Wes James, better known by his

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Le Youth, is an American electronic musician, DJ, and producer. He is known for combining R&B with 90's

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and he had a monthly radio show called Le Youth's Friday Night House Party on

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. James was raised in

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and currently resides in

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Music career

2013-present: Breakthrough

Le Youth gained attention on the internet when his track " Cool" featuring a sample from

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's Me & U rapidly received over 200,000 plays on

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in a short period of time. The single was picked up by

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and the Cool EP was released on July 2, 2013. The music video for the song was directed by Renata Raksha and was released on April 9, 2013. On July 22, 2013 "Cool" was selected as the Record of the Week on

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Discography

Singles

References

Footnotes

*A "Cool" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 10 on the Flemish

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chart, the top-100 songs which haven't made the Ultratop 50.. *B "Dance With Me" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 42 on the Flemish

chart, the top-100 songs which haven't made the Ultratop 50..

Sources

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Youth, Le American electronic musicians Living people 1985 births