Stanley Benton (born July 24, 1979), better known as Stat Quo, is an African-American rapper signed to Eminem's Shady Records and Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment. Shaheem Reid (12 January, 2004). "0.jhtml" target="_blank">Mixtape Mondays: Stat Quo". _MTV. Accessed 5 February, 2008. He first appeared on a mixtape in 2002. He is a co-founder—with LT Moe—of the Global Music Movement (GMM), . Benton attended University of Florida, where he majored in economics and international business in 2000. Benton was contemplating law school, until veteran Southern rapper Scarface encouraged him to rap.