Lowkey

Podcast Ep 32: Lowkey talks Palestine, music and censorship

Nora Barrows-Friedman 17 March 2021

Rapper and activist has always used his music to support things he believes in. Read more about Podcast Ep 32: Lowkey talks Palestine, music and censorship

Carrie Giunta 4 September 2014

Did the music industry finally wake up to Israel’s crimes during the summer of 2014? Read more about Ten hip-hop tracks that demand freedom for Palestine

Amena Saleem 2 February 2012

This week, the BBC issued its final ruling on a controversy which has been raging for nearly a year after the words “Free Palestine” were censored from a freestyle rap played on Radio 1Xtra. Read more about Why is the BBC so afraid of the word "Palestine"?

James Edwards Dublin 20 December 2011

Lost Youth - Songs of Solidarity, a new benefit album for a young Palestinian theater performer arrested and imprisoned by Israel on his way to tour Ireland, Scotland and England in 2005, has been released. Read more about Eclectic new album highlights Israel's jailing of Palestinian children

Alexander Billet 16 November 2011

Iraqi-British rapper Lowkey’s new album Soundtrack to the Struggle is not only a listening experience, but a call for a fundamentally different world. Read more about New Lowkey album a soundtrack to the human struggle

Alexander Billet 29 September 2011

How can one expect any art to take root under Israeli occupation, let alone for a small delegation of artists, DJs and rappers to make any impact? Read more about Film review: Can hip hop be "bigger than the occupation"?

Maureen Clare Murphy 13 May 2011

Hip Hop is Bigger than the Occupation documents a crew of artists who traveled throughout the occupied West Bank for ten days. The group stayed at Balata refugee camp near Nablus, getting a taste of life under Israeli occupation: Read more about World premiere of film "Hip Hop is Bigger than the Occupation" May 30 in NYC