Oswin Benjamin | On Mars Pod EP 62 | Sway in the Morning, Cyphers & Acting on Netflix

Today On Mars, we are joined by Oswin Benjamin. Oswin is an artist, songwriter & actor credited on Netflix. We talk about starting his career as a starving artist, getting recognized for his musical talents, meeting and being managed by Sway, Team Backpack Cyphers with Chris Rivers & Denzil Porter, recording at Rick Rubin’s house in Malibu, getting nominated for 2 GRAMMYs, acting in a Netflix movie, starting a family and a bit more.

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00:00 Intro

02:29 Early Days in Upstate New York

07:01 Becoming a Singer

10:31 Getting Serious About Music

18:52 Meeting Sway from Shade45

33:51 Being Managed by Sway

35:40 Rapping w/ Shia LaBeouf on Sway in The Morning

42:15 Lupe Fiasco Friendship

47:52 Cyphers w/ Chris Rivers & Denzil Porter

54:27 Recording at Rick Rubin’s Shangri-La

56:56 Meeting Kendrick Lamar

01:01:44 Recording at Rick Rubin’s Shangri-La (Cont)

01:04:12 Acting in “The 40-Year Old Version” on Netflix

01:17:35 Auditioning for Acting Roles

01:21:50 Subscribe :)

01:24:13 Meeting Royce da 5’9”

01:27:52 GRAMMY Nominations

01:30:43 Hunger to Become Great

01:36:26 Norma’s Grandson

01:41:08 Wife and Kids

01:47:48 Moving to Tampa, FL

01:49:54 Outro