Mr. Lee (rapper)

For the song "Mr. Lee", see Mr. Lee (song).

Mr. Lee
Birth nameLeroy Haggard Jr.
Born1968 (age 55–56)
OriginChicago, Illinois, United States
Genres
InstrumentTurntables
Years active1986–present

Mr. Lee (born Leroy Haggard Jr.[1] in 1968), sometimes credited as Lee Haggard or Mr. Lee & Kompany, is an American hip-house rapper, producer and DJ from Chicago, Illinois.[2] He is known in the Chicago house music scene as one of the pioneers who brought hip hop to the genre, which would later be coined as hip house.

Mr. Lee charted three times on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with "Get Busy" (#2, 1989), "Pump That Body" (#1, 1990) and "Get Off" (#32, 1992). His tracks "Pump Up London" (#64, 1988) and "Get Busy" (#41, 1989) featured in the UK Singles Chart.[3] Mr. Lee released two albums, Get Busy in 1990 and I Wanna Rock Right Now in 1992.

  1. ^ "Hey, Leroy!". Blues & Soul (515–525). Napfield Ltd. 1988. Retrieved 20 November 2010. However, Mr. Lee (real name Leroy Haggard Jnr.) hails from far more familiar territory, the good ol' US of A, ...
  2. ^ Colin Larkin (1994). The Guinness who's who of rap, dance & techno. Guinness Publishing. p. 277. ISBN 978-0-85112-788-0. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  3. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 371. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.