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Brendon Francis (born October 31st 1981 in St. Lucia), known by his stage name Branden Lei, is a songwriter, rapper, record producer and DJ who also dabbles in video editing and design. He grew up in New York raised by his mother in Queens and at the age of 20 left America and eventually started staying with his father in England.

Branden started dabbling with music in America but refined his musical vision whilst in England. A fan of various types of music (he has stated some of his favourite songs come from artists such as The Smashing Pumpkins, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Portishead, and Sarah McLachlan) his main musical interests lie in Hip Hop. He lists some of his hip hop influences as Kanye West, 2pac, Notorious BIG, Andre 3000, Drake and the Wu Tang Clan.

Currently Branden is working with the GMQex network as per his musical career and has recently released The Branden Lei EP (2012) as part of his Ba$$ Gang Mob project.