Ben Lapidus Biography – Ben Lapidus Wiki
Ben Lapidus is an American musical artist, singer, songwriter, and sound designer. He is a Grammy-nominated musician and professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, and The Graduate Center according to his website. As a scholar, he has published widely on Latin music. He has performed and recorded throughout the world as a bandleader and supporting musician. He is a contestant in season seventeen of America’s Got Talent. America’s Got Talent Season 17 premiered on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, at 8 pm on NBC. The contestants are looking to compete for the ultimate $1 million prize.
Prior to his performance, he revealed he was a podcast sound designer. He is also the co-creator of two podcasts, Who Killed Avril Lavigne? “a time-traveling pop-punk podcast!” and Gay Future, “An all-new narrative homo podcast.”. Lapidus’s work on his podcast, Gay Future, earned him a Webby nomination and a feature on The Atlantic’s 50 Best Podcasts of 2019. He also worked on Audible Original’s “Escape From Virtual Island” starring Paul Rudd.
Talking about his podcasts he said, “It’s been a long journey, starting from a musical that took four years to develop and ran at multiple venues and we had an off-Broadway run.”Now it’s like a full musical, but it’s a story. A story about a kid from 2022 who loves pop-punk and emo music, but the world has moved on from that phase of culture, and he gets sent back in time to the year 2005. It’s at the Warp Tour to save Avril Lavigne from being murdered and replaced. That’s based on this internet conspiracy theory.”
He has also starred in the Off-Broadway musical Pop Punk High: a parody and celebration of all things pop-punk. Billboard noted that the show’s songs were “really, really good,” and The Fader praised his work, noting that the show had “a soundtrack full of standouts.” On his website, Lapidus spoke about his love for pop-punk. ”I came of age in the pop-punk and emo scene of the mid-aughts, playing shows and writing songs in every spare moment. A lot of the music I loved was crude and immature, or corny and self-absorbed. But there was something about those songs that made my adolescent angst and insecurity feel like something communal, even universal. For me, making music wasn’t an escape, exactly. It was a release.” he said.
Lapidus has a BFA in Recorded Music from the Clive Davis Institute at NYU Tisch.
Ben Lapidus Age
He is 29 years old. He is from Doylestown, Pennsylvania. He was born in July 1992.
Ben Lapidus Girlfriend
He is in a relationship with singer, entertainer, and actress Kelly Krauter. The couple has been in a relationship for four years.
Ben Lapidus Family
He is the son of Steve Lapidus and has not revealed details about his mother other than he raised him when his father passed away when he was six years. He was born into and raised in a musical family. In the 1950s and early 1960s, his father, Steve Lapidus, played music in Latin and jazz ensembles in New York City and the Catskill Mountains. He has not revealed anything about his father, mother, or siblings to the public.
Ben Lapidus Instagram
Her Instagram handle is @benlapidusmusic.
