Bentley

Fonzworth Bentley (born Derek Watkins) 13 Feburary, 1978, formerly known as Farnsworth Bentley, is a hip hop artist, entertainer, and fashion designer, best known for being an assistant to American celebrity Sean "Diddy" Combs. Bentley now markets his own line of umbrellas. Bentley attended North Atlanta High School, in Atlanta, GA. He is a graduate of Morehouse College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and attended the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. His on-stage name represents his comedicly awkward, and effeminate demeanor.

Fonzworth Bentley (born Derek Watkins) 13 Feburary, 1978, formerly known as Farnsworth Bentley, is a hip hop artist, entertainer, and fashion designer, best known for being an assistant to American celebrity Sean "Diddy" Combs. Bentley now markets his own line of umbrellas. Bentley attended North Atlanta High School, in Atlanta, GA. He is a graduate of Morehouse College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and attended the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. His on-stage name represents his comedicly awkward, and effeminate demeanor.

He also is known around the Atlanta area for his grilled cheese restaurant founded in 2002 named Fonzworth's Grilled Cheezies. In 2003, Bentley was featured on the "Good Day, Good Sir" skit on The Love Below half of OutKast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below album. In 2005, he was featured on a remix of Kanye West's "New Workout Plan" and is signed to West's G.O.O.D. Music label. Bentley has appeared in several music videos, such as Usher Raymond's "Yeah", P. Diddy's D.I.D.D.Y., Slum Village's "Selfish".

Bentley also appeared on OutKast's "The Way You Move" and "Roses", with a brief appearance in the music video for "Grammy Family", by DJ Khaled, Kanye West, John Legend and Consequence. Fonzworth is releasing his own debut album in early 2007, under Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music label. The album will be titled "C.O.L.O.U.R.S.", which stands for "CoolOutrageousLoversOfUniquelyRawStyle". Bentley's album will feature collaborations with Kanye West, Outkast's Andre 3000, singer Esthero (whom Bentley called his "favorite female voice in the world") and Sa-Ra, a Hip-Hop group also signed to GOOD Music. In August 2006, Bentley featured in Sprite's Sublymonal campaign. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL..