Sean Leon

Matthew Sean Leon (born January 30, 1991) is a Canadian rapper, singer, and record producer from Toronto, Ontario. He is the founder of the IXXI Initiative, formed in 2012 in Toronto. The collective helped foster the career of Daniel Caesar in tandem with producer's Jordan Evans & Matthew Burnett.[3] [4] [5]

Sean Leon
Leon in 2015
Background information
Birth name	Matthew Sean Leon
Also known as	Maui Slim[1]
Born	(1991-01-30) January 30, 1991 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Canadian hip hop, punk rock[2]
Occupation(s)	Rapper singer songwriter record producer
Years active	2013–present
Labels	IXXI Initiative
Associated acts	Jordan Evans Daniel Caesar River Tiber WondaGurl
Website	seanleon.co

In July 2013, Sean released his debut mixtape Ninelevenne, the Tragedy followed by his second project Narcissus, the Drowning of Ego on January 22, 2014.[6][7][8] Both projects featured production by Jordan Evans.[9] Shortly after the release of Narcissus, Sean began the year-long roll out of the compilation King Of The Wild Things. followed with I Think You've Gone Mad (Or the Sins of the Father) in 2017. On November 29, 2017, Sean released an audio-film entitled "C.C.W.M.T.T". 2018 had the release of the album Sean Leon (The Death Of) and in 2021 God's Algorithm which had a non-traditional album release, with no streaming service involved, and only available for purchase on a beta landing page where users interacted through visuals, audio files, NFTs, and apparel.

Following his appearance on Daniel Caesar's Pilgrim's Paradise EP, in April 2016, Sean released the self-produced "Matthew in the Middle" featuring Caesar with production from Jovi, Jordan Evans and Jack Rochon, it was featured on the soundtrack for HBO's Insecure. Leon & Caesar's collaborations continued on the GRAMMY-nominated album Freudian & the following release Case Study 01. Sean also has released several WondaGurl-produced songs as well as working with fellow Toronto artists like River Tiber and Jazz Cartier. [10] [11]

In 2019 Leon had a demo entitled The Glade under his own artist project, fellow collaborator River Tiber recommended sharing the demo with Kanye West at one of his Sunday Service's while working on Daniel Caesar's Case Study 01 in Los Angeles. This lead to Sean writing parts of "Selah", "Jesus Is Lord", the chorus on "Use This Gospel" and contributing to the track sequencing for Kanye West's 9th studio album "Jesus Is King". In 2021 Leon co-wrote "Up From the Ashes" on the deluxe edition release of Kanye’s following album Donda, he also was credited on Justin Bieber's Peaches. Leon has also been a guest writer for the TV series Utopia Falls.[12]