Ben Kenney

Who is Ben Kenney?

Benjamin Lee "Ben" Kenney, Sr., is a musician from Brielle, New Jersey, USA. He is the bass guitarist for the band Incubus.

Kenney played guitar for the hip-hop group The Roots before he joined Incubus in 2003 after the departure of the bass guitarist and founding member Alex Katunich. He had previously played with Incubus members Mike Einziger and Jose Pasillas in Time Lapse Consortium.

Kenney plays at least six different instruments and sometimes plays drum duets with Incubus' drummer Jose Pasillas live on-stage.

He has also done studio work for artists including Justin Timberlake, Faith Evans, Erykah Badu and Blackalicious, and for the producers Timbaland and DJ Jazzy Jeff.

26, Maduro, Distance and Comfort and "Burn the Tapes" were all released by Kenney's own record company, Ghetto Crush Industries. Ghetto Crush has also released music for The Division Group, Aleda and Root Valdez. Kenney helped The Smyrk to produce their EP, New Fiction.