“808LEEK” is a young Surinamese producer originally from Curacao whose work has been widely listened to for several years. He is the man behind the two major productions of LilT60k’s “Smoke” and Popey’s “Grun”. He also has productions by this 19-year-old producer on G Mac’s album ‘R.N.O.D’. In addition, he also works internationally with names such as rappers such as Doosie B, Dior David, Popey.
808LEEK started making beats at the age of 16. At first simple beats with only drums, but later this evolved into full beats with melodies and drums. And not without success, because he produced for Prettyboyfredo, Laniyah Westt, Whit, Young Menace, Simba, among others.
808LEEK uses classical and film inspirations, which you can hear in its music, and especially recently. This sets it apart from others and it is recognizable by the instruments he uses in his melodies such as the deep piano bass hits to the overly emotional strings that are always in his songs.
He finds it important that the listener sees or feels an image of what he as a producer wants to convey in his productions. In addition to film music and classical music, rock and fantasy are also sources of inspiration for 808LEEK.