Ben Fero

Ben Fero
Birth name	Ferhat Yılmaz
Born	1991 (age 32–33) Bonn, Germany
Genres	Rap hip hop trap
Occupations	Musician songwriter
Years active	2018–present

Ferhat Yılmaz (born 1991), better known by his stage name Ben Fero, is a Turkish rapper.

Life

Fero was born in 1991 in Bonn, Germany. His father is from Sivas, and his mother is from Trabzon. In 1994, he returned to Turkey with his family and settled in İzmir. At the age of 8, he became familiar with rap by listening to Tupac Shakur. In April 2018, his first song, "Mahallemiz Esmer" was released. After releasing another single, "Kimlerdensin", in August 2018, he decided to leave his job as a sales manager in a private company and focus on music. He is reportedly close to Ezhel and YouTuber Berkcan Güven, and this made it easier for him to make himself known in the music market. On 30 November 2018, he released his third single "3 2 1". On 2 December 2018, the song ranked first on Spotify's list of most listened songs in Turkey. On 20 February 2019, his first studio album, Orman Kanunları, was released, which also included the singles that he had previously released on its track listing. On the day it was released, all of its songs ranked among the top 12 on Spotify Türkiye Top 50. He became the first artist in Turkey whose songs from one album entered the list all at the same time. Out of these songs, "Biladerim İçin" ranked first on music charts for weeks. He also changed the name of the song "Akalım" to "Demet Akalın", after Turkish pop singer Demet Akalın. His unique spelling style has garnered mixed reviews from some of the audience in Turkey. On 9 May 2019, at the 16th Radio Boğaziçi Music Awards he received the "Best Newcomer Artist" award.

Discography

Studio albums

• Orman Kanunları (2019)

Singles

• "Mahallemiz Esmer" (2018)
• "Kimlerdensin" (2018)
• "3 2 1" (2018)
• "JENGA" (with Khontkar) (2019)