Benjamin Isaac Hoffman, also known by the stage nameWheeler Walker Jr., is an American comedian, actor, singer, and writer. As the Walker Jr. character, Hoffman has released three albums of country music noted for their comedic tone and offensive, off-color lyrical topics.
Ben Hoffman created and hosted The Ben Show, which premiered on Comedy Central on February 28, 2013. The show was broadcast on Comedy Central for one season. Hoffman was a writer and correspondent for Sports Show with Norm Macdonald on Comedy Central and has written for the MTV Movie Awards. He has appeared on New Girl and Drunk History and has produced content for and appeared on Current TV's InfoMania. On October 3, 2018, it was announced that Netflix had given order for the production of the adult animation series Hoops. The series was created by Hoffman who was also expected to executive produce alongside Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Seth Cohen, and Jake Johnson.
Titles released under Wheeler Walker Jr.
''Redneck Shit''
His debut studio albumRedneck Shit was released on February 12, 2016 via Thirty Tigers and Pepper Hill Records. The album originally premiered via stream on the pornographic websitePornHub. It debuted at number nine on the BillboardTop Country Albums chart, number one on the BillboardTop Comedy Albums chart, and number 127 on the US Billboard 200. It was the first album to debut in both the top 10 of the comedy and country charts. It sold 5,900 copies in its first week. Rolling Stone called it "Unfathomably obscene and undeniably offensive, the debut album from Nashville never-was Wheeler Walker Jr. is also goddamn funny. But Redneck Shit is far from just an X-rated novelty record."
''Ol' Wheeler''
Walker released his second studio album Ol' Wheeler on June 2, 2017 via Thirty Tigers and Pepper Hill Records. It debuted at number 10 on the BillboardTop Country Albums chart, with 7,800 copies sold in its first week.
''WWIII''
Walker's third albumWWIII was released on November 30, 2018 via Thirty Tigers and Pepper Hill Records.
''Fuck You Bitch: All Time Greatest Hits''
Walker released his first greatest hits compilation entitled Fuck You Bitch: All Time Greatest Hits on May 1, 2020. It features material from his three studio albums along with two new tracks, "Drunk as Fuck" and "Go Big or Go Home".
Discography
Studio albums
Controversy
On January 19, 2019, in response to seeing a video of an incident in Washington, D.C., involving, among others, a white student being confronted by a Native American during the March for Life, Hoffman posted to his Wheeler Walker Jr. Twitter account: "If you know this little shit, punch him in the nuts and send me the video of it and I’ll send you all my albums on vinyl, autographed", followed by a close-up picture of the face of an involved teenager. A few days prior, he made a series of critical and "profanity-laced tweets" about Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean, Kelsea Ballerini, Thomas Rhett, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Brett Young and other country musicians. After Instagram removed Wheeler's incitement to violence, Wheeler again posted, asserting that he was not backing down. Hours later, that too was quickly removed by Instagram.
