Leon and The Peoples

Leon And The Peoples

Leon & The Peoples is a ‘reggae-soul’ band. Lead vocals by actor and singer/songwriter Leon. They have performed live across the nation.

Leon, actor and singer/songwriter, starred in the Disney film “Cool Runnings.” Leon has also appeared on television with a re-occurring role on NBC’s “Crossing Jordan,” also on the HBO series “Oz”. Leon’s passion for music was first seen with fans as he portrayed singer David Ruffin in the award winning “The Temptations Mini-Series” and in both “The Little Richard Story” and “The Five Heartbeats”. Leon made his singing debut playing a reggae singer in “The Price of Kissing” in which he sang a reggae rendition of “Daddy’s Home”. In 2008, Leon & The Peoples song, "Life Is A Funny Game" is featured as the closing credit song on the 20th Century Fox movie "Cover" directed by Bill Duke.

Leon & The Peoples has been on BET’s “106 and Park” and have headlined the concert in Central Park celebrating the NYC AIDS WALK (2003–2009). Leon & The Peoples performed at NYC Summer Stage and The International Music and Arts Festival in New Orleans, LA. and other Reggae festivals from coast to coast. In 2007 was billed alongside reggae greats, Beres Hammond and Marcia Griffiths for the "For The Love of It Tour", playing many sold out dates including House of Blues in LA, San Diego and Atlantic City as well as the Roxy - Boston, BB Kings - NYC & Hard Rock Live in Orlando to name a few. When asked why he dubbed his music "Reggae-Soul" he stated “My music has soul influences, so just saying my music is straight up reggae wouldn’t be accurate,” Leon offers. “It’s basically music for everyone. One good thing with us is that people say it’s hard not to like the album because it doesn’t pinpoint any demographic, its just good music.” Leon doesn't have any direct Caribbean roots. When asked how he got into reggae music he expressed that it is Reggae music that got into him. As a young boy at the age of 11, he heard Bob Marley's “Natty Dread” coming out of a friends window and Leon was hooked. He travels back and forth to Jamaica as an actor so it has become an adopted homeland. Even before he formed Leon & The Peoples, he was involved in reggae music for years, hosting almost every Reggae show imaginable, having friends in the Jamaican music industry, and portraying Jamaicans in some of his movie roles such as Derice Bannock in Cool Runnings . And taking an active role in issues affecting Jamaica. Leon has worked extensively with Upliftment Jamaica, which is a social service organization aimed at providing recreation, education, and health services for St. Thomas.

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