UK rapper Lowkey has announced his decision to quit the music industry. In a statement on his Facebook fan page on the evening of Tuesday 18th April, the outspoken emcee told followers; “After many months of contemplation I have decided to step away from music and concentrate on my studies.” He thanked supporters and explained; “the ego is a destructive thing and I feel this business and these social networks in particular have a tendency to feed it in an unhealthy way.”
The South London-born rapper has achieved widespread infamy, not only through his music but through his political activism, and his staunch pro-Palestinian stance has lead many to view his lyrical content as controversial.
Gifted for being able to paint vivid images in succinct musical verses as well as exposing injustices in carefully constructed yet seamlessly flowing lyrics, Lowkey’s back catalogue includes the recently released, critically acclaimed album Soundtrack To The Struggle, which also featured Immortal Technique and Mavado.
His departure from the music industry very quickly spawned thousands of responses from fans, and although deactivating his page shortly after, Lowkey did offer a hint of a return to the music scene in his statement; “Maybe at some point I will get back into it again but at this stage I feel I should direct my energy in different, more helpful directions.” He signed off; “thank you for all those who have supported me over the years. See you on the other side people.”
HipHopDX will keep you updated.
This guy’s a legend respect to his future projects just shine bro – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f6jNRaGLG8
Classic track
whack
garbgage
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Well he’s right about the ego thing.
But still, this was very abrupt.
he’ll be missed by many fans, the fact that his retirement from hip hop has made it onto this website shows how much he has achieved over the years with no record label or major representative behind him.
the guy is a gifted musician and a very hard worker, he’ll be successful no matter what he does.
P.A Salute!
He was just on a track with HOPSIN on Young Noble’s mixtape called – The End think it was his last track.
Leaves a massive hole in the political side of hip hop music, very well educated and a deep conscious MC seen him in manchester when he was warm up for Talib Kweli. I went more so to watch Lowkey me and a friend of mine said we will havta go one of his own shows next time instead of being a supporting act…. Not gonna happen now though.
educated? Wikipedia don’t count trick
good luck brother
I dont blame him, uk hip hop is a shithole nowdays. Too many lame road rappers.
who?
http://www.google.com; try it!
peace my man
I guess he stayed true to his emcee name, since I’ve never heard of this guy before in my life
Your Loss.
all good. you lost nothing. There was nothing to gain.
one of the best lyricists of all time
Lmfao! go listen to NaS. This dude’s a joke.
never heard of this faggot, peace nigga. like drake says, take care nigga. and yes im white.
I’m sure your mother wishes she would have shoved a coat hanger up that cavernous hole she calls a vagina when she was pregnant with you.
One of the best uk rappers around.. No wonder he was rated in the top 10 by mtv. He’ll go on to spread his message in a different way so respect to him. Still won’t mean i’ll be listening to drake and commercial ish anytime soon
haha who givz a fuck? a uk rapper??? dis iz comedy to me.
Ignorant ass, house nigga.
Nope I ain’t no ignorant but a Nigga 4 Life. So suck ma dick imbecile muthafucka!
Who cares where hes from Slick Rick was from UK and he was huge when he was around. These days Drake is one of the biggest rappers and he’s from Canada. Why be so ignorant?
putting Lowkey with Slick Rick in the same comment… blasphemy
its brothers like you who are ignorant to seeing real talent… just like the whites did to the black brothers back in the day… shame on your lame ignorant ass.. go suck off lil wayne so he can rap for the 1000th time about a hoe suckin him off.. I aint famous and get action no need to rap about it sad silly twat.
Damn. One of the best lyricist not just in the uk, but in the world, if you don’t know about him, you should do yourself a favor and look him up.
Check out his 10 min. Freestyle on youtube
all that grinding for nothing?? lol
now that is what i call being a faliure
Microscopic peon you are.
lol and a quitter
WTF man, noo
hell yeah.
Who givz a fuck bout diz unknown muthafucckin uk rapper???? dis iz pure comedy to me. Now fuck yall imbeciles who disagree.
agree
Just bcuz u don’t know about him doesn’t mean he’s unknown…
Ignorant Ass , House Nigga
he’s garbage
liar! Watch him make a new track in 4-6 years
Now… all he needs to do is die. FUCK HIM! Piece of shit.
That much negativity in one person, makes me sick.
have you heard his music. NEGATIVITY CENTRAL. This dude is garbage. As a human being as well.
this fake UK fuck paid immortal tech for ‘their work’ …who’d even know him, if not for that…
hes a well known political activist whos been big in the uk for years, if he even tried paying immortal tech he would get laughed at as neither of em are corporate sellouts who compromise art for cash
So sad, dude retired before I even heard of him. Guess he was lowkey for real.
lmfao. better that way trust me. dude whack
COZ U WHACK BITCH
Hey “K-Ridah” don’t forget the “DIC”
Just because your dumb ass doesn’t know him, doesn’t mean he’s unknown.. Ignorant ass, house nigga.
Isn’t UK rapper an oxymoron?
And that’s why the world hates America. They thinks the world revolves around them. Xenophobic (or is that too big a word for your small mind?)
You hate America yet you are on an American hip hop website catching feeling about an overrated has been who never was.Here’s a word for you..Illegitimate..As in that’s what the UK hip hop scene and that’s what you probably are since a bunch of Americans probably ran a train on her.You feel better?
AMERICA, FUCK YEAH!
