Lowkey
 Lowkey    (rapper, political activist) | |
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| Born | Kareem Dennis 23 May 1986 |
| Member of | MintPress News |
Kareem Dennis, better known by his stage name Lowkey, is a British rapper and political activist from London. He first became known through a series of mixtapes he released before he was 18, before taking a hiatus from the music business. He would return in 2008, with appearances on BBC Radio and at various festivals and concerts including the BBC Electric Proms, Glastonbury, T In The Park and Oxegen in the buildup to his first solo album "Dear Listener", as well as collaborating with other British musicians to form the supergroup Mongrel. He released his second solo album, "Soundtrack to the Struggle", independently in 2011.
After another five-year hiatus, Lowkey released a string of singles between 2016 and 2018 to precede the release of his third album, "Soundtrack to the Struggle 2", released in 2019.[1]
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Political activism
Lowkey is a vocal opponent of Zionism and is a patron of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. He characterises Zionism as colonialism and ethnic cleansing.
In February 2009, Lowkey travelled to Palestinian refugee camps around the West Bank area to perform fundraising shows to help rebuild the Gaza Strip but was detained by the Israeli Police for nine hours at Ben Gurion International Airport and interrogated, while having his passport confiscated.
Lowkey has been a prominent member of the Stop the War Coalition and has spoken against the 2003 Iraq War. Furthermore, he has been a sharp critic of United States and British foreign policy, claiming that the two countries are only interested in supporting leaders who are under their influence or are willing to assist them. He also claims American media overlooks those within the country who do not believe in American military supremacy.[2]
Corbyn supporter
In May 2017, Lowkey endorsed Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in the UK/2017 General Election, saying:
- "We have a choice between policies which foster empathy and policies which foster greed, resentment, estrangement and alienation."
In November 2019, along with other public figures, Lowkey signed a letter supporting Jeremy Corbyn describing him as "a beacon of hope in the struggle against emergent far-right nationalism, xenophobia and racism in much of the democratic world" and endorsed him in the UK/2019 General Election.[3]
"Good Riddance to the War on Terror"
| "Good Riddance to the War on Terror" |
In August 2021, Lowkey produced an 11-minute YouTube video with Double Down News titled "Good Riddance to the War on Terror" which begins with the question:
- “It’s great that the world is concerned for human rights in Afghanistan, but where have you been for the last 20 years?”[4]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| International Festival of Whistleblowing Dissent and Accountability | 8 May 2021 | 8 May 2021 | Internet | Whistleblowing event held in 2021. |
References
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