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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.

Background

Lowkey was born to mixed heritage, his father being British from Dover, while his mother is an Iraqi born in Baghdad. He began attending the open mic sessions which took place at the Deal Real record shop on Carnaby Street, Central London. The first time he went he introduced himself as Lowkey and was told there was already a regular there by that name; the two had a battle rap over the use of the name which Lowkey won. It was at Deal Real that he met Doc Brown, who invited him to feature on his first notable single ‘Donnie’s Lament’, a song which was based on the film Donnie Darko.

Career

The success of ‘Donnie’s Lament (Mad World Remix)’, which was played on Capital FM and Radio One led to a mixtape entitled Key To The Game Vol 1, released independently in 2003. Within a year and a half he had released a second and third volume, all of which gained critical acclaim from UK hip hop circles. Despite releasing the third mixtape in 2005, it would be another three years until he released his album proper preferring instead to explore other aspects of his career until then.
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  • Miles106

    Big up lowkey All Day Everyday! We miss you bruv.

    30 Mar 10:10pm Reply

  • MyNameIsJackkkk

    :)

    27 Mar 5:15pm Reply

  • BlueCadet-3D

    This is music.

    22 Mar 6:11am Reply

  • Necrocowboy

    "Simply to exist is what I wish, retirement or not what I have written is timeless..."

    15 Mar 12:37am Reply

  • Mezkaa

    Master

    16 Feb 6:18pm Reply

  • erikisPSYCHO

    Really excited about getting into this guy. I'm already sure I'll fall in love with his music.

    31 Dec 2012 Reply

  • miss_no_good

    I treat you as an equal, I'm simply a man your brother in humanity is everything that I am [2]

    24 Dec 2012 Reply

  • NieWracam

    Logic on his fb: Video dropping 25th DEC - 'I Wish' feat Renee Soul and Lowkey. This is the Last ever track you will hear from my bruda Lowkey

    22 Dec 2012 Reply

  • slushie360

    wish i would have started listening to him earlier...he's a mile above anyone i've heard in a long time. wow.

    22 Nov 2012 Reply

  • Stonerrockowa

    <3

    21 Nov 2012 Reply

  • NieWracam

    The enemy’s supremacy, the aim is equality!

    2 Nov 2012 Reply

  • One_Enemy

    I treat you as an equal, I'm simply a man your brother in humanity is everything that I am

    13 Oct 2012 Reply

  • sisbetter

    And when your sipping Coca-Cola, That's another pistol in the holster of a soulless soldier

    10 Sep 2012 Reply

  • TowableCrab

    @DramaSetter619 Doesn't look that way to me. Even if what you say is true it doesn't stop the last.fm playcount from being tampered with.

    18 Aug 2012 Reply

  • DramaSetter619

    @TowableCrab he didn't quit rapping and shit he has just decided to remain out of the game for a while to have more time focusing on his studies ,that's all

    15 Aug 2012 Reply

  • Jonzo67

    He has his own voice and uses it. That's enough for censorship apparently.

    23 Jul 2012 Reply

  • TowableCrab

    Because this is my third account on this website. I took a break for a year. When I was here before he was pushing a million. Lowkey had just released Soundtrack to the Struggle, which was getting worldwide exposure and had tracks on the mainstream radio. Then his house got raided, and he quit making music. The last.fm playcount is just icing on the cake. Have you seen any of his videos on youtube? A lot of the popular ones push a million views per video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFXq5mktJxg

    21 Jul 2012 Reply

  • TowableCrab

    425,000 plays.. yeah right. That's definitely been tampered with.

    18 Jul 2012 Reply

  • miss_no_good

    Lowkey is just genius

    7 Jul 2012 Reply

  • NoooFun

    Key to the game vol 1 is great :)

    2 Jul 2012 Reply
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