Adegbenga Adejumo (born 28 November 1986), known as Benga, is a British[1] musician fromCroydon, known for being the pioneer of dubsteprecord production.[2] As a teenager he used to hang out at the Big Apple record shop in Croydon and make his own tunes at home on a PlayStation.[3]The tunes caught the attention of dubstep producer Hatcha, who worked at the shop, and, by the age of 15, Benga had made his first record, "Skank", released on Big Apple's own record label.[4] He was also one of the first dubstep producers when the style was emerging in the early 2000s.[5] He has been featured on a variety of compilations includingMary Anne Hobbs's Warrior Dubz, Tempa's The Roots of Dubstep and the BBC Radio 1Xtraanniversary mix.