Leven Kali

Singer, songwriter, producer and musician Leven Kali makes upbeat music informed by funk, hip-hop and R&B. He’s collaborated with the likes of R&B singer Snoh Aalegra and rapper Playboi Carti. • Kali was born in the Netherlands to musician parents and raised in Santa Monica, California, where he drummed in jazz bands and played competitive golf. • Starting in late 2015, Leven Kali began posting songs online. Noteworthy tracks like “Joy” and “Smile” followed, showcasing an artist influenced by funk and electro-pop. • He co-wrote and co-produced singer Sno Aalegra’s 2017 song “Time”, which Drake sampled for 2017’s “Do Not Disturb”. Also in 2017, Kali guested on Playboi Carti’s “Flex”. • In 2017, Kali signed with Interscope Records. In 2019, after a series of singles and two-packs, he dropped his debut album, Leven Kali: Low Tide. The streaming hit “Do U Wrong” features Syd. • Leven’s mother, Vida Simon, sings background on 2016’s “Mine” and 2019’s “Joy”, and she co-wrote “Vida’s Song (Stillness)”, off Kali’s 2020 album HIGHTIDE. Leven’s father, Jerry “Wyzard” Seay, bassist for the Atlanta funk-rock band Mother’s Finest, plays on the HIGHTIDE track “MADE 4 U”. • Leven often gets guitar help from “Uncle Ricky,” aka Ricardo Rouse, a musician that Dr. Dre used throughout his Death Row Records heyday.