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Lee Major

American hip hop producer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ6514455 ↗
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Leigh Elliott, known professionally as Lee Major, is an American hip hop producer also known by the moniker Lee Major Kid. Lee Major has received production credit on tracks for artists such as Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Jadakiss, Ace Hood, Young Jeezy, DJ Khaled, and others. In 2011, Lee Major established So Major Music.

Biography

Lee Major was born in Petersburg, Virginia. He grew up in a family of musicians: his mother played piano, his father played drums, and his eldest brother played bass guitar. He began his production career as the co-owner and music-producing partner of the production company So Inkredible, LLC. During this period, he also began working professionally under the name The Inkredibles.

The production duo was discovered in 2007 on MySpace by SpiffTV, who introduced them to DJ Nasty. The Inkredibles were later managed by We The Best Management.

Among Major's early charting productions as part of The Inkredibles was Young Jeezy's "Vacation" from The Recession, which peaked at No. 16 on the Hot Rap Songs chart in 2008.

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