Labrinth Trivia | 45 facts about the singer

Labrinth is the stage name of Timothy Lee McKenzie, a British singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer.

Let’s find out some more trivia and facts about him.

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