Who Is The Weeknd?
By Insanul Ahmed | Apr 7, 2011 | 12:17 pm | Permalink
All photos taken from Weeknd's offical Facebook fanpage.
For the past few weeks, everyone has been buzzing about The Weeknd and his mixtape House of Balloons (download here). If you've never heard of Weeknd—or have grown tired of reading endless tweets and Facebook statuses about how amazing House of Balloons is, but haven’t actually heard it, you need not worry. Just like how we gave you the scoop on Skylar Grey, Complex has dug around and put together Who Is The Weeknd? So click ahead to find out everything you need to know about the (possible) new face of R&B music.
Written by Insanul Ahmed (@Incilin)
naijaruns April 7th, 2011 at 01:03 PM
Habesha
Sound Verite' April 7th, 2011 at 01:33 PM
Producer Martin "Doc" McKinney has produced esthero/RES/Muja Messiah/Sting /Alice Smith /The Weeknd.....countless others. Do the math.
B-Boy Rock-Star April 7th, 2011 at 02:25 PM
I've gotta admit... Thiz boy iz DOPE... !!!
Lott April 7th, 2011 at 02:43 PM
Great article! The Weeknd's marketing plan is ingenious and the music isn't bad either. Like you said, he won't go unsigned for long. Yet, what will that do to his music/persona? It'll be interesting to see.
Tyler April 7th, 2011 at 04:17 PM
I guess everyone deserves their 15 minutes of fame. Tell me when this idiot is dead.
E April 7th, 2011 at 10:18 PM
go listen to Chris Brown you fool.
patrick April 27th, 2011 at 05:40 PM
yeah you are really stupid...how did you even come across this article... noone in the music industry or anywhere in the world is making music like this kid... dont just lie and pretend you dont think he has a major talent
dena April 7th, 2011 at 04:18 PM
this is hard, thanks for the article, never heard of this dude before today
Laura April 7th, 2011 at 07:28 PM
Lisa Wessman is not part of xo crew, she is just a fan. Might want to correct that.
lovely April 11th, 2011 at 02:22 PM
yall really need to check out toxsiic at www.myspace.com/toxsiic there blowing up in east texas
That.Nigg4 April 11th, 2011 at 08:44 PM
This fuckin guy is an idiot in person. I met this guy and he completely ignored and tried wildin out on me. Fuck this faggot. I use to have love for these dudes, but now they could eat a dick.
FOLLOWERS April 14th, 2011 at 09:27 AM
its true these guys are major douchebags. they dont give a F*** about their fans. but hey when you make music like this you can do whatever you want i guess...