K2Rhym
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Karim Gharbi (Arabic: كريم الغربي; born 13 October 1980), known professionally as K2 or K2Rhym, is a Tunisian rapper, entrepreneur, and former political candidate. He became active in the early 2000s with Arabic and French-language hip-hop recordings and has collaborated with artists including Snoop Dogg and DJ Khaled. He later founded K2 Meta, a consulting firm focused on technology, and was involved in charitable initiatives in Tunisia.
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- Presidential candidacy and political persecution
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Karim Gharbi (Arabic: كريم الغربي; born 13 October 1980), known professionally as K2 or K2Rhym, is a Tunisian rapper, entrepreneur, and former political candidate. He became active in the early 2000s with Arabic and French-language hip-hop recordings and has collaborated with artists including Snoop Dogg and DJ Khaled. He later founded K2 Meta, a consulting firm focused on technology, and was involved in charitable initiatives in Tunisia.
In 2024, amid Tunisia's increasingly authoritarian political climate, he was sentenced in absentia to four years in prison and was permanently disqualified from holding political office and voting following an unsuccessful presidential bid.