Labrinth is the stage name of Timothy Lee McKenzie, a British singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer.
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- His real name is Timothy Lee McKenzie
- He was born on 4th of January 1989
- He is better known by his stage name Labrinth
- He is a British singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer
- After initially pursuing a career in music production, Simon Cowell signed him to his record label Syco Music as a recording artist
- He became the first singer who Cowell signed without having competed on a talent show in six years
- Labrinth collaborated with the English rapper Tinie Tempah
- He appeared as an uncredited featured artist on the single “Pass Out”, and later officially on “Frisky”
- Before releasing his first solo single, “Let the Sun Shine” in September 2010
- All three of which peaked in the top five on the UK Singles Chart
- His debut album, Electronic Earth (2012), peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart
- It spawned four top five singles in the United Kingdom
- The single “Beneath Your Beautiful”, became his first song to reach the top 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100
- It peaked at number one in the United Kingdom
- The song also received a nomination for Best British Single at the Brit Awards
- In November 2014, he released the single “Jealous”, which was later certified Platinum in the United Kingdom
- In 2018, Labrinth formed the supergroup LSD with Australian singer-songwriter Sia and American DJ and producer Diplo
- They released their self-titled debut album the following year
- In October 2019, he composed the score for the first season of the HBO drama series Euphoria
- Labrinth received two Primetime Emmy Awards nominations
- Winning one for the single “All for Us”
- He then released his second album Imagination & the Misfit Kid (2019)
- In April 2022, Euphoria Season 2 Official Score (From the HBO Original Series) composed by Labrinth, was released
- It earned him an additional two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the songs “I’m Tired” and “Elliot’s Song”
- The songs were written alongside Zendaya
- He has been referred to as “one of the most important British musicians of his generation”
- Labrinth has worked with numerous artists as a songwriter and producer including Beyoncé, Kanye West, and the Weeknd
- His production work on the Weeknd’s album Beauty Behind the Madness earned him a Grammy Award for Album of the Year nomination
- He also co-produced the soundtrack The Lion King: The Gift
- And co-wrote the single “Spirit”, alongside Beyoncé and Ilya Salmanzadeh
- For which he received nominations at the Grammy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards
- McKenzie was born and raised in Hackney, London
- He is of Jamaican descent
- He comes from a family of musicians, and has eight siblings
- Their home was filled with the sound of black gospel music, which their parents loved
- When young, he and his eight siblings formed a band called Mac 9
- He attended Stoke Newington School and began to pursue a musical career during his school years
- His brother, Mac, introduced McKenzie at the age of 15 to the art of creating music in his studio
- His brother is also a producer
- His cousin is the Irish boxer Tommy McCarthy
- Labrinth’s third solo studio album was originally scheduled for a release in October 2022
- The album’s title is Ends & Begins
- It is now expected to be released on 28 April 2023
- It was preceded by the singles “Lift Off”, “Kill for Your Love”, “Iridium”, and “Never Felt So Alone”
- Athough, following the album’s delay, “Lift Off” and “Iridium” were removed from the tracklist
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