We took him to Jamaica and showed him what it’s like to record independently. He reached out to me and asked for me to be the executive producer of his new album. Also, Rich Homie Quan, who is on an independent rise to the top of the urban charts. It’s looking at Nipsey Hussle, who is being nominated and recognized as a hip-hop cash prince, and knowing that my technology and platform is a big part of that campaign. I want not only myself to benefit from this, but every single artist that follows my blueprint to benefit from it as well. To be a renegade is to have the strength, courage and bravery to blaze a pathway that has only been talked about. I knew it’d be considered rogue to not have my music on iTunes, Amazon or Google Play, and still actually have it for sale. I knew that doing this lifetime album project would be an unorthodox approach to connecting with my fans. Leslie: The Renegades is the name of my music club. I’m zealous about how educating these independent artists is rewriting the rules for success in music in 2015 and beyond.ĭescribe what a renegade means to you in the context of this latest project. Leslie: Independent artists and that independent mentality. What’s one thing you’re most zealous about? Having the opportunity to watch them grow up and set an example for them to surpass the success I’ve achieved, that’s not only a magnificent honor, but also a magnificent challenge. I have a niece and a nephew now, and my nephew just turned three. Aside from that, the special moments that I’ve spent with my family. VIBE: Name something magnificent that has happened to you in the past year.
Here, VIBE caught up with the young OG to discuss his MZRT LP, recent collaboration with Rich Homie Quan and reinventing the music business model. Premium subscribers are even granted a private jet ride and access to R.
The album’s distribution through the innovative mobile app, Disruptive Multimedia, allows the Harvard grad to personally link with fans through text messages, phone calls and video conferences.īy subscribing to the array of levels from the Renegades leader’s website, MZRT Life, the album will be delivered straight to their iPhones and also allow for call-ins during Leslie’s sessions and clutch VIP concert passes. Offering his actual phone number, Leslie is connecting with his followers through an exclusive lifetime album journey where he will release one song every month for the rest of his musical career. Now, he’s bounced back with a treat for his A1 fans with a unique new project.
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