He was a writer and correspondent for the Sports Show with Norm Macdonald, and has written for the MTV Video Music Awards, Archer, and The Late Late Show with James Corden. Hoffman created and hosted The Ben Show, which premiered on Comedy Central on February 28, 2013. He graduated from the University of Kentucky. Hoffman is Jewish and attended Tulane University. He is the older brother of Scissor Sisters bassist Babydaddy (Scott Hoffman). Hoffman has been vocal about his use of the character as a means to express his displeasure with the modern state of the country music industry, particularly the rise of the bro-country subgenre. character an "experiment in free speech" and "a platform to speak out against censorship and bias in the music industry". Reception to Hoffman's music has been mixed, largely due to the raunchiness of his lyrics and themes. Despite no FM radio play, Hoffman found success with streaming and social media. His first album as Wheeler Walker, Jr., Redneck Shit, debuted in 2016 at number nine on the Billboard Hot Country Albums chart and number one on the Billboard Top Comedy Albums chart, making it the first album in over a decade to debut in the top ten on both those charts simultaneously. Hoffman is well known by his country musician alter ego Wheeler Walker, Jr., as whom he has released four albums of country music rife with humorously profane and sexually-explicit lyrics. Benjamin Isaac Hoffman (born December 13, 1974) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and musician.
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