He has been showcased globally, with features in the blockbuster movie Girls Trip, Netflix #1 rated movie Project Power, HBO’s award winning series Treme and even the internationally acclaimed CNN GO Travel! Also Wild Wayne is the Voice of the New Orleans Pelican’s basketball team as their PA Announcer. Additionally, he’s received recognition with spots on the Source Magazines Power 30 Radio DJ List for six consecutive years. Wild Wayne was invited to the 2013 White House’ Annual Youth Summit, recognized as a Slam-Dunk Honoree at the 2014 NBA All-Star Gospel Experience, and received the first Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2014 NBA All-Star Music Experience.

Benjamin has served as the spokes-person for some of America’s most recognized brands including, Metro PCS, Raising Canes, Pillsbury, McDonald’s, Pepsi, Chevrolet, Sam’s Club, Nabisco and AT&T.  As a CEO and Producer, Benjamin created the Industry Influence monthly music conference, showcase and on-line blog.  Industry influence MusicCon gave aspiring artists an opportunity to perform and gain access to valuable industry insiders, while showcasing their talent.

Benjamin is also an active philanthropist.  His humanitarian work includes serving as founder and Chairman of The Benjamin Foundation, the charity he started in 2000.  The Wild Wayne Summer Experience has serviced over a thousand youth and is an annual summer program which exposes inner city children to the cultural, historical and entertainment heritage of Louisiana.  He formerly served as host of The City of New Orleans’ Midnight Basketball League from 2014-2019.