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Anchoring his work around playful animation and a run-and-gun production technique, Bennett has become the most in-demand director for an entire generation of rappers.

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His YouTube channel, full of music videos that he still edits himself, has gained a reputation in the industry as one of the most reliable places to discover the next big stars in rap, and it’s followed by over 10 million subscribers.

He has built his Lyrical Lemonade company into an empire that now includes an events business, a media outlet, a production house, and a beverage distributor. It’s uncommon for a music video director to get as much fan mail as Cole Bennett does, but the 23-year-old has already proven he’s anything but a traditional director. “They know I really like The Simpsons, so they just send me stuff,” he says with an appreciative grin. They were mailed to him from a fan-one of many packages he receives from young admirers around the world on a regular basis. As Bennett plays with a Homer Simpson figurine, he reveals that the toys weren’t a self-indulgent purchase. The latest addition to the space, which he calls “the nostalgia room,” is a box of memorabilia from his favorite TV show, The Simpsons. Cole Bennett is crouched inside a tiny room of his Lyrical Lemonade office in Chicago, excitedly showing off a collection of vintage toys and old Nintendo 64 games.