on Myspace]
* [http://www.bookofbless.com/ Book of Bless.com]
* [http://www.platinumberg.com/ Platinumberg Website]