BENJAMIN MEADOWS-INGRAM is a New York Times-bestselling author, screenwriter, artist, television producer and content executive. He was the consulting producer on Netflix’s hip-hop docuseries, Rapture, and producer on two of the series’ eight episodes. He also produced the feature-length Apple Music documentary The WIZRD (2019), which followed chart-topping recording artist Future for nearly three years. He’s the former editor-in-chief of Mass Appeal, former music editor of Billboard, former director of original content at Myspace and former executive editor of VIBE. His first book, Diary of a Madman: The Geto Boys, Life, Death & the Roots of Southern Rap, with Brad “Scarface” Jordan (Dey Street/HarperCollins), was named one of the top 10 music books of 2015 by Rolling Stone. His second book, Adversity for Sale: Ya Gotta Believe, with Jay “Jeezy” Jenkins (HarperCollins Leadership, 2023), was a New York Times Bestseller and has sold over 100,000 copies to date. He is currently working on his next book as well as helping curate an upcoming exhibition for the Memphis Museum of Art scheduled to open in fall 2026.