Le1f's video for "Wut" The song and its video, coupled with a few fiery comments about homophobia in mainstream rap, went viral, and he quickly became a minor iconoclast, a talented artist with a ...

NYC queer rapper/producer Le1f made his network television debut on the Late Show last night, inspiring what will hopefully become the rap industry’s answer to its lack of LGBT visibility. Most ...

Delivering the tongue twisting verses of Le1f's "Wut" live would be challenge enough for any MC, but coupled with Le1f's original dancing, a performance turns into full on aerobics, Le1f leading the ...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... New York rapper LE1F threw a slow-burning party at Cervantes, supporting his November release of Riot Boi, his first full-length. Fans screamed when the ...

On Riot Boi, it works — against all odds. The uninitiated listener may not realize Le1f's latest record has deep sociopolitical import until their third or fourth listen. They'll hear the styles that ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. “I’m being really ratchet right now,” the up-and-coming rapper Le1f tells me over the ...

Earlier this month (5/7), Brooklyn venue Glasslands hosted a great multi-genre bill as part of the Red Bull Music Academy NYC residency with sets from rappers Mykki Blanco and Le1f, arty electronic ...

NYC rapper Le1f already has three great mixtapes out, Tree House, Fly Zone, and Dark York, and he’s now signed to Grizzly Bear member Chris Taylor’s Terrible Records (Solange, Kirin J Callinan), which ...

Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, Le1f has arrived. If you haven't heard his free mix tape Dark York, released earlier this year on Greedhead, you should really correct that. A collection of ...