Lowkey (born Kareem Dennis 23 May 1986) is a Poet, Playwright, Political Ac… Read Full Bio ↴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.

In July 2008 the Theatre Royal, Bath put on a production of 'Max and Beth', a contemporary adaptation of Macbeth by William Shakespeare written entirely in rhyme.

Collaborations

He joined a hip-hop group called Poisonous Poets that released one mixtape (Poisonous Poetry). Poisonous Poets a.k.a Double P was founded by Doc Brown, Reveal, Tony D and Therapist. He is part of another group called Catch 22 created by Kool G Rap. Lowkey also records duets with Logic as part of their non-profit organisation The People's Army, aimed at raising awareness of infant fighting in Israel and Palestine. His work with Logic saw the pair record a song exclusively for the NSPCC, in support of their "Don't Hide It" campaign.

In 2008 news broke of a supergroup that had been created with Jon McClure of the band Reverend and The Makers. Also in the band is Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders and ex-bassist Andy Nicholson alongside bassist of Babyshambles Drew McConnell and a revolving set of other musicians. They have had trouble coordinating their busy careers to perform live dates and their debut album has already been pushed back from October to some time in early 2009 along with a February tour.

Lowkey's highly anticipated (100% independent) album: Soundtrack To The Struggle is estimated to hit the streets in January 2011.
(from the wiki-page biog of Lowkey)

Pipe Dreams
Lowkey Lyrics

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Aspen It Is We grew up on nintendo, fraggle rock, and g.i. joe.…
Atticus Terrible nightmare woke me again I had to call on…
Aviator When I was younger I made so many plans. I thought…
Caroline Rose Let's go to Acapulco Get real high and then salsa dance Forg…
Corey Paul My lil homie use to dream he don't dream no…
Czesław Śpiewa Here comes the "never mind" We praise its waste of time It…
Danza I ruled the night I rocked the Microphone right I've…
Down in the dumps Stuffed up like this every last breath, i'm not Breathing. …
Helmut The more you show the less I′d like to see The…

Homewrecker Condemned Falling apart on the edge of humanity Forced to s…
K.R. Hey Adam Where's the pizza? It's in the freezer What's that …
Konvent So, I have driven them around in these circles that…
Madhatter Go! I've been having crazy pipe dreams Don't laugh And pleas…
Magic Weapon Nested in like a russian doll Hiding in yourself when it…
Mark Salling There's a woman I've known for all of my life she's an…
MxPx Building a skyline And wondering where my surprise went The …
Nelly Furtado Don't sell me no pipe dreams I wanna live with you…
Old Problems Shut up in my apartment thinking of what's now and…
Peli Gene You've talked about it in your sleep Fours days three weeks …
Project 86 Downhill downtrodden left a slave New day on the verge to…
The Bad Chapter Degenerate things with our degenerate friends Smoking too mu…
Travis I read it all, every word And I still don't understand…
Two Weeks In Nashville Lover, lover Lovers in my head again Remembering our every m…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Lowkey:

