SOCA ARTISTE, RADIO HOST, PROMOTER... JASON BENN STARTED HIS CAREER BACK IN TRINIDAD & TOBAGO IN 1993, WHERE HE SANG IN HIS FIRST EVER CALYPSO COMPETITION AS A ROYTEC STUDENT IN ROYAL BANK AND PLACED 2ND IN THE FINALS. HE THEN WENT ON TO ENTER ALOT OF THE COMPETITIONS IN THE VARIOUS DISTRICTS AND WAS CROWNED "ARIMA CALYPSO MONARCH, SANTA CRUZ CALYPSO MONARCH & SAN JUAN CALYPSO MONARCH."...AFTER WINNING THESE TITLES, HE WAS GIVEN THE NCC AWARD (NATIONAL CARNIVAL COMMISSION) FOR THE MOST PROMISING CALYPSONIAN IN 1995. OVER THE YEARS, JASON STARTED TO PERFORM IN MANY OTHER MAJOR COMPETITIONS, SUCH AS YOUNG KINGS, SOCA MONARCH, & EVEN THE CHUTNEY SOCA MONARCH. "THE SKY WAS THE LIMIT & SUCCESS WAS GUARANTEED" JASON LANDED HIS FIRST BIG SOCA HIT IN 2002, WITH THE BOAT RIDE SONG (ANTHEM), WHICH IS NOW CONSIDERED A SOCA CLASSIC. THE SONG CONTINUED TO GROW AND JASON BEGAN TRAVELLING ALL OVER THE WORLD PERFORMING HIS BIG MEGA HIT. OTHER HITS TO FOLLOW INCLUDED SONGS LIKE, IN MIAMI (MIAMI CARNIVAL ANTHEM), READY TO ATTACK, EAT DE SALTFISH, SUMMERTIME, PACE, AND MANY OTHERS. JASON HAS ALSO COMPOSED SONGS IN THE PAST FOR DENYSE PLUMMER, KIZZY RUIZ, NATASHA WILSON, CANDY HOYTE & DESTRA GARCIA. ALSO, JASON HAS DONE MANY COLABORATIONS WITH OTHER ARTISTS SUCH AS, GENERAL GRANT, PELF, BABA SHANTA, BABYFACE AND RECENTLY, MR. JAMESY P (NOOKIE MAN). IN 2003, JASON BENN WAS AWARDED "NEW YORK SOCA ARTISTE OF THE YEAR" AT THE INTERNATIONAL SOCA AWARDS. IN 2005, JASON WAS CROWNED AT THE MIAMI CALYPSO MONARCH COMPETITION, AND ALSO, HE WON "BEST PERFORMER" AND "PEOPLE'S CHOICE." JASON RECENTLY RELEASED HIS LATEST ALBUM ENTITLED "STILL GOING STRONG" AND HAS BEEN TRAVELLING OVER THE PAST YEAR, PERFORMING IN BALTIMORE, WASHINGTON, VIRGINIA, TEXAS, TALLAHASSEE FL., MIAMI FL., AND CALIFORNIA. IN 2007, JASON WON THE MIAMI SOCA MONARCH COMPETITION AND STILL IS THE REIGNING "KING". HE ALSO PLACED 2ND IN THE SESAME FLYERS, CALYPSO MONARCH COMPETITON. RECENTLY, JASON HAS BECOME A DJ/HOST ON 104.7 FIRESTATION. HE CAN BE HEARD ON FRIDAY & SATURDAY NIGHTS FROM 12 MIDNIGHT. AS A PROMOTER HERE IN NEW YORK, JASON IS KNOWN FOR HAVING SOME OF THE BIGGEST BOAT RIDES & PARTIES OF THE SUMMER. HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ANNUAL "BLACK & WHITE BOAT RIDE", "BIKINI BOATRIDE", "SHADES BOATRIDE", "LAST LAP BOATRIDE" AND HIS VERY OWN , "BIRTHDAY BASH & APPRECIATION PARTY. JASON BENN...ARTISTE, RADIO HOST, PROMOTER..."HE IS A TRUE CULTURAL AMBASSADOR!!!"
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