Kel Spencer

Kel Spencer
Birth name	Lennie De Juan Bennett
Born	1978 Landstuhl, Germany
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper, songwriter, producer, actor, film director
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Overbrook Entertainment (former) Interscope Records (former) 3rd Power Music Group (current)
Associated acts	Will Smith, Tatyana Ali, Q-Tip, MC Lyte, Quana BelleVoix

Lennie De Juan Bennett better known by his stage name Kel Spencer (born 1978) is an American hip hop recording artist, producer, songwriter, actor and film director from Brooklyn, New York City, New York. He is famous for having lyrically contributed to more than 20 songs from Will Smith repertoire, receiving Grammy, Soul Train and MTV Video Music awards nominations and winning an American Music Award for the platinum single “Switch”. As a recording artist on his own, Spencer was featured on the hit soundtracks “Wild Wild West” and “American Pie: The Naked Mile” as well as on albums from Will Smith, DJ Jazzy Jeff or Grandmaster Flash.

Spencer was born in 1978 in Landstuhl, West Germany where his father, serving in the Air Force was stationed. Growing up in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, Spencer received All-star honors as high school quarterback and, at 16, went on to the Earl G. Graves school of Business at Morgan State University.

After showcasing in various hip-hop talent shows starting in 1992, Spencer was discovered by Hollywood icon Will Smith and signed in 2000 to Overbrook Entertainment/Interscope Records. He first appeared in 1999 on two songs from the Wild Wild West soundtrack, peaking at number four on the US Billboard 200 and number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. The same year he co-wrote 7 out of the 15 tracks off of Will Smith multi-platinum album Willennium. Spencer co-wrote the Grammy and Soul Train awards nominated “Will 2K” as well as hit single “Freakin' It” and appeared as a guest artist on the song “Uuhhh”.