Sean Leon
Canadian rapper, singer and record producer from Ontario
Matthew Sean Leon (born May 23, 1991) is a Canadian rapper, singer, and record producer from Toronto, Ontario. He founded the record label IXXI Initiative in 2012, which fostered the career of fellow Toronto native Daniel Caesar. Leon is perhaps best known for co-writing Justin Bieber's 2021 single "Peaches", which peaked atop both the Canadian Hot 100 and Billboard Hot 100 and received four Grammy Award nominations. Leon has also co-written tracks on the albums Jesus is King (2019), Donda (2021), Donda 2 (2022), and Vultures 1 (2024) by American rapper Kanye West.
Career
In July 2013, Leon released his debut mixtape Ninelevenne, the Tragedy followed by his second project Narcissus, the Drowning of Ego on January 22, 2014. Both projects featured production by Jordan Evans. Shortly after the release of Narcissus, Leon began the year-long roll out of the compilation King Of The Wild Things.
In February 2017, Leon released his first studio album I Think You've Gone Mad (Or the Sins of the Father). On November 29, 2017, Leon released an audio-film titled "C.C.W.M.T.T". This was followed with Sean Leon (The Death Of) in 2018.
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