Lowkey
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Kareem Dennis (; born 23 May 1986), better known by his stage name Lowkey, is a British-Iraqi rapper and 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, Soun
Person · Open Library
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- 3
Top works
- Stylz
- Gainz
- Track It
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1986
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- 113,434
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- 1,635,329
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Lowkey belongs to multiple artists 1. Lowkey (born Kareem Dennis 23 May 1986) is a Poet, Playwright, Political Activist and award winning Hip Hop Artist of mixed British and Arab descent who has received airplay on numerous major radio stations including BBC Radio 1, 95.8 Capital FM, Kiss 100, Choice FM, BBC 1Xtra and BBC Asian Network and toured internationally, performing to crowds everywhere from Glastonbury and Trafalgar Square to Germany and Amsterdam. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/L
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Recent publications · Crossref
3 total works indexed
- Ghosts of Grenfell
· 2019 · cited 1x
- Differential Diagnosis in Psychiatry: A Comparison of Symptoms in Various Disease States
· 1918
- Grappling with shadows
· 2020
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Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Lowkey
- Musical artist.image
- LowkeyBristol5 (cropped).jpg
- Musical artist.caption
- Lowkey performing in Bristol, 2009
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Kareem Dennis
- Musical artist.birth_place
- London, England
- Musical artist.label
- Mesopotamia MusicSO Empire Recordings
- Musical artist.years_active
- 2001–2012 2016–present
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- date of birth
- 1986-05-23
- Commons category
- Lowkey (rapper)
- start of work period
- 2001-00-00
- social media followers
- 10800
- pseudonym
- Lowkey
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Article
19 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Music career
- 2003–09: Mixtapes & ''Dear Listener''
- 2009–12: ''Soundtrack to the Struggle''
- 2012–16: Musical hiatus
- 2016–present: Return and ''Soundtrack to the Struggle'' trilogy
- Collaborations
- Political activism
- Other work
- Reception
- Discography
- Studio albums
- Collaboration albums
- Mixtapes
- Extended plays
- Compilation albums
- Singles
- References
- External links
Kareem Dennis (; born 23 May 1986), better known by his stage name Lowkey, is a British-Iraqi rapper and 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 a 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.