Plan B
Also recorded as Benjamin Paul Ballance-Drew · Ben Drew · Benjamin Drew
Plan B

Atlantic Records (UK) · James Dillon · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Born
- 1983 · London.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- actor · singer · film director · guitarist · composer · singer-songwriter · rapper
- Fields
- pop
- Education
- Anglo European School
- Languages
- English
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Plan B, dont la naissance est enregistrée le 22 octobre 1983, figure dans les notices d'autorité de la Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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- 1.Plan B moves out of the darkness and into the spotlight – Life & Style. The Evening Standard.
- 2.Miranda Sawyer. Plan B: "Listen to my music. I'll help you through" – Music – The Observer. The Guardian. 25 June 2011.
- 3.The Telegraph. Shocked? Try listening to this, Mr Cameron. 15 June 2006 cbignore.
- 4.Plan B excited by Vieira rumours. BBC Sport. 27 April 2018.
- 5.britishhiphop.co.uk. Plan B aka Ben Drew. 31 March 2007.
- 6.BBC Three – Plan B, Leona and Labrinth: Project Hackney. BBC.
- 7.Catania, Chris. Not Ready to Die: An Interview with Plan B. PopMatters. 11 June 2007.
- 8.Jones, Steve. Plan B: Not to be confused with Eminem. USA Today. 15 March 2007.
- 9.Burrows, Marc. An Aural History of John Cooper Clarke. DrownedInSound. 20 October 2015.
- 10.Discogs. Plan B Discography at Discogs.
- 11.Tourdates.co.uk. Plan B.
- 12.αCharts.us. Plan B – Music Charts.
- 13.Petridis, Alexis. Plan B, Who Needs Actions When You Got Words?. The Guardian. 23 June 2006.
- 14.Stereoboard.com. Plan B Announces New Single 'Love Goes Down' – Stereoboard UK. 4 November 2010.
- 15.Teenagecancertrust.org. Teenage Cancer Trust announces support acts for 10th anniversary gigs at the Royal Albert Hall – Press Releases – Media centre – Teenage Cancer Trust.
- 16.Lynskey, Dorian. Why Plan B's Ill Manors is the greatest British protest song in years. The Guardian. 15 March 2012.
- 17.Bainbridge, Luke. Plan B's iLL Manors: 'This is the true, dark reality'. The Guardian. 27 May 2012.
- 18.Jamie Crossan. Plan B responds to 'neo-Nazi' t-shirt criticism. NME. 22 July 2012.
- 19.SoundCloud. Pray For Love by Kwabs. 17 March 2014.
- 20.Big albums for 2018: Kylie Minogue, Arctics Monkeys, and Plan B. Belfasttelegraph.
- 21.Mossman, Kate. Time for a new Plan B: puppets, politics and parenthood. The Guardian. 26 May 2017.
- 22.BFI. Walking After Acconci (Redirected Approaches).
- 23.Gant, Charles. The Sweeney is off to a Flying Squad start at the UK box office | Film | guardian.co.uk. The Guardian. 18 September 2012.
- 24.http://www.thebeatsbar.co.uk/ccinterviews/planb.html
- 25.DNR Films. Plan B – Michelle.
- 26.Bluesandsoul.com. Plan B interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' April 2010. 6 April 2010.
- 27.HP signs up Plan B for ad campaign – Media – guardian.co.uk. The Guardian. 9 June 2011.
- 28.Brandrepublic.com. HP signs up Plan B to front latest ad campaign. 9 June 2011.
- 29.Plan B – HP Beats Audio [OFFICIAL HQ. YouTube. 20 June 2011.
- 30.Private-eye.co.uk. Official Site.
- 31.IPC Media. Plan B: 'I won't break America as I'm not prepared to suck cock' – News. NME. 20 May 2011.
- 32.Bulmer's signs up Plan B to launch cider variant. Marketing Magazine.
- 33.YouTube. Bulmers 30" TV ad. February 2022.
- 34.YouTube. i-D online | i-N Conversation: Plan B. February 2022.
- 35.Percival, Ashley. (27 September 2011) Celebrity Gossip, latest Celebrity News and Showbiz Gossip | Eleven UK. Music.aol.co.uk. Retrieved on 6 October 2011.
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q552341: Plan BWikimedia Foundation
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