Their 2nd album, “Love Is A Beautiful Thing” on Spectra Music label is already gaining nationwide radio play after debuting at #3 on Billboards Hot Singles Sales chart with the title track Love Is A Beautiful Thing and following it up second single “beautiful” also charting on Billboard at #12. They received an International Reggae & World Music Award nomination for the first album “The Road Less Traveled” as well as “WINNER” of Best International Artists at Joe Higgs Reggae Awards. 

In 2021, Leon & The Peoples joined LL Cool J, Usher, Alicia Keys, as main stage acts on Tom Joyner’s Star-Studded Fantastic Voyage Cruise. In 2022, they co-headlined the “For The Children” with the legendary Reggae band Third World at SONY Hall in New York’s Times Square. Headlined Virginia’s Jazz On The Bluff, St. Albans Jazz and R&B Festival Head-lined 2016 & 2017 AIDS WALK NY Concerts in Central Park, International Festival of Life (Chicago). New Orleans Music Fest, Aspen Jazz Fest, Catalpa NYC Music Festival, the world famous Apollo Theater, The Peoples Festival (DE), Reggae On The River (CA), New York’s SONY Hall and many more. Completed a 38 city “sold out” tour w/ Reggae great Beres Hammond. Leon & Peoples song “Life Is A Funny Game” is the closing credits song in 20th Century Fox movie “Cover” They have two songs on the romantic comedy “I Really Hate My Ex” and the drama, “Where Children Play.”. Leon & The Peoples recently headlined the Change Fest for Social Justice in Chicago. 

As an actor, Leon has starred in over 35 movies and was voted as one of the Sexiest Actors of all time by AOL. Received NAACP “Best Actor” nominations portraying the late great David Ruffin in the NBC hit movie “The Temptations” and as Little Richard in the authorized bio pic “Little Richard.” He also starred in the #1 African American film in the last 25 years voted by AOL, “The Five Heartbeats”. Other notable movies include, the lead role in the international Disney blockbuster Cool Runnings, Above The Rim, Waiting to Exhale, HBO’s
OZ and currently be seen on, Showtime series City On A Hill and The CHI as well as the Emmy winning Amazon series SWARM. Starred opposite Bruce Willis & Frank Grillo in the action film “A Day To Die” with more to come!