Birmingham AL, United States (2010 present) Brent Alan Bennett (born April 19, 1990) in Birmingham, AL), better known by his stage name Granyte, is an up-and-coming rapper, writer, producer, and promoter and CEO of Self Made Heroes Musik. In 2010 he released his first mixtape, Zettai Ryouiki. He signed a multi-label contract with Imperial Rekordz in 2011, but they phased in out in January of 2012. Since 2010 he has released 2010’s Visions, 2011’s Out the GateS EP and LP, 2011’s Return of X3, 2012's Zettai Ryouiki and is currently working on 2012’s #SELFMADEHEROES, the next mixtape. The release date is sceduled for June 18th. Granyte is from Remlap, Alabama and was raised by his Mother and Adoptive Father. Granyte explained the start of his stage name was based on the first song he ever did. It was a remix of Fed Up, and the last two bars were “Writing till I have the tighest flow on the planet/ Calling Breezy the rock, cause I’m the whitest known granite/” His mentor Major Sherard (Strange Wayz) started having the rest of the group call him Granite, because he didn’t have a stage name at that point. He changed the I to a Y because it looked cooler.