(1989-04-06) April 6, 1989 (age 35) New York City, U.S.
Genres
Hip hop
avant-garde rap
electronic
Occupation(s)
Rapper
producer
Years active
2008–present
Labels
Camp & Street
Greedhead
Terrible
XL
Website
le1f.com
Musical artist
Khalif Libasse Diouf, known by the stage name Kalifa (born April 6, 1989), formerly known by the stage name Le1f (/liːf/),[2] is an American rapper and producer. Diouf also founded the record label Camp & Street, with Boody, DonChristian, and Chaz Requina. Diouf garnered attention for unique musical and performance styles, as well as his role as an openly gay rapper.[3][4][5][6] Following a series of well-received mixtapes and EPs, Diouf's debut studio album, Riot Boi, was released in November 2015.
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^Nichols, James Michael (August 29, 2013). "Le1f, Gay Rapper, Blasts Macklemore For 'Same Love' Success". The Huffington Post.
^Natalie Hope McDonald (July 24, 2012). "America's Next Top Gay Rapper?". Philadelphia. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
^Rich Juzwiak (July 23, 2012). "Rapper Le1f Is Very Good and Very Gay". Gawker. Archived from the original on July 25, 2012. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
^Ian S. Port (July 24, 2012). "The Unflinching, Bold (and Gay) Rapper Le1f Asks "Wut"". Artinfo. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
stage name Kalifa (born April 6, 1989), formerly known by the stage name Le1f (/liːf/), is an American rapper and producer. Diouf also founded the record...
2001 Sahim Omar Kalifa (born 1980), Belgian-Kurdish filmmaker Stage name Le1f, American rapper also known as Kalifa Kalifa (One Piece), character in the...
Pixies Tribute, a Pixies tribute album, 2003 Hey (EP) or the title song, by Le1f, 2014 Hey!, by Dzeko & Torres, 2012 Hey!, by the Regrettes, 2015 "Hey" (Andreas...
features production from Harry Fraud, Keyboard Kid, Crookers, Beautiful Lou, Le1f, and Lushlife. Guests on Wild Water Kingdom include Childish Gambino and...
Leray, Lady Leshurr, Stefflon Don, Flo Milli, Krept and Konan, Rye Rye, Le1f, Qveen Herby and Erica Banks Elliott has won four Grammy Awards, eight MTV...
New York rapper Le1f became the first openly-gay rapper to appear on The Late Show with David Letterman. During the performance, Le1f rapped "Wut," a...
(2020) "Arugula" (2020) Dai Burger – "Titty Attack" from Raw Burger (2011) Le1f – "Oils" from Tree House (2013) Rome Fortune – "Payin' for It" from Drive...
Everyone Is a Fucking Liar, with a range of producers including Boys Noize, Le1f, XXXChange, and Squeak E. Clean. Juwan grew up in West Baltimore in a row...
of finding as many queer artists as [they] could", citing Mykki Blanco, Le1f, and Kilo Kish among the artists during this period who "saved [their] life"...
chart positions Album BEL (FL) Tip JPN Hot Over. "OICU" (with P. Morris and Le1f) 2014 — — Non-album single "A Message" 2015 — — Hallucinogen "Rewind" 33...
Burmese actress wut, Internet slang for "what" "Wut", song by American rapper Le1f Wut Wut, a 2018 album by Dillon Francis Wat (disambiguation) Watt (disambiguation)...
wave of queer hip hop artists such as Zebra Katz, House of Ladosha, and Le1f. Most of the New York-based houses of the time appeared in the 1990 documentary...
Bone Laza Morgan Lazarus Lazee Lazerbeak Lazza Lbenj LD LE Le'Veon Bell Le1f Leck Lecrae Lee Je-no Lee Jin-hyuk Lee Min-hyuk Lee on the Beats Lee Scott...
Dark York is the first mixtape by American rapper and producer Le1f. It was released on Greedhead Music and Camp & Street on April 9, 2012. Alex Macpherson...
featured artists like Charli XCX, Brooke Candy, AME from Duke Dumonts #1 smash, Le1f, Ssion, and 2 Bears' Rolf.[citation needed] In June 2015, Tee moved to Berlin...
Album "The Feeling" 2015 Justin Bieber Purpose "Free Love" 2016 Vic Mensa, Le1f, Lil B, Malik Yusef Non-album song "Damage" 2017 PartyNextDoor Seven Days...
collaborated with Das Racist, Hot Sugar, and Kitty. He has also toured with Le1f and Antwon. Lakutis was born Aleksey Weintraub to Russian parents. He is...
554,000 copies sold (all versions combined). In August 2013, the rapper Le1f publicly criticized Macklemore's song on Twitter, claiming that "Thrift Shop"...