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Pennjamin Bannekar
File:PENNJAMIN BANNEKARLive.jpg
Background information
OriginChicago, Illinois
GenresHip Hop, Soul
Occupation(s)Rapper, Songwriter, Performer
LabelsILLwrite Music Group
Websitewww.pennandpencil.com

Damion Hudson (born January 11, 1984), better known by his stage name Penn is an American independent music artist and songwriter.

Music career

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Pennjamin Bannekar was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan but raised in Chicago, Penn as he is often called, discovered his love for music at an early age. Falling in love with the creative process and writing Penn decided to major in Communications and graduated from University of Illinois Champagne Urbana. College was where Penn began to grow as an artist and started to receive acclaim. Penn came back to Chicago and joined the group Project: Fr3sh. While in Project: Fr3sh Penn changed his name from Penn the God to Pennjamin Bannekar. Given the name by his friends as a joke, he began to love the meaning behind it and chose to use it as his stage name. After a 2 year run with the group Penn went solo and began to become the unsung hype of Chicago’s hip hop scene. His first solo project was his mixtape Hello World. The release of Hello World had many people clamoring for more [1][2][3]The success of Hello World set up the release of his first album HeartBeat. HeartBeat was released May 3rd 2011. The first single from HeartBeat was ILLwrite. The single was a great introduction of who he was and was picked up by MTV [4] HeartBeat went on to Be named Album Of The Month by some critics [5] after landing write ups in the Chicago Tribune and touring with Dwele Penn’s success started to materialize. [6][7][8][9][10]

Discography

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Singles

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  • 2011: Counterfeit [11]
  • 2011: ILLwrite [12]
  • 2010: Set It Off [13]
  • 2009: Hello World [14]
  • 2009: Love As Completion [15]


Albums

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  • 2011: HeartBeat PENNJAMIN BANNEKAR. [16]
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References

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  1. ^ "Penn Hello World". Online Article. Ruby Hornet.
  2. ^ "Love As Completion". Online Article. All Hip Hop.
  3. ^ "Hello World". Online Article. All Hip Hop.
  4. ^ "Pennjamin Bannekar ILLwrite". Online Article. MTV.
  5. ^ newspaper=Chicago Red Eye "Track Off". {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing pipe in: |url= (help)
  6. ^ "PENNJAMIN BANNEKAR ILLwrite". Online Article. Daryl The Writer.
  7. ^ "PENNJAMIN BANNEKAR ILLwrite". Online Article. Bring Da Ruckus.
  8. ^ "Hip Hop Ruckus: PENNJAMIN BANNEKAR ILLwrite". Online Article.
  9. ^ "PENNJAMIN BANNEKAR ILLwrite". Online Article. Indie Hip Hop.
  10. ^ "PENNJAMIN BANNEKAR ILLwrite". Online Article. Fake Shore Drive.
  11. ^ "PENNJAMIN BANNEKAR Counterfeit". Online. Fake Shore Drive.
  12. ^ "Pennjamin Bannekar ILLwrite". Online Article. MTV.
  13. ^ "PENNJAMIN BANNEKAR Set It Off". Online. Power 105 New York.
  14. ^ "PENNJAMIN BANNEKAR Hello World". Online Article. All Hip Hop.
  15. ^ "PENNJAMIN BANNEKAR Love As Completion". Online Article. All Hip Hop.
  16. ^ "PENNJAMIN BANNEKAR Album Drops Today". Online.

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