Early life

Thomas was born in Anchorage, Alaska, the son of Raquel and Leon Thomas, the latter of whom is an army officer who at the time was stationed in Alaska. Khleo's mother is a Jewish immigrant from Morocco and his father is African-American. After living in Germany, the family returned to the continental United States when he was four.

Music career

Music beginnings

Thomas starred in the 2003 Disney film Holes, adapted from Louis Sachar's Holes of the same name. One of the movie's soundtrack songs, "Dig It," earned him some popularity in the music world. In 2005 Thomas began really working on music when he started being associated with fellow rapper/actor/entrepreneur Bow Wow & his label LBW. He was featured in Bow Wow's fifth studio album The Price of Fame & numerous of his mixtapes. He also made an cameo appearance in Bow Wow's "Fresh Azimiz" music video.

2010-present: Mixtapes, EPs, Collaborations & Just A Sample

On January 11, 2010 Thomas released his debut mixtape The World Is A Cartoon. In early 2010, Thomas was associated to Soulja Boy's label SODMG Entertainment but would end up not officially signing with them. On August 12, 2010 Thomas announced via his Twitter he was working on his debut album entitled Just A Sample which was originally intended to be his mixtape. On September 22, 2010 during an interview Thomas announced that his first single would be entitled "Lights Out" & announced the start up of his label Zero Unlimited Inc.. In late September, 2010 Thomas would make an opening performance in California on the "How The West Was One Tour" with Snoop Dogg & Ice Cube. In 2010 Thomas would sign a record deal with independent label The Plus Records. Also in 2010 Thomas would release a snippet of "Let Go" a song that was supposed to be on the Just A Sample, it samples "Let Go" originally by Frou Frou.

On January 11, 2011 Thomas released his mixtape entitled The Next Episode, on a song entitled "Anniversary" Thomas would go more into detail about why he didn't officially sign to Soulja Boy's label SODMG Entertainment. On February 15, 2011 Thomas would release his first single "Lights Out", but he would later dubbed it a promotional single. On December 20, 2011 it was announced that Thomas had parted ways with The Plus Records & has signed new label deal with Executive Dream Music a division of Executive Music Group which is also distributed by Fontana. On December 23, 2011 Khleo released his mixtape entitled Slick Living.

On March 6, 2012 Thomas would release his single entitled "So Many Girls", the music video would reach #10 on BET's 106 & Park. On November 13, 2012 Thomas released a collaborative EP with singer/rapper Chris Batson entitled After Everything Fades.

On December 28, 2014 Thomas released his EP Raised In The 90's via his Soundcloud.

Thomas is still currently working on his debut album Just A Sample which will be released sometime in 2016.

Other ventures

Acting career

In 1998, Thomas's first television appearance was on an episode of Bill Cosby's Kids Say the Darndest Things.

He has since starred in such films as Friday After Next (2002), Holes (2003), Going to the Mat (2004), Walking Tall (2004) & Roll Bounce (2005).

In 2006, Thomas guest-starred in Poppin' Tags, an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and in the season four episode of House, "Ugly" in 2007. He also co-starred in the first episode of the television series Teachers, which was canceled after six episodes. He was in the main roles of movies such as Remember the Daze (2007) & Hurricane Season (2009).

In 2010, Khleo starred in the action film Boogie Town.

Fashion designing

In 2011, Thomas released his necklace line he designed himself, called "Love Wings".

In 2013, Thomas released his official clothing line entitled "Slick Living Appearel" which is branded off his label Slick Living Inc.

Discography

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US	US R&B	US Rap
Just A Sample	Release date: TBA Label: Slick Living, Executive Dream, Executive Music, Fontana Formats: CD, MD, LP	To be released
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.

EP albums

Year	Title
2012	After Everything Fades (with Chris Batson) Release date: November 13, 2012 Label: Executive Dream, Executive Music, Fontana Format: Digital download, EP
2014	Raised In The 90's Release date: December 28, 2014 Label: Slick Living, Executive Dream, Executive Music, Fontana Format: Digital download, EP

Mixtapes

Khleo Thomas's mixtapes and details

Title	Mixtape details
The World Is A Cartoon	Released: January 11, 2010 Hosted by DJ Goonie Label: Self-released
The Next Episode	Released: January 11, 2011 Label: Zero Unlimited
Slick Living	Released: December 23, 2011 Hosted by Coast 2 Coast Label: Slick Living
The World Is A Cartoon: Episode 3	Released: TBA, 2015 Label: Slick Living

Singles

Main artist singles

Year	Song	Chart positions			Album
2011	"Lights Out"	—	—	—	Non-album single
2012	"So Many Girls"	—	—	—
	"Slick"	—	—	—	Slick Living
	"Sweat It Out"	—	—	—
	"Becoming" (with Chris Batson)	—	—	—	After Everything Fades
2013	"Ride" (with Chris Batson)	—	—	—
2014	"5 On It"	—	—	—	Raised In The 90's
	"Side Ni**a / Don't Catch Feelings"	—	—	—	Non-album single
	"No Questions"	—	—	—
	"Tonight" (featuring Sean Roxs)	—	—	—

