Best known for his single Badman Riddim (Jump) (featuring Foreign Beggars), which reached No.
As a teenager he developed an interest in graphic design before he started to focus on making music.
Badman Riddim, in addition to a vocal version which featured UK hip-hop/grime/dubstep group Foreign Beggars and was given the new title Badman Riddim, began to start gaining airplay from some BBC Radio 1 DJs in the UK in late 2010.
As attention for the single started to grow Franken was signed to Ministry of Sound and a music video was made for the song.
There is a scheduled upcoming single "Bio Riddim" of which the release date will soon be announced.