Lowkey revolution mic righteous biography

 From the moment it arrived here from the US, hav­ing surge out of the Bronx and trans­mit­ting itself across the globe, Hip Hop cul­ture in the UK began to cre­ate a unique iden­tity for itself. This iden­tity, our style, our look or sound, is a product of the diverse inter­na­tion­al music­al, artist­ic and cul­tur­al influ­ences exist­ing in Bri­tain, them­selves products of the many dia­spora and work­ing class com­munit­ies cre­ated by Bri­tains bar­bar­ic and inhu­mane colo­ni­al his­tory. Res­ist­ance, which was a con­stant occur­rence through­out imper­i­al his­tory, has always been a defin­ing prin­ciple of Hip Hop and is a com­mon thread that runs through­out a lot of Hip Hop born in the UK. Like many people of my gen­er­a­tion, Hip Hop was the medi­um through which I became con­sciously aware of numer­ous glob­al soci­olo­gic­al issues that were already affect­ing my life. Hip Hop intro­duced me to some of my greatest inspir­a­tions, like Mal­colm X and Mar­cus Gar­vey, and helped to mould a sense of pride and of iden­tity. As a 15-year-old try­ing to deal with being ‘mixed race’ and of Afric­an des­cent with­in the whirl­pool of con­cealed racism and con­stant dis­crim­in­a­tion that is grow­ing up in Lon­don, my con­scious­ness was greatly enhanced by listen­

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