Khleo Thomas

Khleo Thomas
Thomas performing at the "Kids Inaugural: We Are the Future" concert, at the Verizon Center in downtown Washington, D.C., Jan. 19, 2009
Born	Khaleed Leon Thomas (1989-01-30) January 30, 1989 (age 28) Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.
Occupation	Rapper, Singer, actor
Years active	1999–present
Height	(At age 27) 6' 1" (1.85 m)
Musical career
Genres	Hip hop, Contemporary R&B
Labels	Slick Living, Executive Dream, Executive Music, Fontana (current) The Plus (former)
Website	http://www.khleothomas.com/

Khaleed Leon "Khleo" Thomas (born January 30, 1989), or stage name Khleo Thomas, is an American actor,rapper, singer, and entertainer best known for his role as Zero in Holes and Mixed Mike in Roll Bounce. Khleo also starred in other films like Walking Tall (2004) and Remember the Daze (2007). Currently, Khleo is working on his debut album Just A Sample.

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.

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.

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.