Successfully sued Rod Stewart for plagiarizing his song "Taj Mahal" as "Do
Ya Think I'm Sexy?".
His music style mix samba, funk, rock, pop, maracatu, bossa nova, rap
and samba-rock.
In 1989 changed his name Jorge Ben to Jorge Ben Jor, after one of his
royalty payments was mistakenly sent to American singer George Benson.
Fascinated by Christian mysticism (Ben's grandfather was a member of
the Rosicrucian Order), hermetic alchemy, and numerology, with
references to these themes occurring in numerous songs.
He is one of two people who reside in the famous Copacabana Palace Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.