Jonatan Leandoer Håstad, as Yung Lean is a rapper and songwriter from Sweden. Yung Lean made his debut in 2009 through Unknown Death 2002, and when his Ginseng Strip 2002 got viral, then people have seen his existence in the music industry. Now Yung Lean Has an estimated net worth of $3 million.
Though he is a rapper, the maximum of his income comes from music.
XXL, a hip-hop publication from America, published a rappers list including Yung Lean in 2014 and titled ’15 European rappers you should know’.
Yung Lean obtained ‘Bram Stoker Medal of Cultural Achievement’ from Trinity College Dublin.
Yung Lean: At a Glance
Name | Jonatan Leandoer Håstad |
Date of Birth | July 18, 1996 |
Birthplace | Stockholm, Sweden |
Occupation | Songwriter, rapper, song producer. |
Religion | Unknown |
Height | 5′ 8″ |
Marital status | Unmarried |
Spouse name | N/A |
Children | N/A |
Net Worth | $3 million |
Nationality | Swedish |
Personal Life
Yung Lean is a Swedish, as he was born in Stockholm on 18 July 1996, his father was a writer, and his mother was a social worker.
When he was recording ‘Warlord,’ he became a drug addict, and due to overdose, he got hospitalised.
Career
Gud and Yung Lean became friends in 2012 and found out they have the same taste in music. Then with some other boys, they started writing and producing songs, and they established a group named Sad Boys. Sad Boys made its debut in Gothenburg in 2013.
Their song Ginseng Strip 2002 became viral on youtube. As a result, they went prominent. Consecutively, they released Lavender. It ranked 44 out of 50 in Consequence of Sound in 2013.
Unknown Memory Lean’s first full-length album revealed in 2014, following that warlord is Lean’s 2nd full-length album released in 2016, with singles, Hoover, AF1s.
In 2016 on 25 November, he published his surprise track, Hennessy & Sailor Moon. Subsequently, the next month Frost God got released, that was a mixtape.
Stranger, Yung Lean’s third album containing singles, Skimask, Red Bottom Sky, Hunting My Own Skin, was published in 2017.
Lean announced to upload his single Boylife in EU in February 2020, due to World pandemic COVID-19, they couldn’t update on time. They released a trailer of 44 seconds.
Yung Lean expressed as a writer also working on a few movies and series as a scriptwriter.
Awards and Achievements
Jonatan Leandoer Håstad, as a rapper he has a ‘Grammis Award for Hip Hop of the Year’ on his name for his performance.
Quotes
“You can’t really run from your roots.”
“If it was 79s’ i would be a punk artist. I was born into hip-hop.”
” Lean is like water: he’s always changing due to the temperature, how he is feeling.”
FAQs
No, Yung Lean was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He is Swedish.
Independent record level YEAR0001, his group Sad Boys Entertainment, SKY Team, Mishka NYC from New York.
Yung Lean has a net worth of $3 million.