Leon "Roccstar" Youngblood Jr. is an American music producer, songwriter, recording artist and rapper. Youngblood has written and produced songs for artists such as

Chris Brown Christopher Maurice Brown (born May 5, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. According to '' Billboard'', Brown is one of the most successful R&B singers of his generation, having often been referred to by many contempo ...

, Post Malone,

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, Rita Ora, Fergie, Prince Royce, Kendrick Lamar, J.Lo, and Melissa Etheridge. He wrote and produced a number of tracks on Chris Brown's album '' X'', which was nominated for

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Grammy Award in 2014. The ''Fifty Shades of Grey'' soundtrack, which featured Youngblood's song "Rude", was also nominated for a Grammy for best soundtrack in December 2015. Youngblood is signed to

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as an artist. The music video for his own debut single, "Confidence", premiered on ''

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'' in 2014. Roccstar was a cast member on Vh1’s ‘Love and Hip Hop: Hollywood’ and currently a guest star on Vh1’s ‘Basketball Wives’ series.

Career

Youngblood took Visual and Performing Arts programs at

Hollywood High School Hollywood High School is a four-year public secondary school in the Los Angeles Unified School District, located at the intersection of North Highland Avenue and West Sunset Boulevard in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California. Histo ...

Leon Derrick Youngblood SR Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again fro ...

Roccstar's father introduced him to Chris Lighty who became Roccstar's manager and helped him get a contract with

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. Leon Derrick Youngblood SR got Roccstar signed with

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in 2012. (November 2015) In 2013, Youngblood began working with

, producing and writing alongside

Diplo Thomas Wesley Pentz (born November 10, 1978), known professionally as Diplo, is an American DJ and music producer. He is the co-creator and lead member of the electronic dancehall music project Major Lazer, a member of the supergroup LSD with ...

and Timbaland and landing six songs on Brown's album '' X'', including the lead single, " Fine China". Youngblood wrote multiple tracks for J.Lo's album in 2014, and is currently working with a number of other prominent artists. He formed his own company, called RoccAge Entertainment. His debut EP is set for release in 2015.

Selected discography

References

External links

TwitterPrimary Wave artist page
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