Timothy McKenzie (born 4 January 1989), better known by his stage name Labrinth , is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Initially, he was tipped to work as a producer, but Simon Cowell signed him to his record label Syco Music as a solo act. In the process, Labrinth became Cowell's first non-talent show signing in six years. [ 4 ] Labrinth made his debut appearance on the UK Singles Chart in March 2010, when his collaboration with rapper Tinie Tempah , " Pass Out ", reached number one. McKenzie has collaborated with Tinie Tempah on numerous occasions since. Labrinth's first solo single, " Let the Sun Shine " was released in September 2010, reaching number three in the same chart. His debut album Electronic Earth , was released on 31 March 2012, having been preceded by the singles " Earthquake " featuring Tinie Tempah and " Last Time ", which peaked at number two and number four respectively. [ 5 ] He achieved his first number-one single in November 2012 with " Beneath Your Beautiful ", featuring Emeli Sandé . McKenzie comes from a musical family consisting of nine siblings and grew up at home surrounded almost exclusively by the sound of American gospel music. [ 6 ] When they were younger, he and his eight siblings formed a band called Mac 9. [ 7 ] He attended Stoke Newington School and began to pursue a musical career during his school years. His brother, Mac 1 (who also