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American rapper From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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, Post Malone, Usher, Rita Ora, Fergie, Prince Royce, Kendrick Lamar, J.Lo, and Melissa Etheridge.[1][2][3]
He wrote and produced a number of tracks on Chris Brown's album X, which was nominated for Best Urban Contemporary Album Grammy Award in 2014.[4] The Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack, which featured Youngblood's song "Rude", was also nominated for a Grammy for best soundtrack in December 2015.[5]
Youngblood is signed to Atlantic Records as an artist. The music video for his own debut single, "Confidence", premiered on Billboard in 2014.[6]
Roccstar was a cast member on Vh1’s ‘Love and Hip Hop: Hollywood’ and currently a guest star on Vh1’s ‘Basketball Wives’ series. In total, Roccstar has 9 Grammy nominations.[7][8]
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Youngblood took Visual and Performing Arts programs at Hollywood High School.[citation needed]
In 2013, Youngblood began working with Chris Brown, producing and writing alongside Diplo 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.[9] His debut EP was set for release in 2015.[citation needed]
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