Lege Kale
Lege Kale Performing in 2018
Lege Kale Performing in 2018
Background information
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Record producer
  • songwriter
  • vocalist
Years active2014–present
Websitelegekale.com

Lege Kale (pronounced /lej kale/) is an American record producer, songwriter and vocalist. In 2016 he gained critical acclaim as one of the producers of Kyle's single iSpy featuring Lil Yachty.[1] His joint EP, "Tidal Graves" with frequent collaborator Khary released on July 28, 2017.[2] In 2018, He worked with rising pop artist mastermind Still Woozy to create his new hit song "Habit", which quickly amassed over 49 million streams on Spotify alone.[3]

Career

Lege first gained prominence in January 2014, while in his second semester of college at Ohio University. Recording and producing songs out of his college dorm room, he gained attention from other up incomers on SoundCloud including Oshi, Madbliss, Masego, Brasstracks & Medasin after releasing remixes and flips of popular songs. He gained the attention of industry level artist Roy Wood$, who commissioned him to do an official remix for his song "All Of You". Lege released his first project "The Colours Ep", which gained him recognition from Soulection, who used his music to launch their first show on Beats 1 Radio.[4]

In 2016, Lege joined the art label As We Arrive. He produced American rapper Khary's first hit song "Find Me", which saw an equally successful remix release featuring Sylvan Lacue via The Fader,[5] and an addition to the official soundtrack for NBA Live 2018.[6] In 2016, he released a series of original works which he collectively dubbed the "2016 Singles Series" which gained him support from fans and the Huffington Post.[7] In September 2016, he released an official remix for Amine's song "Caroline".[8] In December 2016, he co-produced Kyle's song iSpy, which rose to Number 4 on the billboard charts,[9] and is certified at six times platinum by the RIAA.[10]

Discography

Extended plays

  • The Colours EP (2015)[11]
  • Tidal Graves EP (2017)

Official remixes

  • Roy Woods - All Of You (Lege Kale Remix) (2015)[12]
  • Khary - Ambidextrous (Lege Kale Remix) (2015)[13]
  • Yeek - The Drums (Lege Kale Remix) (2016)[14]
  • Amine - Caroline (Lege Kale Remix) (2016)[8]
  • Smino - Ballet (Lege Kale Flip) (2016)[15]

Production discography

2016

Khary - Intern Aquarium

  • 16. Find Me
  • Find Me (Remix) Feat. Sylvan Lacue

2017

Singles

Khary & Lege Kale - Tidal Graves Ep

  • 2. Stronger
  • 3. Too Fast[2]
  • 4. Fujiko
  • 5. Control Pt. 1
  • 6. Control Pt. 2
  • 7. Desperado

Caleborate - Real Person Lp

2018

Singles

  • Still Woozy - Habit

2019

Singles

  • Caleborate - Away From

References

  1. 1 2 KYLE (Ft. Lil Yachty) – iSpy, retrieved August 27, 2017
  2. 1 2 "PREMIERE: Khary and Lege Kale Go "Too Fast" in New Video". Mass Appeal. July 21, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
  3. ↑ Habit, retrieved February 8, 2020
  4. ↑ Soulection Radio Show #215 (Beats 1 Launch), retrieved August 28, 2017
  5. ↑ "Khary And Sylvan LaCue Link Up On The "Find Me" Remix". The FADER. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Hit the paint with the NBA LIVE 18 Soundtrack". EA SPORTS. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  7. ↑ Golden, Hannah (September 16, 2016). "5 electronic producers to listen to this fall". Huffington Post. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  8. 1 2 Glynn, Patrick. "Aminé – "Caroline (Lege Kale Remix)"". 2DOPEBOYZ. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Kyle's "iSpy" With Lil Yachty Breaks Into Billboard Top 10 - XXL". XXL Mag. March 21, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Gold & Platinum - RIAA". RIAA. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  11. ↑ Rubinstein, Peter (May 27, 2015). "Lege Kale - The Colours EP". Your EDM. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  12. ↑ "All Of You (Lege Kale Remix)". Hype Machine. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Khary – Ambidextrous (Lege Kale Remix) [TMN PREMIERE] | The Music Ninja". www.themusicninja.com. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Yeek - The Drums (Lege Kale Remix) | Run The Trap". Run The Trap: The Best EDM, Hip Hop & Trap Music. February 17, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Ballet (Lege Kale Flip)". www.soundcloud.com. SoundCloud. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
  16. ↑ "New Leak: Caleborate – "Soul" [PREMIERE]". losangelesleakers.com. August 23, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Caleborate Bares His 'Soul' for New Song - XXL". XXL Mag. August 25, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  18. ↑ "Caleborate - Soul (Prod. Lege Kale) - The latest Bay Area rap and hip-hop music - Thizzler On The Roof". Thizzler On The Roof. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  19. ↑ "Daily Chiefers | Caleborate – Soul". dailychiefers.com. August 24, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  20. ↑ "Genius, Caleborate - Fine". Genius.
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