Victorious television series ended production in July 2012 and the series' last episode aired on February 2, 2013. In 2012, Thomas started to record his first mixtape called Metro Hearts; it was released on August 1, 2012. Songs on the mixtape Metro Hearts include "Forever", "Bad", "Moving On", "Vibe", "Like Clay" and "Never Look Back". The mixtape also included a cover of Drake's "Take Care" with Ariana Grande. Leon Thomas co-wrote the song "Ain't No Other Me" for the British girl group Stooshe, which features as a deluxe edition track on their debut album, London with the Lights On. Thomas co-wrote four songs on his former co-star Ariana Grande's 2013 album "Yours Truly". He also co-produced four songs on Yours Truly, in addition to the song "Last Christmas" from Grande's Christmas Kisses EP, as a member of production duo The Rascals. His production work under The Rascals was also included on Toni Braxton & Babyface's Grammy award-winning album Love, Marriage & Divorce, contributing to the Toni Braxton solo "I'd Rather Be Broke" performed by Toni Braxton. On September 24, 2013, Leon Thomas released a new single, "Hello How Are You", featuring Wiz Khalifa. On January 1, 2014, Thomas released a new mixtape, V1bes, under the name Leon Thomas, via Datpiff. He also announced that a music video for his single "Hello How Are You" was in the works. In 2016, he served as a co-producer for Post Malone's album Stoney. In 2016, Thomas released the mixtape Before the Beginning via SoundCloud, which compiled eight songs which he had "[held on] for a long time". In 2017, he appeared in the Kathryn Bigelow-directed film Detroit. In the year of 2018 saw the release of Thomas' debut EP Genesis, which featured guest appearances from Buddy and Tayla Parx. The next year, Thomas earned a Grammy Award for Best Rap Song nomination at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards for co-writing and co-producing the Rick Ross and Drake song "Gold Roses". Thomas would also go on to write and produce more records under the Rascals production duo, as well as a solo producer, co-writing and co-producing two songs on Ariana Grande's Positions, and three songs on Drake's Certified Lover Boy. In May 2022, hip-hop musician Ty Dolla $ign signed a joint venture deal with Motown for his newly-launched EZMNY Records imprint, announcing Thomas to be the label's first artist. Filmography Discography Studio albums Mixtapes