John Benitez
Overview
John Benitez, better known as "Jellybean Benitez" (born November 7, 1957) is an American
United States
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 drummer
Drummer
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, guitarist
Guitarist
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, songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

, DJ
Disc jockey
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, remix
Remix
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er and music producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

 of Puerto Rican descent. Benitez has produced and remixed for artists such as Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)
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, Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston
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, Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...

, and the Pointer Sisters
Pointer Sisters
The Pointer Sisters are an American pop/R&B recording act from Oakland, California that achieved mainstream success during the 1970s and 1980s. Spanning over three decades, their repertoire has included such diverse genres as pop, disco, jazz, bebop, blues, soul, funk, dance, country and rock.The...

.
Benitez's mother moved from Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

 in the early 1950s to the South Bronx section of New York. She raised two children as a single mother, Benitez being the first child.
 
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