ION INDIE MAGAZINE June 2016, Volume 25 | Page 95

ION Indie Magazine’s mission is to give independent artists a platform to have their music read, heard and seen…for there are numerous potential fans whose paths their music may not cross. We serve a sort of “second chance” to get their music out there and hopefully--gain the attention of some new fans in the process. This month’s ION Indie Magazine “ReverbNation Artist of the Month” is the epitome of “second chances”. BEN STEEZY is an Arizona native who has been writing and recording Hip-Hop since he was 14 years old. His message has power--without coming off as preachy--and each word is devised to be meaningful in a way that takes the listener through a full palette of emotions. After countless run-ins with the law, multiple arrests, struggles with substance abuse, and a 3.5-year sentence to the Arizona Department of Corrections, Ben Steezy is back on the local Hip-Hop scene and writing and recording with a vengeance. His new-found gratitude and inner peace that has been the serendipitous effect of sobriety adds a new dimension to his music that will captivate and inspire his audience for years to come. Ben Steezy has worked closely alongside the HIT HOARDERS PRODUCTIONS’ team and in 2014, co-founded his own label, GONE GREEN RECORDS, LLC.