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Oscar Benjamin aka Oscar B hails from the twin island of Tobago. He was very active in his early years at Junior High School taking part in athletics, playing football and singing in the school's choir. He also participated in many school festivals, fairs and tea parties. He was also quite active in all major music festivals and talent shows around Trinidad and Tobago, for example, Teen Talent Scouting for Talent and the famous Party Time. He did very for himself by imitating the popular calypsonian Brigo. He later went on to join big bands such as Star Flash, Black Sheep, Blue Ventures. In 1991, he joined the legendary band from Jamaica, Byron Lee and the Dragonnaires. He has served the band for 15 years and is still an active member today but is also privileged in doing his solo acts. Over the 15 years with the band, he has done numerous recordings and albums such as Soca Tattie, Soca Butterfly, Brassline, to name a few. He has also worked with Jamaican Dance hall artistes like Admiral Bailey, Lt. Stitchie and others. He has worked with artistes outside the Caribbean. In 1995, he entered the Soca Monarch where he placed third, tied with Edwin Yearwood from Krossfyre. Oscar B, as he is called in the music industry, has had the opportunity to work with some of the industry's best producers such as Leston Paul, Junior 'Ibo' Joseph, Pelham Goddard, Eddie Bullin. He has also had the opportunity to work with Caribbean Pulse, a reggae group out of L A. Oscar B can safely say that he has recorded over 30 songs in his musical career and will not be stopping anytime soon. He can boast as one of the first artist to blend the dance hall with the soca, with songs like Follow Me by Atlantic and Weakness For Sweetness by Leston Paul, sung by Nataile Burke His main aim is to take the music to the highest level and will love to see the day the soca music becomes main stream, and wins a Grammy