Ryan Leslie

Anthony Ryan Leslie is a producer/songwriter/engineer/CEO. Founder of the marketing and media compaany, Next Selection, Leslie is best known for his production work with NextSelection/Badboy/Atlantic recording artist Cassie and her single "Me & U."

Ryan Leslie grew up all over the western United States moving frequently as his parents were ministers in the Salvation Army. While attending public school in Stockton, California at age 14 he found out his parents were moving once again. Rather than having to attend a fifth school, he decided to finish his junior year and then enroll in college. Leslie attended Harvard University in the fall of 1994 at 15 years old and graduated at the age of 19 with a degree in Government and Economics. He now lives in Harlem, New York.

Leslie's production history spans several contemporary music genres, including Hip Hop, R&B, Dancehall, Pop, and gospel. Production credits include Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Cassie, JoJo, Nina Sky, Danity Kane, Diddy, Snoop Dogg, Donell Jones, Katharine McPhee, New Edition, One Chance, B5, Cheri Dennis, Latif, Megan Rochell and M. Pokora.

He is currently writing songs for singer/songwriter Usher.

Ryan Leslie signed a recording contract with Universal Records when he was an unknown artist looking for his big break. In 2005, he began recording his debut album entitled Just Right. He released two singles off the album, "The Way That U Move Girl" and "Used 2 Be" featuring rapper Fabolous but the songs did not chart. However, due to the singles performing poorly in the US, the album was shelved for the US market and released as a promo, and in Europe the album was released on November 1, 2005.

Leslie returned to the studio in 2007, to begin recording his sophomore album. He recorded the song "Diamond Girl" which will be released as his first mainstream single on May 2008. The video became available on April 16, 2008 on the Universal Music Group Youtube Channel. His self-titled debut album will be released in August 2008, the date has been shifted to create some buzz over his new single Addiction (featuring Cassie). In February 2008, G-Unit released the song "Bottom Girl" a remix of the original.In November 2007, he released a video for a song named "I-R-I-N-A". Whether the song will appear on the album cannot be confirmed.