Plan B (born as Ben Drew), is an English rapper from Forest Gate, East London. Plan B was raised in Forest Gate, East London. From the age of 11 Plan B attended Anglo European School in Ingatestone, Essex,before transferring to Tom Hood School in Leytonstone, London. He is signed to sixsevenine, home to fellow UK rapper The Streets. His unique sound is characterised by his use of acoustic beats and lyrics involving drugs, rape, murder and underage sex. He was placed fourth in the BBC's "Sound of 2006" competition. Plan B is a keen Arsenal fan and mentions the club in numerous songs, including Mama, and in the film Adulthood Plan B's character (Dabz) demands to play as Arsenal on the Playstation. Plan B's controversial lyrical content delivered against melodic guitar strumming has seen him dubbed "The British Eminem", or "Eminem meets Damien Rice", but he says he is "just telling a story" and that he is "just trying to portray something that's real that happens in everyday life". These stories are largely semi-fictional but include personal content as well. Inspired by the murder of 10-year-old Damilola Taylor, Plan B tells the story of a 14-year-old who kills, rapes and orders people to "hand over your money, your phone and your Pokemon cards". Drew points out, in a possibly subtle jibe at American rappers, that his life growing up is not interesting enough to write songs about, so he takes on characters in his songs to make interesting and, hopefully, thought-provoking music.
原名Ben Drew的Plan B，他既是一位MC、也是一位手執木吉他的唱作人，也因為這種雙重身份，從而造就了其別樹一幟的音樂姿態－－ 一位拿著木吉他自彈自唱的Hip Hop MC。Plan B的音樂，正正是跨越了Hip Hop / R&B以及Folk / Indie的兩個層面。
於是，Plan B不但有“英國版Eminem”、“新The Streets”之稱，更甚是“Eminem遇上Kurt Cobain”這個說法。他的首張專輯Who Needs Actions When You Got Words，便被形容為Eminem的The Marshall Mathers LP與Nirvana的MTV Unplugged In New York之混合體。
Who Needs Actions When You Got Words這個唱片標題，是取自美國Alternative Rock先鋒樂隊Meat Puppets的1983年專輯Meat Puppets II內一曲Pleateau之一句歌詞。Meat Puppets是Kurt Cobain心儀的樂團之一，當年在MTV Unplugged In New York內他們便重玩了Pleateau此曲。
Plan B與Kurt Cobain的音樂淵源，也相當不言而喻吧。
木吉他R&B情歌
Ben Drew來自倫敦東部的Forest Gate，成長於一個單親家庭、由母親撫養成人；其生父Paul Jefferies為Post-Punk樂隊The Poper的低音吉他手，早年已離開了Ben兩母子（及後其父在空難中逝世）。
Plan B的音樂，一方面帶著DMX、Mobb Deep、Nas、Eminem等硬橋硬馬美式Hip Hop，抑或Skinnyman和Klasnekoff等英倫Hip Hop單位的影響；與此同時，Nirvana、Radiohead、Rage Against The Machine、Skunk Anansie、Tracy Chapman、Johnny Cash等以吉他為主導的歌手/樂隊，亦同樣賦予他深遠的薰陶。
Plan B被視為“新The Streets”，好大原因是他們同屬679 Recordings旗下；而Plan B被拿來跟Eminem相提並論，那不獨因為彼此同是白人MC，而其歌曲內容並同樣談及他們的家庭背景，以及沉澱著多少黑陰與暴力（甚至有人覺得二人也幾似樣）。更重要是彼此同樣在歌曲里以代入某個“角色”為己任。Eminem的角色是Slim Shady這位他化身的人物，而Ben在其作品裡則可以飾演不同的人物，實行一人分飾多角。
他說他就像一位小說家般，又像一名電影導演。
木吉他
聆聽Plan B的Who Needs Actions When You Got Words，你很難把他歸類為一位Folk-Based還是Hip Hop Based的音樂人，畢竟他的Rap歌，就是他拿著一支木吉他寫出來。即使他製作起以節拍為主導的歌曲時，他也毋忘其吉他手的角色；他的民歌吉他彈奏，乃為Plan B的作品奏出一份幽悒而陰暗的色調，也賦予著一份音樂感性。
其成名作Sick 2 Def，那就是只有以一支粗獷簡樸的木吉他伴以其MCin’而來的Acoustic Hip Hop作品。似乎Ben要打破Hip Hop音樂往往以節拍作主導的定律，即使沒有節拍的Hip Hop歌曲，亦可以那么扣人心弦，另一例子是只有以古典鋼琴與大提琴伴奏的Everyday。
而他亦有作品以是Full Band伴奏上陣，如一曲No More Eatin’便由同屬679 Recordings的美國迷幻民歌樂團The Earlies為他伴奏，聽來卻激情得猶如Unplugged版的Rage Against The Machine作品。
Ben以寫R&B起家，在談死亡的Dead And Buried和Charmaine這兩首伴以幽幽淡然木吉他的Hip Hop曲目，抑或送上古典吉他伴奏的Couldn’t Get Along，都有著百分百R&B式、Soulful非常的Chorus主唱。
Ben Drew的音樂背景上可找到白人騷靈的薰陶乃不爭的事，道出當年被其母親身邊一名癮君子友人毒打的Mama（Loves A Crackhead），曲中他便唱出了費城經典White Soul二人組Daryl Hall & John Oates的I Can’t Go For That（No Can Do）作為Chorus。說完母親的故事，I Don’t Hate You則是他給父親Paul Jefferies的公開信。
把別人的歌放進自己的作品裡，Ben說那就好比玩Mixing般。同樣手法，還有No Good里唱出Kelly Charles的You’re No Good For Me，誘發他用上此曲的原因，是從前Prodigy的1994年名作No Good（Start The Dance）亦Sample了這首Kelly Charles的作品之故。
請看例句： “There isn’t a plan B,” said Henderson. “Absent support, frankly, the company just can’t fund its operations.” “就不存在其它方案，”亨德森說。“沒有救援，坦白說，公司沒錢運營下去了。” The best advice Brady said is to devise a plan B. 布拉迪給出的最好建議就是準備一套備選方案。
