KING SOL is the brainchild of 20-year-old Ben Solomon. Solomon grew up in San Francisco, California listening to mainstream hip-hop by the likes of Drake and J. Cole. He started to write music in 7th grade.While attending the same high school that rapper/poet Watsky graduated from a decade earlier, Solomon evolved his lyrics into cohesive rap projects that fought the use of drugs, misogyny, and alcohol in popular music. He collaborated with classmates on a series of mixtapes until his breakout project Be Somebody sparked a fanbase in 2016. This album also spawned the single DeLorean while accumulating more than one million plays online. Be Somebody was a senior year independent project that Solomon created with a USB microphone.In 2017, new KING SOL releases began to pour out. Winter Thoughts EP provided fans with a few unreleased tracks. Later he announced a full length album Lost & Found which was released January 26, 2018. The project was recorded at professional studios in SF and Boston. Solomon currently attends Tufts University in Massachusetts and has started KING SOL Music to explore an interest in music management. He has received upwards of 5 million plays on streaming services.