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Monty C. Benjamin is an American hip-hop recording artist from Cincinnati, Ohio. Since the age of 12, Monty has been using his talents, charisma, and stage presence everywhere from battle raps to talent shows.

In 2009, Benjamin dropped his first project entitled Nuthin Major, which was an ode to Cincinnati's diversity over industry beats. Released completely independent, the tape produced a modest internet following thereafter, earning several positive reviews on various hip-hop blogs.

The year 2011 brought Monty further into mainstream hip-hop when he released his first single "Like This," and was invited to perform at the SXSW Music Festival at the Illmore Mansion where he caught the eyes and ears of many renowned producers, including Arkane Beats and Khimera Records, under which he later released his next few projects.

Five years later, Monty has become more polished and versatile, with a slew of performances, projects, and awards to back that up. Currently, Monty is gearing up to release his newest project entitled In. Confidence that is geared to release soon!

Freedom Nicole Moore is an IndieSoul singer-songwriter and band based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Freedom got her start locally singing background vocals with acts such as JSPH and Royal Holland and The Rotation as well as performing as a solo Singer-Songwriter in various venues such as Fountain Square's Indie Summer Series, MOTR Pub, Urban Artifact, Bogarts, The Listing Loon, The Woodward, The Comet and more as a both a headliner and opening act or providing bgv's for names such as international soul singer Jacob Banks, Leggy, Nerdcore producer and Emcee SAMMUS, Jackie Venson, Harriet Brown and Fem front indie-pop band Chastity Beltas well as local acts such as JOESPH, Krystal Peterson and The Queen City Band, and The Perfect Children and Tyler Randall of folk band Dawg Yawp. Freedom was nominated for CityBeat's Cincinnati Entertainment Awards in 2017 in the best singer songwriter category.

Freedom Nicole Moore is an IndieSoul singer-songwriter and band based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Freedom got her start locally singing background vocals with acts such as JSPH and Royal Holland and The Rotation as well as performing as a solo Singer-Songwriter in various venues such as Fountain Square's Indie Summer Series, MOTR Pub, Urban Artifact, Bogarts, The Listing Loon, The Woodward, The Comet and more as a both a headliner and opening act or providing bgv's for names such as international soul singer Jacob Banks, Leggy, Nerdcore producer and Emcee SAMMUS, Jackie Venson, Harriet Brown and Fem front indie-pop band Chastity Beltas well as local acts such as JOESPH, Krystal Peterson and The Queen City Band, and The Perfect Children and Tyler Randall of folk band Dawg Yawp. Freedom was nominated for CityBeat's Cincinnati Entertainment Awards in 2017 in the best singer songwriter category.