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'''Keith LeBlanc''' (1954 – April 2024) was an American drummer and record producer who was a member of the bands [[Little Axe]] and [[Tackhead]].<ref name="Dougan">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p13471|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Keith LeBlanc|last=Dougan|first=John|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=1 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.skysaw.org/onu/artists/keithleblanc.html|title=On-U Sound In The Area - Keith LeBlanc biography|website=Skysaw.org|access-date=January 23, 2020}}</ref>
 
His record "[[No Sell Out]]" was one of the first sample-based releases.<ref name="LarkinDM">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1998|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0252-6|page=195}}</ref> The song was a success, charting at No. 60 on the [[UK Singles Chart]],<ref>{{cite web | title=Malcolm X - Singles | publisher=officialcharts.com | url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/malcolm%20x/ | access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref> and becoming the single of the week for several major music publications.<ref name="newsociety84">{{cite journal |first=Jon |last=Savage |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q6opAQAAIAAJ |title=Radical Chic |journal=[[New Society]] |publisher=New Society Limited |date=20 February 1984 |volume=67-68 |page=186 |access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref> His career started out on [[Sugar Hill Records (hip hop label)|Sugar Hill Records]] recording with hip hop pioneers [[Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five|Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel]], and released several singles on and was a studio musician for [[Tommy Boy Entertainment|Tommy Boy Records]].<ref name="LarkinDM"/> He is also featured on several tracks on the album ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]'' by [[Nine Inch Nails]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/pretty-hate-machine-mw0000207551/credits|title=Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails &#124; Credits |website=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=23 June 2021}}</ref> He had his own record label on which he still released music, samples records, and experiments.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blanc Records |url=https://myspace.com/blancrecords |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=[[Myspace]]}}</ref>
 
== Early life ==