A Million and One Yeah. It's lowkey. For all my people that wanna make a…
Alphabet Assassin A I'm an anarchists, and an angry academic activist, axe …
Average I ain't your average rapper, I ain't just talented Amendmen…
Bars for My Brother So many regrets So many unanswered questions I miss you...…
Been A Long Time I do this for those that got love for this…
Blood Sweat and Tears [Verse 1: Klashnekoff] As lightning strikes and thunder p…
Cradle Of Civilisation [Intro] If my mother got angry or frustrated with me, she'd…
Crazy World I got a call from doc like "hey bro" We're gettin…
Daily Duppy Guess who's back when I stepped through akh Been grinding th…
Dear England Whoa, give me the words, give me the words That tell…
Dear Listener [verse 1] This is for my people that miss me, I…
Don't Hide It Verse 1 Logic My name’s Little Jake, my mom calls me…
Dreamers [INTRO] This one is dedicated to the dreamers Most people …
Everything I Am [CHOURS] Everything I am, and everything I want to be I pu…
Everything Must Change Everything must change... I'm not some kinda superman I'…
Fast Life Yeah! Its Lowkey! Bruv it's 2004! That's right! Big up to…
Freestyle 2 Yeah yeah yeah Yeah Tunnel vision view man I'm tryna see it…
Freestyle 3 It's like, it's like these days Dj's won't play a…
Freestyle 4 Okay, yeah lowkey, ni hao, BBC Radio 1, Faith SFX Voices of…
From A Place Yeah, Lowkey! Straight from South-West.(Straight from South…
Fuck You FUCK YOU, Oooh Fuck you Fuck you Fuuuck you Fuck…
GOAT Flow (Let’s get ready to rumble) Alright Lowkey man though We got…
Hand On Your Gun [interlude] weapons for all occasions and everyone got exc…
Handle Me To my mum, my number one, I put you under none, This…
Haunted [CHORUS Mai Khalil] I can feel you here, watchin me Whis…
Home Is Where the Heart Is The views expressed on this track, are not directly those…
I Believe I believe... I believe in equality, freedom & honesty I …
I'm Back A time for us, some day they'll be a new…
In My Lifetime In my lifetime I learnt life is suffering And happiness is…
Intro Big 2-0 shit, Welcome to to the new meech, funna…
Just Shine Yeah Yeah This is for my sister and my boy D,…
Let Me Live This is for those who died on the 7th of…
Long Live Palestine Lyrics This is for Palestine, Ramallah, West Bank, Gaza, …
Long Live Palestine 3 As you prepare your breakfast Think of others Do not forget …
Lucifer This is lowkizy, raping london city Gotta make sure you und…
Mad World All around me are familiar faces Warn out places, warn out…
McDonald Trump McDonald Trump, Mc-McDonald Trump McDonald Trump, Mc-McDonal…
Million Man March You might take my life But you can't take my soul You…
Mother Said Yeah, you know you never got over my mom an…
My First Show My first show? Boy i mean, yeah Every rapper remembers his…
My Soul [Intro] They say The fool thinks himself to be wise,but the…
Obama Nation [Intro] This track is not an attack upon the American peo…
Playing With Fire [Intro] Listen. Listen. Too many rappers are playin…
Put the Mic Down Yeah, I don't even know about this rapper thing anymore,…
Read Between the Lines After what happened on 9/11 Saddam was a threat they had…
Relatives The views expressed on this track are not directly those…
Revolution Little man never did exams, Got a particular bigger plan fl…
Rise And Fall Back in the days, I had dreams of rapping on…
Skit 1 what Malcolm X said when he got silenced by Elijah…
Skit 2 Dear friends, I think it's now, time to at least…
Skit 6 I tried hard to be proud of my service, but…
Something Wonderful Something wonderful... To chase it all away For the women …
Soundtrack to the Struggle [Intro: Lowkey] It's been a long time coming Too long Too…
Special If you don't respect yourself, no one's gonna respect you i…
Still Rising Lowkey, I'm still rising blud I'm still rising Blud, I'm…
Still Underground My name is Lowkey and you may know me Volume 1…
Story To Tell 3 This is the story of twins seperated at birth, The same…
Story to Tell Part 2 Remember Ricky's wife in part one? I never said her name She…
Straight From The Heart Yeah, this is Lowkey and this is straight from the heart…
Tell Me Why Put your lighters up... They will fight till extinction …
Terrorist So, we must ask ourselves, what is the dictionary definition…
Terrorist? [Intro] So, we must ask ourselves, what is the dictionary d…
The Butterfly Effect [Adrian] if you could go back, what would you change wha…
The Essence I don't know exactly when it started going downhill Let's t…
The Ride Can you ride with me Can you get high with me Kr…
Too Much [Intro: Lauryn Hill] If you down with the rich man, and…
Trapped in the System …
Voices in My Head Yeah, it's Lowkey dJ Snips on the boards Gemini always stuc…
Voices Of The Voiceless [Verse1 - Lowkey] From West 10 to the West Bank, I write…
Wake Up Verse 1 I woke up this morning so I had to…
We Will Rise [INTRO; Charlie Chaplin] The hate of men will pass, and dic…
Who Am I Yeah lowkey Who am i? [chorus x2] Who am i? A man Cont…
Who Really Cares This is dedicated to you, you know who you are. Listen..…
Who Really Cares? This is dedicated to you You know who you are listen…

Who Said I Can't Do Grime Whether you're in HMV or KFC, HMP or A&E I make…

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