Leon Thomas returning to North Carolina this fall with stops in Charlotte and Raleigh in November

By CLTure

June 9, 2025

R&B singer-songwriter Leon Thomas, greatest recognized for his 2024 breakout hit “Mutt,” will return to North Carolina this fall with two stops — Charlotte on November 14 (The Fillmore) and Raleigh on November 15 (The Ritz).

The previous Nickelodeon star and Broadway actor — who portrayed musical prodigy Andre Harris on Victorious from 2010 to 2013 — additionally appeared within the musicals The Lion King and The Coloration Purple earlier than launching his music profession.

As a part of the manufacturing duo The Rascals, Thomas co-wrote and co-produced tracks for Ariana Grande, Rick Ross, Drake, Babyface, and Toni Braxton starting in 2010. His credit embrace contributions to Grande’s Positions, Drake’s Licensed Lover Boy, Put up Malone’s Stoney, and the 2024 Kanye West/Ty Dolla $ign collaboration Vultures. In 2024, he additionally received his first Grammy Award for Finest R&B Music for co-writing SZA’s hit single “Snooze.”

Thomas launched his debut EP, Genesis, in 2018 and signed with Ty Dolla $ign’s EZMNY Data, in partnership with Motown, in 2022. His long-awaited debut studio album, Electrical Nightfall, was launched the next 12 months, but it surely was his sophomore album, Mutt — and its title monitor — that earned him his first No. 1 on the R&B charts. In Might, he launched a deluxe version of Mutt titled Heel, that includes Masego, Kehlani, Halle, Freddie Gibbs, Wale, and Massive Sean.