Bena Di Senior
2000s & 2010s Stars
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A Kingston-based dancehall record producer and entrepreneur, active since 2007, known for riddims including 'Bad Dawgs' and 'Party Cup Riddim Medley.'
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- Birth name
- Radeem Haslam
- Born
- March 8, 1991, Kingston, Jamaica
Full biography
Bena Di Senior, born Radeem Haslam on March 8, 1991, in Kingston, Jamaica, is a record producer and entrepreneur who has worked professionally under the names 'Bena Di Senior' and 'Di Senior' since 2007. He runs Bena Records/Bena Productions, working primarily across dancehall, reggae, hip hop, and rap.
He gained early visibility when Cjking Entertainment featured him on its website for two consecutive weeks in 2011, and in 2013 Bena Productions produced Don Andreis's single "Badness Inna We Longtime." On April 12, 2014, he released the Bad Dawgs Riddim, a self-produced compilation featuring Denno, Ding Dong, Kalado, Strent, and Versatile. His riddim discography also includes Crime Scene, Blue Square, and Conversion, and his highest-charting production, the Party Cup Riddim Medley (2011), reached number one on Hype TV Jamaica and the Fiwi Choice Top 10 chart.
In 2013 he was nominated for Producer of the Year at the HDP Music Awards for his Frass Vybz Riddim EP. In 2017 he expanded into apparel, launching Stylez By Di Senior, a dancehall producer's clothing and accessories store.
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