A full-spectrum music & technology studio.
Benin City is an independent home for bold voices, records, publishing, touring, and brand partnerships. We cultivate sounds that travel from our studios to Grammy stages worldwide.
Music, pressed with purpose.
Releasing with Capitol Music, The Orchard, Warner, and Sony, independent spirit, global reach.
Songs that cross borders.
Global publishing infrastructure for the next generation of Afropop, R&B, and soul writers.
From the studio to the world stage.
Live shows, tours, and festival runs, from intimate rooms to global festival headliners.
Culture-first collaborations.
Marvel, Jordan Brand, Pepsi, Meta, Nike, and The Smithsonian, partners who move the needle.
Engineer-founded.
Built by an engineer. Music and technology, merged at the core of everything we ship.
Every record starts as a frequency, tuned in a room, pressed into permanence.
Our roster spans Afropop, R&B, soul, and production, voices pushing the culture forward on a global stage.
Pressed.
Typewriter
Rebel Rae
Six tracks. Out everywhere. Stream Rebel Rae's new EP, including Illusion, Mr. Man, Forward, Worth It, and Baby We Made It, now on every platform.
Standing on the shoulders of legends.
A living archive of the artists, producers, and icons woven into the Benin City story.
Decades of shaping Entertainment.
From Notorious B.I.G. to Chris Brown, Miguel, Teddy Riley, and Otis Redding, fifteen figures whose work set the standard.
We collaborate with forward-thinking brands and institutions.
Latest updates.
Releases, tours, partnerships, and notable wins from across the Benin City roster.
Live Nation announces Rebel Rae × Amber Mark European tour, dates forthcoming.
→ 02Tniyah releases debut single “Waiting On” through Benin City × Capitol Music partnership.
→ 03Binta set to release new single “Siren” with Grammy-nominated producer Nabeyin.
→ 04Bella Alubo’s “Fancy Lady” hits #1 on YouTube Music and crosses 9.5M views globally.
→ 05Benin City hosts Grammy brunch as Omar Grand takes home two Grammy awards.
→ 06Afrobeats innovator WurlD releases new EP “Metal Hearts” in partnership with Benin City.
→ 07Rebel Rae joins Amber Mark on North American tour.
→Wear the culture.
Merch, jewelry, and editorial drops, pressed and printed at City of Benin.
Voices defining the new wave.
Nine artists across Afropop, R&B, soul, and production, all defining the modern global sound.
