VJ Ben

DJ in 2013, Bouyon credit in 2021

VJ Ben's trajectory reads in two phases. A first DJ phase documented from 2013, selection, sets, without an explicit Bouyon credit that would place him in the first wave. A second, explicitly Bouyon phase from 2021, when his name appears on documented credits: "Ti KoKa" 2019 (Bilix, LaRose, Edday, VJ Ben) upstream, then above all "Je l'ai vu" 2021 with HollyG and Arendi. That 2019-2021 tilt places him in the 2016-2022 Gwada transition (chapter V).

`Je l'ai vu`, the key 2021 title

`Je l'ai vu` is a key title for understanding VJ Ben's place. It is one of the titles of the post-COVID 2021 cycle marking the Bouyon Gwada restart. The same cycle contains `Hot Bouyon Riddim`, releases by DJ Flip tha Boss, Voodoo Studio and The Best Prod. HollyG is in full emergence (a 2024 BET nomination still to come), Arendi confirms his return after a 2013 trace, and VJ Ben positions himself as producer and collaborator within that trio. The remix `Je l'ai vu (Charles V Remix)` 2023 extends the platform effect and settles the title into the pre-New Bouyon Wave cycle.

Transition producer, not global pillar

VJ Ben is not a global pillar of Bouyon globalisation, his function is that of a Gwada transition producer. He figures among the driving names of that 2016-2022 period (DJ Weez, Bilix, Kevni, Lunik, Edday, Lestef KJF, FLW, T-BTS, VJ Ben). He turns up in chapters V and XI. On Shazam, Bilix's page lists VJ Ben among the close artists.