Benjamin Solomon (born May 31, 1998),[1] known by his stage name KING SOL, is an American recording artist from San Francisco, California. He gained online recognition in 2014 through a series of mixtape releases. Be Somebody, his first album, was released on May 22, 2016, and executive engineered by DJ Khaled's We the Best Studios. Solomon's first popular song was "DeLorean," a time-travel exploration story.[2]
KING SOL
Birth name
Benjamin Solomon
Born
(1998-05-31) May 31, 1998 (age 25) San Francisco, California, United States
Solomon collaborated with Austrian EDM duo Leaving Las Vegas in 2015, creating the underground meme track "Varth Dader." The song was released simultaneously with Disney's revival of Star Wars. He is also known for his involvement in a school spirit video that included an appearance by NBA star Stephen Curry.[3] Solomon has performed with Billboard-charting artist George Watsky (both musicians attended the same high school in San Francisco). In June 2016, he appeared on the front page of SF Weekly.[4]
In early 2017, Solomon began debuting new songs on a weekly basis, calling the release days "Winter Wednesdays." The releases culminated with a project entitled "Winter Thoughts EP" on February 24, 2017.[5]
Initial full-length albums (2017-2019)edit
In late 2017, new KING SOL singles were released, including the popular record "OFF AT IT." A full album was released on January 26, 2018. Solomon cited this as the most important and sonically diverse project he had ever worked on. A Twitter post called it his "first year of college in 35 minutes."[6] Album topics include gun control and college relationships.
Several months later, the KING SOL Twitter account began referencing another studio album.[7] "The Insomnia Project" was released in December to generally positive reviews.[8] Although some songs failed to compete with Solomon's earlier work, the single "Bill Gates" did receive a music video.[9] This album refined the KING SOL style to a more concrete hip-hop/pop sound. Solomon says he wrote "The Insomnia Project" during bouts of insomnia he experienced in college.[10]
A third full-length album, released in 2019, did not spawn a successful single.[11] The rapper graduated from Tufts University in Massachusetts.[12]
Pandemic era projects (2020-2022)edit
Solomon released a new single entitled "2020" on January 1, 2020.[13] He announced via Instagram that he had recorded two albums' worth of material before graduating college and would be releasing the songs individually.[14] For most of 2020, Solomon released a new song every week or every other week.[15] The first 15 songs were packaged as "Sunset in Medford," an album released on October 2, 2020.[16] The album included one of Solomon's most successful songs to date, "Spartacus," which featured recording artist Mike Stud and tallied over 100,000 plays during its first day.[17]
The second set of songs was released throughout 2021-2022 and included on the album "songs i made before the pandemic," which was released on September 30, 2022.[18] Like the previous album, this project also included a popular single with an industry feature, this time "2 x 50" featuring Sammy Adams.
Possible final album (2023-present)edit
Solomon announced that his new album "self inflicted" would release on September 8, 2023.[19] Via Instagram, he wrote that he had "been working on ["self inflicted"] for nearly 4 years," indicating that this would be the first newly recorded KING SOL project since his college days. Initial singles "lulu" and "way out" offered a more polished, pop-style sound as a departure from Solomon's earlier work.
^"Devils' Anthem (Feat. Stephen Curry)". YouTube. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
^Schiewe, Jessie (2016-07-06). "King Sol is San Francisco's Teenage Jewish Rapper | Music | San Francisco | San Francisco News and Events | SF Weekly". Archives.sfweekly.com. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
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Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message Benjamin Solomon born May 31 1998 1 known by his stage name KING SOL is an American recording artist from San Francisco California He gained online recognition in 2014 through a series of mixtape releases Be Somebody his first album was released on May 22 2016 and executive engineered by DJ Khaled s We the Best Studios Solomon s first popular song was DeLorean a time travel exploration story 2 KING SOLBirth nameBenjamin SolomonBorn 1998 05 31 May 31 1998 age 25 San Francisco California United StatesGenresHip hopOccupation s Rapper singer songwriter producerYears active2014 presentWebsitewww wbr kingsolraps wbr com Contents 1 Career 1 1 Early releases 2015 2017 1 2 Initial full length albums 2017 2019 1 3 Pandemic era projects 2020 2022 1 4 Possible final album 2023 present 2 ReferencesCareer editEarly releases 2015 2017 edit Solomon collaborated with Austrian EDM duo Leaving Las Vegas in 2015 creating the underground meme track Varth Dader The song was released simultaneously with Disney s revival of Star Wars He is also known for his involvement in a school spirit video that included an appearance by NBA star Stephen Curry 3 Solomon has performed with Billboard charting artist George Watsky both musicians attended the same high school in San Francisco In June 2016 he appeared on the front page of SF Weekly 4 In early 2017 Solomon began debuting new songs on a weekly basis calling the release days Winter Wednesdays The releases culminated with a project entitled Winter Thoughts EP on February 24 2017 5 Initial full length albums 2017 2019 edit In late 2017 new KING SOL singles were released including the popular record OFF AT IT A full album was released on January 26 2018 Solomon cited this as the most important and sonically diverse project he had ever worked on A Twitter post called it his first year of college in 35 minutes 6 Album topics include gun control and college relationships Several months later the KING SOL Twitter account began referencing another studio album 7 The Insomnia Project was released in December to generally positive reviews 8 Although some songs failed to compete with Solomon s earlier work the single Bill Gates did receive a music video 9 This album refined the KING SOL style to a more concrete hip hop pop sound Solomon says he wrote The Insomnia Project during bouts of insomnia he experienced in college 10 A third full length album released in 2019 did not spawn a successful single 11 The rapper graduated from Tufts University in Massachusetts 12 Pandemic era projects 2020 2022 edit Solomon released a new single entitled 2020 on January 1 2020 13 He announced via Instagram that he had recorded two albums worth of material before graduating college and would be releasing the songs individually 14 For most of 2020 Solomon released a new song every week or every other week 15 The first 15 songs were packaged as Sunset in Medford an album released on October 2 2020 16 The album included one of Solomon s most successful songs to date Spartacus which featured recording artist Mike Stud and tallied over 100 000 plays during its first day 17 The second set of songs was released throughout 2021 2022 and included on the album songs i made before the pandemic which was released on September 30 2022 18 Like the previous album this project also included a popular single with an industry feature this time 2 x 50 featuring Sammy Adams Possible final album 2023 present edit Solomon announced that his new album self inflicted would release on September 8 2023 19 Via Instagram he wrote that he had been working on self inflicted for nearly 4 years indicating that this would be the first newly recorded KING SOL project since his college days Initial singles lulu and way out offered a more polished pop style sound as a departure from Solomon s earlier work References edit Official Website About KING SOL SoundCloud Page Devils Anthem Feat Stephen Curry YouTube Retrieved 2016 10 04 Schiewe Jessie 2016 07 06 King Sol is San Francisco s Teenage Jewish Rapper Music San Francisco San Francisco News and Events SF Weekly Archives sfweekly com Retrieved 2016 10 04 Winter Thoughts Apple Music Twitter Post KING SOL Twitter Page KING SOL The Insomnia Project by KING SOL iTunes 4 December 2018 Instagram KING SOL title Instagram Instagram Post KING SOL Pacific KING SOL KING SOL Official Website About 2020 KING SOL Instagram KING SOL Weekly Playlist KING SOL Sunset in Medford KING SOL Spartacus Spotify songs i made before the pandemic KING SOL Instagram Post KING SOL Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title King Sol amp oldid 1216942373, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
