Benjamin Paul "Ben" Drew (born 22 October 1983), primarily known as Plan B, is a British singer and actor from Forest Gate, London. Plan B released his critically acclaimed debut album Who Needs Actions When You Got Words in 2006. His first top-ten single - as the featured artist - was on “End Credits” by Chase & Status.
Drew has also been successful as an actor, with supporting roles in Adulthood (2008), Harry Brown (2009) and 4.3.2.1 (2010). His second studio album The Defamation of Strickland Banks (2010) went straight into the UK
Early life
Born and brought up in Forest Gate, East London, Ben Drew's mother worked for a local authority and his father (Paul Ballance) played in a local punk rock band. When Ben was six, his father walked out on the family leaving behind two children. Growing up, Plan B felt outcast from the rest of the school pupils.
"We weren't working class but we weren't middle class, we were in the void in-between. I've always felt like a social outcast."
—Plan B, The Telegraph (June 15, 2006)
From 11, Plan B attended Anglo European School in Ingatestone, Essex and after being expelled from at 15, he was transferred to Tom Hood School, a pupil-referral centre in Leytonstone, London and left with three GCSEs. Ben Drew taught himself how to play guitar at 14, first playing Blur and Oasis with friends, then going on to write his own R&B love songs. At 18, feeling uncomfortable with R&B, he turned towards rap and hip hop music and wrote "Kidz", inspired by the murder of Damilola Taylor.
"The whole reason for calling myself Plan B was that I was doing this sweet-boy Justin Timberlake [stuff], but I never felt comfortable... When I started rapping, it was easier for me to feel comfortable."
—Plan B, USA Today (March 15, 2007)
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