Yung Lean

The secret of success in music is learning to choose the right genre. If you are able to identify where your gifting lies, you will go far than you have ever expected. It is all about knowing and understanding yourself. For Yung Lean who is also known as JonatanLeandoer96 as well as JonatanLeandoer127 realized that he was in love with hip hop.

Today, he is a well-known Swedish rapper, songwriter, singer, and record producer. He rose into fame in 2013 after he released the song “Ginseng Strip 2002”. The song went viral on YouTube and this became the beginning of his success in the music industry.

Well, how well do you know about Yung Lean? If not much, we have compiled all you need to know about Yung Lean’s net worth in 2021, his age, height, weight, wife, kids, biography and complete details about his life. Well, if you’re all set, here is what we know about Yung Lean to date.

Biography and Early Life

On 18^th July 1996, a baby boy was born in Minsk, Belarus to Elsa Hastad and Kristoffer Leandoer by the name Jonatan Leandoer Håstad. His father is a Swedish fantasy author, poet and French literature translator and owned a book publishing company. His wife Elsa on the other hand was a human rights activist and worked with the LGBT groups in South America, Russia and Vietnam. She is currently serving in Albania as Swedish Ambassador since 2019.

Hastad spent much of his childhood at Minsk, Belarus because his mother wanted him to have the same background as she did. When Yung was around three to five years of age, the family moved back to Stockholm, Sweden and settled there. He was raised in Sodermalm district. There is no information of his siblings if he had any.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is Yung Lean in 2021 and what is his height and weight? Well, Yung Lean’s age is 25 years old as of today’s date 2nd August 2021 having been born on 18 July 1996. Though, he is 5′ 5″ in feet and inches and 168 cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 132 lbs in Pound and 60kg in Kilograms.

Education

Yung Lean had a very challenging childhood when he was in high school. This is because, he always found himself in the wrong side of the law either for writing graffiti or for doing drugs. He also worked at a local McDonald’s. At the age of 15yrs, he was found smoking cannabis and was put on probation. His interest in Hip Hop started developing when he was in his youth. He was inspired by musicians like: Mitt Kvarter, 50 Cents and Nas.

Personal Life: Dating, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids

Yung is still very young and therefore, it seems like he has decided to concentrate more in building his career before thinking about falling in love. This is because he is currently single and there is no information of him being in any romantic relationship so far. Alternatively, it might be he has decided to keep his romantic life away from the public to avoid rumors and scandals.

Is Yung Lean Gay?

As mentioned above, it is not clear whether Yung Lean is in any relationship or not. There is also no information of his past relationships. For this reason, it could be safe to conclude that he is straight as far as his sexuality is concerned until confirmed otherwise.

Professional Career

Yung Lean has been in the music industry since 2002 and he used to put most of his songs on YouTube. Although they didn’t sell and made very little from his work, he never gave up. He released many singles through his label named “Sad Boys Entertainment”. It was however until 2014 when he was able to release his first studio album was titled “Unknown Memory”. He followed this up with an American tour for two good months.

He later realized that he couldn’t make it alone and therefore decided to form the Hasch Boys along with Yung Gud and Yung Sherman. His song Ginseng Strip 2002 is what brought all the difference in his music career after it got over 2 million views on YouTube. XXL magazine is known as 15 European Rappers You Should Know included him in their list in 2014. His fashion and bucket hats are some other things that have made him as famous as he is today.

Awards

The fact that Yung Lean hasn’t received any notable awards so far doesn’t mean that he hasn’t achieved anything in his career life. Lean’s music career has grown so fast since 2013 when one of his songs went viral on YouTube.

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Yung Lean in 2021

In less than 10 years, Yung Lean has been able to grow his net worth to a total of $4 million as of 2021. Although he started music in 2002, he became famous in 2013 and therefore, he has earned much of his wealth from 2013.

Being in the music industry is not as easy as it might seem. It is possible to spend so much time and money writing songs with no avail. Therefore, it takes a strong heart and a willing mind to wait until the right time comes. Yung spent almost ten years of his life doing music, and he only got a breakthrough in 2013 and that was his turning point.