Leki
Encyclopedia
Leki is the first female urban/R&B-pop star to rise out of Belgium. She is known for many hits including "Breakin' Out", "Spread my wings", "Over the Rainbow", and "Love me another day". She is also a TV presenter on VTM
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Leki started at the early age of twelve laying down vocals for Technotronic
. At the time, Leki's older sister Ya Kid K
was the voice behind Technotronic whose successes include the global mega hit "Pump Up the Jam
".
In October 2009 she released her fourth studio album "Leki & The Sweet Mints" (Universal Music).
Leki is also sensitive to humanitarian projects in Africa where she is the godmother of a young farmers development activity in Uganda.
Lately Leki decided to accomplish one of her father's dream: the building of a hospital in his natal village of Malambu in Congo.
Via Nanda
, the non-profit-making organization she has founded, and under the name "Bouwen aan leven" ("building life")several initiatives -such as the single "Pecuiar places"- will be taken in 2010 to help raise funds, hoping that the hospital will be operational towards the end of 2011.
VTM
The abbreviation VTM may refer to::* Vampire: The Masquerade, a popular role-playing game* Virginia Tech massacre* vtm, the main commercial television station in Flanders, Belgium...
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Leki started at the early age of twelve laying down vocals for Technotronic
Technotronic
Technotronic is a Belgian studio-based music project formed in 1988 by Jo Bogaert , who had already made his musical mark in the beginning of the 1980s as a part of a cover band and as a solo artist under various New Beat projects, including The Acts of Madmen and Nux Nemo...
. At the time, Leki's older sister Ya Kid K
Ya Kid K
Ya Kid K. is a Congolese-Belgian hip hop artist. Her sister, Karoline 'Leki' Kamosi, is an R&B singer.-Biography:...
was the voice behind Technotronic whose successes include the global mega hit "Pump Up the Jam
Pump Up the Jam
"Pump Up the Jam" is the opening track on Technotronic's album Pump Up the Jam: The Album. The song was a worldwide hit, reaching number two in the United Kingdom in 1989. The song was also a landmark release for the Belgian EBM – and New Beat – influenced house music. It was able to tackle the...
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In October 2009 she released her fourth studio album "Leki & The Sweet Mints" (Universal Music).
Leki is also sensitive to humanitarian projects in Africa where she is the godmother of a young farmers development activity in Uganda.
Lately Leki decided to accomplish one of her father's dream: the building of a hospital in his natal village of Malambu in Congo.
Via Nanda
Nanda
Nanda is a surname of Punjabis . Nanda is a Tarkhan , Ahluwalia and Kamboj surname. All the clans of Tarkhan , Lohar, Gujjar, Kamboj, Ahluwalia tribes have a close genetic and ancestral relationship with each other, and together they form the Khatri/Rajput caste.-Among Kamboj people:*Nanda is a...
, the non-profit-making organization she has founded, and under the name "Bouwen aan leven" ("building life")several initiatives -such as the single "Pecuiar places"- will be taken in 2010 to help raise funds, hoping that the hospital will be operational towards the end of 2011.
Albums
- 2004 Breakin Out
- 2005 Warrior Girl
- 2008 Multiplicity
- 2009 Leki & The Sweet Mints
Singles
| Release | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | "Breakin Out" | Breakin Out |
| 2004 | "Crazy" | Breakin Out |
| 2004 | "Latin Lover" | Breakin Out |
| 2005 | "Warrior Girl" | Warrior Girl |
| 2005 | "Spread My Wings" | Warrior Girl |
| 2005 | "Trouble" | Warrior Girl |
| 2006 | "Sitting In My Car" | Warrior Girl |
| 2008 | "Over the Rainbow" | Multiplicity |
| 2008 | "Baby" feat. Nile Rodgers | Multiplicity |
| 2009 | "Love Me Another Day" | LEKI & The Sweet Mints |
| 2009 | "Elvis Elvis (song) "Elvis" is a song recorded by Belgian R&B group Leki & The Sweet Mints for their album of the same name . It was written by Deborah "SoShy" Epstein, Laurent Pronseur and Walter Turbitt and produced by King Of Sweden.-Tracklisting:Belgian CD-Single... " |
LEKI & The Sweet Mints |
| 2009 | "Obsessive" | LEKI & The Sweet Mints |
| 2010 | "Peculiar Places" | LEKI |
Appears on
| Release | Artist | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Paul Michiels | Daydream | Forever Young |
| 2003 | Brahim | How you like it | Music is my life |
| 2005 | De Kieppensoep All stars | Kieppensoep voor iedereen | Kieppensoep voor iedereen |
| 2005 | Raw Jazz | Throw'm up | Throw'm up |
| 2006 | Ali Tcheelab | One Love | One love |
| 2006 | Branded X | Let me drive you | Let me drive you |
| 2006 | Alien Bitesize | www.Hitthemoneyandrun.com | Alien Bitesize |
| 2007 | Felix Da Housecat | Tweak! | Virgo Blaktro and The Movie Disco |
| 2008 | Akro | Coupe le verbe en deux | Akro au crunk |
| 2009 | Monkey Driven | 2015 Theme song | 2015 Theme song |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | "Breakin'out" | Best Urban National TMF Awards TMF Awards The TMF Awards are an annual television awards show broadcast live on TMF .The first Dutch TMF Awards were held in 1995, as a brand extension to the recently launched local Dutch music channel TMF. The show was very small and held in the company cafeteria... |
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| 2004 | "Breakin'out" | Most Promising National Artist TMF Awards TMF Awards The TMF Awards are an annual television awards show broadcast live on TMF .The first Dutch TMF Awards were held in 1995, as a brand extension to the recently launched local Dutch music channel TMF. The show was very small and held in the company cafeteria... |
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| 2006 | "Trouble" | Best Urban National TMF Awards TMF Awards The TMF Awards are an annual television awards show broadcast live on TMF .The first Dutch TMF Awards were held in 1995, as a brand extension to the recently launched local Dutch music channel TMF. The show was very small and held in the company cafeteria... |
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| 2008 | "Baby with Nile Rodgers Nile Rodgers Nile Gregory Rodgers is an American musician, producer, composer, arranger, and guitarist.-Biography:... " |
Best Urban National TMF Awards TMF Awards The TMF Awards are an annual television awards show broadcast live on TMF .The first Dutch TMF Awards were held in 1995, as a brand extension to the recently launched local Dutch music channel TMF. The show was very small and held in the company cafeteria... |
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| 2008 | "Multiplicity" | Best Live Performance La Nuit Du Hip Hop | |
| 2009 | "Elvis" | Best Urban National TMF Awards TMF Awards The TMF Awards are an annual television awards show broadcast live on TMF .The first Dutch TMF Awards were held in 1995, as a brand extension to the recently launched local Dutch music channel TMF. The show was very small and held in the company cafeteria... |
External links
- www.lekimusic.com Leki's official website, including a full biography and discography.
- Last FM profile of Leki
- Leki profile on Facebook on FacebookFacebookFacebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
. - Leki profile on YouTube on YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
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