"Simply Rare"

Many new artist come about in the music industry and shake things up but one man that I just love and feel as though he deserves way more props is Anthony Ryan Leslie aka R-Les or just Ryan Leslie. Born into a multicultural family in fact he is of Caribbean, Dutch, Chinese, and African descent. At young age he developed the ability to recite music, as well as arrange chords to create songs. At the age of 15 he attended Harvard University and graduated at the age of 19 with a degree in Government, concentrating in Political Science and Macroeconomics. During his commencement ceremonies he delivered the prestigious Harvard Oration.

After that Leslie did not give up on his musical aspirations he produced beats for local Boston artists and by 2003 earned an internship for Bad Boy records  eventually  he became a producer and writer for the label. He wrote an produced Cassie's hit "Me and You" eventually he spread his wings and left the label. In 2009 he released two albums his debut album Ryan Leslie and later that year Transition. His hits include Diamond Girl, How It Was Supposed to Be, Addiction, Your Not My Girl, and Is It Real Love just to name a few.