Leslee Lewis is 'fortunate' to sing for Hollywood film 'Trap City'

Indian singer-composer Leslee Lewis says he is happy to have sung a song for the new Hollywood film Trap City. Titled Entourage, the song is produced by hip-hop artiste The ATG, and is Lewis' collaboration with rapper Omar Gooding.

Feb 12, 2021, 12:14 am ISTMusicIANS

Musician-composer Leslee Lewis is excited to have a live concert with a new set of songs on his experimental genre, Global Hindi, at the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival on Sunday in Mumbai. Lewis says he missed the stage and cannot wait to perform live.

"As an Indian artiste, I feel fortunate and proud to lend my voice for a Hollywood song because it is a rare opportunity. In Hollywood films, there are hardly songs because in the West, the style of storytelling is different, and music in a film is all about background score. But the track 'Entourage' is a very unique collaboration in which Omar Gooding, a well-known rapper, has written the lyrics, and in the song he raps while I sing. It is my first Hollywood song and I am very happy," Lewis told IANS.

The ATG added: "When producing this record, I definitely aimed to create a celebratory club record, which is something we could use in these current times. While this track has a more mainstream sound than most of my work, I still wanted to maintain my usual high production value. Despite my initial goal of simply making a safe record, I actually found that I was naturally drawing upon multiple genres of music to create a rather eclectic dance tune."

The song released recently on various music streaming platforms. The film features Brandon T. Jackson, Clifton Powell, Keith Middlebrook and Tamil singer-actor GV Prakash Kumar, and tells the story of a struggling rapper who works for a drug kingpin, and records a song that goes viral hours before his arrest.