Anthony Ryan Leslie (born September 25, 1978, in Washington, D.C.) is an American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, rapper, entrepreneur, and singer.
Ryan Leslie was born into a multi-cultural family. Leslie is the oldest son of mother Mooi Leslie who is of Caribbean Dutch, Chinese, and African descent, and father Clement Leslie who is from Barbados, raised in Trinidad.
At the age of 15, Leslie scored a 1600 on his SATs - a perfect score.[2] In 1993 he applied to four University of California campuses as well as Stanford, Yale and Harvard. In his application essays he explained his interest in matriculating from his junior year in high school without having earned a diploma. He was accepted to all except Yale. He ultimately decided to attend Harvard University.[3] At the age of 19, Leslie graduated from Harvard with a degree in Government, concentrating in Political Science and Macroeconomics [4]. During his commencement ceremonies, Ryan delivered the prestigious Harvard Oration.[5]
Leslie has stated in many interviews that Stevie Wonder is one of the biggest influences on his music. He attributes Michael Jackson, Prince, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Quincy Jones, The Beatles and D'Angelo as musical heroes as well.
He is definitely one of the greatest producers I have seen in the last 5 years. He has the voice, the flow, the vision and definitely the depth to back his mantra.
Ladies and Gentleman..... Ryan Leslie
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