Zeke

“Making music is like painting a picture,” says the classically trained producer Cse7en, previously known as Zeke Lee. “And I plan to paint the walls with the music I make.” Cse7en’s roots are in Jamaica, where he was born before moving to Florida and then to Toronto. The collision of cultures shines through in his music as well as those he cites as influences. Cse7en grew up around choirs, but by way of his parents, was also introduced to classics like Luther Vandross, Miles Davis, Prince, Quincy Jones and Marvin Gaye. In the 90s and 2000s, Cse7en got ahold of the music selections and tuned into revered hip-hop producers like Timbaland, Just Blaze and Kanye West. Taking pieces from his family’s soul, gospel and reggae roots, his childhood exposure to classic R&B and his teenage affinity for hip hop, Cse7en has now carved out a unique sound based not in genre, but in authenticity. Cse7en is known by many professionals to be an early pioneer of the trap sound in the Toronto music scene, where it was rare and uncommon at the time in the Canadian music industry.