Chico began his career in 1999 as part of a R&B/Hip hop vocal trio named Trā-Knox, who were
Will Smith's protégé and appeared on his studio albums
Willennium and
Born to Reign as well as the
Wild Wild West and
Men In Black II soundtracks. Their most notable featured single ''
Black Suits Comin' (Nod Ya Head)'' peaked at number 77 on the
Billboard Hot 100 chart in June 2002. Trā-Knox was signed to Will Smith label
Overbrook Entertainment/
Westbrook in 2000 with Chico Benymon, Ramon Adams and Tony Brisby who completed the vocal group. The band was short lived as the members decided to separate and venture off into other endeavors before the EP album production was to be completed. Before the group's disbandment, he sought opportunity into television and film, making a brief appearance on
Moesha before his most notable role on the sitcom
Half & Half. Benymon then furthered his career into television films and starred alongside
Fantasia playing her boyfriend in the 2006 television biopic film
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story based on the memoir of the same name. He began to return to music in the early 2010s as he began writing and producing his own music releasing music as singles on over the internet with hopes of releasing a studio album. In 2013, he became part of the cast of the Nickelodeon's family series
The Haunted Hathaways for two seasons playing a father of two children who are all haunted ghosts residing where new tenants moved in. Years later, he teamed with
Redman to collaborate on a single titled
"Good Time" and after a long process of finding a platform to release his music, he distributed his debut independent album ''Don't Talk, Just Listen'' in 2019 on streaming platforms, from his previous recordings. ==Filmography==