Ben's Brother is the recording name of Jamie Hartman, an artist from Madison in the United States, born in 1977. The project is associated with conscious hip hop, hip hop and underground hip hop, and releases music on Nafsin Waheedah Music.

Career

Ben’s Brother first reaches a wider audience with the silver-selling debut album Beta Male Fairytales. The record brings Hartman to major European festival crowds, earns top ten placements in countries including Brazil and Italy, and receives an Ivor Novello nomination for best song musically and lyrically.

The project also gains exposure through a major US television advertisement, a placement on Grey’s Anatomy, an appearance at SXSW, and a run of sold-out shows. Hartman later releases Battling Giants on his own label, Flat Cap Records.

Release context

Battling Giants is framed by Hartman as a response to wider changes in the music business and the economy. He presents the record as part of taking control of his own work, making music with people he admires and issuing it independently through his label.