Ben Will on Clubhouse

Bio

🎵 Gospel-Soul Singer/Songwriter
🗣 Poet/Spoken Word Artist
📢 Cultural Producer
🌍 Community Organizer
🎹 New Music 2021

💁🏾‍♂️ He/Him/His

🏠 Detroit, MI

Whadupdoe!  (Pronounced: wuht-UHP-DOH)
That’s how we say “Hello!” in Detroit. 😊

🎤Founder/Curator/Host of The Motor City Singers’ Space - themed musical event series designed to remove stigma from the discussion of suicide prevention and mental health awareness in the arts and African American communities of Detroit. (www.motorcitysings.com)

✏️ Producer/Host of The HAM Slam - virtual spoken word poetry competition established to help Black and BIPOC artists in the United States generate revenue (hamslam.weebly.com)

🏫 Wayne State University (‘10)
Moscow Art Theatre School (MXAT) (‘09)
Cornell University (Completed ‘06)

Proactive project manager, community based fundraiser, cultural producer with a wealth of experience within the non-profit sector.

I create crafted artistic experiences which enlighten, provoke thought, and build community.

2020 International Cultural Music Ambassador with the United States Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

2020 Knight 8 80 Emerging City Champion Fellow

I’ve done music in Tokyo, Moscow, Greece, Canada, and the US.

Artists who inspire me include Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Nina Simone, Kirk Franklin, Khary Kimani Turner, and Dr. Maya Angelou.