Two years later, he met music executives Sal Slaiby and Amir Esmailian, with whom he founded XO Records.
Born in Toronto and raised in Scarborough, Tesfaye began his recording career in 2009 by anonymously uploading his song 'Do It' to YouTube. Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born February 16, 1990), known professionally as the Weeknd (pronounced 'weekend'), is a Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer.
