Fonzworth Bentley

Career He first appeared rapping on Da Band's 2002 album Too Hot for TV, in the track "Cheers to Me, Mr. Bentley (Interlude)". In 2003, Bentley was featured on the "Good Day, Good Sir" skit on OutKast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. In 2004, he made a cameo in the music video of Kanye West's "The New Workout Plan". Bentley is credited as a songwriter on multiple Yeezus tracks including "On Sight", "Black Skinhead", "I Am a God", and "Hold My Liquor".

His debut album, C.O.L.O.U.R.S., was released via iTunes on April 26, 2011.

He was also featured playing the violin in the "Yes We Can" music video in support of Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.

Other media work Bentley was an executive producer for Borrow My Crew in 2005, in which he allowed a boy, Cory Cole, to borrow the entourage of P. Diddy for two days. In 2008, he hosted the MTV reality series From G's to Gents, which ran for two seasons.

In 2007, Bentley authored an etiquette book, Advance Your Swagger: How to Use Manners, Confidence and Style to Get Ahead.

Public service In 2007, Bentley contributed to KnowHow2GO. Bentley's involvement in the campaign has included creation of a radio public service advertisement ("Wanna Go?") and participation in the 2007 YMCA Black and Hispanic Achievers Teen Leadership Summit in Orlando, Florida. Bentley sang as a member of the chorus for "We Are The World", a remake of the original for Haiti, in February 2010.

Works

Studio albums C.O.L.O.U.R.S. (2011)

Television From G's to Gents (2008–09) Top Ten Gentlemen's Club (2008) Confessions of a Celebrity Assistant (2006, the E! Channel) VH1 Fashion Rocks (2006) All Shades of Fine: 25 Hottest Women of the Past 25 Years (2005) P. Diddy Presents the Bad Boys of Comedy (2005) Caleta Condor, Chile (2005) Before, During and After the Sunset (2005) Borrow My Crew (2005) Fade to Black (2004) Making the Band 2 (2002–2003, series)

Films Honey (2003) – Barber Fat Albert (2004) – Salesman Idlewild (2006) – Voice of Flask We Were Once a Fairytale – cameo appearance Think Like a Man Too (2014) - Limo Driver