As featured singles

Year	Song	Chart positions			Album
2013	"Now Forever"	—	—	—	Non-album single

Guest appearances

Year	Song	Performer(s)	Album
2006	"How You Move It"	Bow Wow	The Price Of Fame
	"Bet That"	Bow Wow	Non-album single
2009	"Ain't I Freestyle"	Bow Wow	The Greenlight
	"Do I Love Her"	Bow Wow
2010	"Freak Show"	JBar aka Ja-Bar	In The Club
	"Victory"	Soulja Boy	none
	"Teachers Pet"	Stefon4u
	"Never Change Remix (I'll Never Change)"	Indigo Charlie
	"Not My Girl"	The Good Boys
	"Running Back To You"	Amanda Leigh
	"Light The Speakers On Fire"	Malachi Mott
2013	"Now Forever"	Sofia Reyes
2014	"In'N'Out"	Sean Roxs
	"Face Down"	Flip Major

Videography

As lead artist

• "In My Soul" (2010)
• "I'm Still" (2010)
• "Lost" (2010)
• "I Got Me" (2010)
• "Feel Good Music" (2010)
• "Like I Never Left" (2010)
• "Give Em What They Want" (2010)
• "Halloween" (2010)
• "Burn It Down" (2010)
• "Lights Out" (2011)
• "Floyd Mayweather" (2011)
• "Motivation Remix" (2011)
• "You Don't Fight Fair" (2011)
• "Monster & A Beat" (2011)
• "Slick" (2012)
• "Sweat It Out" (2012)
• "Fly Me Out To Cali" (2012)
• "So Many Girls" (2012)
• "Slick Music" (2012)
• "5 On It" (2014)

As featured artist

• Bow Wow - "Ain't I Freestyle" (2009)
• Stefon4u - "Teachers Pet" (2010)
• Indigo Charlie - "Never Change Remix (I'll Never Change)" (2010)
• Amanda Leigh - "Running Back To You" (2010)

Cameo video appearances

• Bow Wow - "Fresh Azimiz" (2005)
• Bow Wow - "Outta My System" (2007)
• Bow Wow - "Pretty Lady" (2010)
• Soulja Boy - "All Black Everything" (2010)
• Soulja Boy - "Pretty Boy Swag" (2010)(Viral Version)
• Bow Wow - "For My Hood" (2010)
• Paula DeAnda - "Easy" (2010)
• Jonn Hart - "Who Booty" (2012)
• Chris Batson - "We Got Lost Along the Way" (2014)

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Friday After Next	Bad Kid	Supporting role
2003	Holes	Hector "Zero" Zeroni	Main role/Nominated performance
2004	Walking Tall	Pete Vaughn	Supporting role
	Baadasssss!	Mario	Supporting role
	Going to the Mat	Vincent "Fly" Shu	Supporting role
	Time Out	Khalid	Supporting role
2005	Roll Bounce	Mixed Mike	Main role
	Dirty	Splooge	Supporting role
	The Golden Blaze	Jason/Sure Shot	Supporting role
2007	Remember the Daze	Dylan	Supporting role/Nominated performance
2008	Bob Funk	Cupcake	Main role/Nominated performance
2009	Hurricane Season	David Willis	Supporting role
	Breathe/III	Dante	Supporting role
2010	The Company We Keep	Young Raheem	Supporting role
	Krews	Tom Tom	Supporting role
2015	Victor	Randy	Supporting role
2016	Soy Nero	Mohammed
TBD	Boogie Town	Gizmo	Supporting role
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Kids Say the Darndest Things	Himself	Episode: "Oatmeal"
1999	Family Law	Lanny Brass	Episode: "Games"
2001	City Guys	Jordan	Episode: "Skips, Lies and Radiotapes"
2003	Super Short Show	Himself
2004	ER	Brian	Episode: "Forgive and Forget"
	The Wayne Brady Show	Himself	Episode: "March 19, 2004"
	Frankie Muniz HoopLA Celebrity Basketball Event	Himself
	The Story Behind Baadasssss!: The Birth of Black Cinema
2005	The Bernie Mac Show	Curtis	Episode: "Car wars"
	Scream Tour IV	Himself
2006	Teachers	Patrick	Episode: "Substitute"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Dante	Episode: "Poppin' Tags"
	Gettin' Dirty
2007	House	Kenny	Episode: "Ugly"
	On Location with Remember the Daze	Himself
2009	Kids' Inaugural	Himself
2010	90210	Purse Guy	Episode: "I see London/I see France"
2011	Parenthood	Guy in batting cage	Episode: "Amazing Andy and His Wonderful World of Bugs"
	Sons of Anarchy	Frecks	Episode: "Dorylus"
2013	Bones	Marcos Herrera	Episode: "The Blood from the Stones"

[ Source: Wikipedia ]