Hip hop has always extended beyond music alone. Graffiti, fashion, film, animation, and visual storytelling have all played a role in shaping the culture, often through creatives working behind the scenes rather than directly in front of the spotlight.
For many listeners and collaborators, the artist has long been known as Get Bent, while his broader creative and multimedia work has also operated under the name Notorious Bent.
Bent first entered the music industry at just 16 years old after being offered a record deal with Epic Records before later signing with Sony Music Entertainment. Over the years, his work connected him with artists and figures across hip hop and R&B through collaborations, performances, and production projects involving names like Ne-Yo, Shock G, Dead Prez, Kool Keith, Young Noble, and Cappadonna.
Early milestones included performing on the Lollapalooza tour and collaborating on the record “Kar Keys” with Grammy Award-winning R&B artist Ne-Yo, which later received Billboard Top 100 national radio play.
As digital entertainment continued evolving, the scope of Bent’s work expanded further into directing, cinematography, editing, animation, and independent film production. Creative and production credits eventually appeared across platforms including Netflix, Lifetime, Amazon, Hulu, Tubi, Apple TV, Xbox, and PlayStation.
Collaborations in visual production and cinematography have also included artists and entertainers such as DJ Quik, Suga Free, Jermaine Dupri, Malik Yusef, Tori Hart, and Ajiona Alexus.
More recently, Bent introduced the internationally focused graffiti artist trading card collection through Notorious Design Group, a project centered around preserving and showcasing street art culture through original artwork, artist stories, and multimedia storytelling.
The release arrives during a period where collectibles, independent art culture, and physical media have started regaining traction among both longtime collectors and younger audiences discovering graffiti culture through digital platforms. Following its launch, the collection reportedly sold out twice while drawing attention from independent media outlets and collectors within the space.
Rather than treating graffiti as a background aesthetic, the collection places emphasis on documenting the artists, stories, and visual identities connected to the culture itself.
A similar approach can be found throughout Bent’s broader catalog of work, including documentaries, independent films, animated projects, live event visuals, and multimedia productions tied closely to hip hop and urban culture. His co-production credit on Blood Sacrifice, starring Glenn Plummer, Omar Gooding, and De’Aundre Bonds, later led to distribution through Sony and placement on Apple TV.
While many creatives today build around a single platform, Bent’s career has continued moving across multiple forms of media at once, blending music, film, design, collectibles, and visual storytelling into one evolving creative direction.
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