TALKIN ABOUT HIP HOP YEAH UK SHOULD FUCK OFF…NO XENOPHOBIA OR HOMOPHOBIA OR SUM SHIT INVOLVED…WHAT A WEAK MINDED NIGGA U ARE…JUST FUCK OFF
he bitched out, theres plenty rappers more popular who deal with bigger egos without complaining, its called keep it G and keep it moving, i guess he couldnt ride it out like a real nigga, he must not have wanted it badly enough, never heard of him anyway, good luck with your little spelling and science quizzes, we out chea
What the fuck are you talking about? smh
i agree. This garbage rapper has already been garbage… now he has added QUITTER to his garbage repertoire.
U obv never heard of real hip hop
bro u chat shit, u can never be as succesfull as lowkey, and plus all thoes american rappers dont have no meaning to their lyrics all they talk about is sex and money but yet all you dumb fuks just bob ur head up and down to the beat.
big up lowkey!
He’s garbage, and that’s all there is to it. I AGREE WITH THE MAIN STATEMENT. #Fact
Wow, that’s crazy because I just heard his song “Obama Nation” this past weekend and seen him speak on the war. That’s crazy.
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Man this sucks cause the UK Hip Hop seen needs more rappers like this and now he is leaving? Damn
it’s “Scene”, not “seen”. Obviously you need a teacher such a KRS-1 not Lowkey the clown. He’s garbage.
He has more sense to retire than childish 40+ year old rappers with wives and children still in the club gettin’ groupie love from hoodrat baby mamas.
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LOKWEY THE F**KING LEGEND HAHA HATERS GUNNA HATE
Legend of quitters LMFAO! #Quit
I don’t know why I sink so low as to actually answer some dumb fucktard like y’all that probably think that Wayne and Rick Ross are real Hip Hop. You guys don’t know shit about Lowkey. The man has toured the world without even a record label. Done so much important work that your ignorant asses couldn’t comprehend it. He’s shit? No, it’s your brain that’s so full of shit that you can’t comprehend the artistic level of his music and his love and honesty for Hip Hop. There’s a reason for why he’s gotten the recognition of Public Enemy, M1, Da Circle and Immortal Technique. ‘Nuff said.
WORD BROTHER
he’s whack. he retired cause that’s what quitters do. how can you let someone who QUITS be of motivation. #Quit
hate hate
grow up HATERS
haha at the hate. seriosuly you should check out his stuff, fire in the booth, alphabet assassin, there isnt a rapper here in u.s that can top those right now, and i love nas, krs-1 em. just watch it and youll be amazed thats all. dont hate like a middle school kid.
Lowkey is a great rapper touching upon numerous social justice causes and support for many oppressed people. Hope he comes back to the music industry, till then, take it ez.
he’s whack. Period.
It is disgusting to see how people can act all big, gangster like bad man over the internet. Americans need to start realising that americans never invented Hip Hop, it was brothers and sister in the struggle who created Hip Hop not America. And at this moment America is killing hip hop, by making Hip Hop present and represent the industry Ideology.
Stay strong man, watch out for the Illuminati though!
Also good luck with your studies!
Oh yeah and I’ll miss your raps, nothing compared to that JZ stuff
Who?
LOWKEY is INCREDIBLE END OF FUCKING STORY HE RAPPED RAPS OTHER RAPPERS COULDN’T THINK OF ,HIS RAPS MEANT SOMETHING ! and for that fuck-tard hater that keeps trynna say shit but stays anonymous good job fuck for being an idiot 🙂
Inspirational rapper, will definitely be missed.
Most inspirational rapper of our time! Hope he’s not gone for too long! 🙁
Cant believe what im seeing here, so much hate.
After listening 1 track of this man, how could you not like it?!
Maybe its just the wrong site to post, much of the sheeple here are brainwashed by RickRoss and Lil fucking Wayne.
In my eyes if you cant feel Lowkey’s music its says more about you then about him.
Much much love from Holland and I wich you all the best Lowkey, you gave music a new dimension to me and for that I cant thank you enough.
Peace and love! (also to the haters)
People like what they can relate to. Honestly, it’s not even close… ability + realness (honesty) + content. It probably all went to his head.
P.S. “Can’t relate to anyone, that’s something that you can’t face” = false. I found Long Live Palestine and heard it, prompting me to ask where he’s been, then by some coincidence listened to the rest of his stuff and found the same things. I think he’s right in “I Believe,” and for that people call me arrogant. There’s no other way to describe it when you’re writing something and not really thinking, just relaying.
lowkey is a legend…will miss you
all haters here are just hasbra motherless cocksuckers, it is obvious.
Lowkey changed my life. He takes me to a place where very few people can take me. The emotion in his music, combined with his articulate yet understandable message was unparalleled. His ability to tell a story and connect with the listener is truly mind blowing. One of the best rappers of my generation, I don’t care what anyone says. If only Lowkey could read this… we need him badly.
Your words summarize my thoughts on this man exactly. I’ve never had so much respect for a person as I have for Lowkey. He will be missed by myself and many others, but I thank him for all he his given me (and all of his fans). I trust the mans decision to retire from music out of respect.
voice of the voiceless.. maybe not then
What about you and me? Do we not have more to give? Your sitting here scrutinizing a man who has done more to positivley influence this world then either of us have, and your only source of complaint is he did not do enough? Sounds like you may find some benefit in turning that critical lens around on yourself.
he had that power to spread the message.. for me he shud carry on with the large fan base he had was only gting bigger took a large step back tym for sme1 else to push the message ..wasted opportunity had more to gve
maybe even selfish
Lowkey never wanted to lead, he only wanted to help shape young minds positively, which he did, therefore it doesn’t matter if he’s gone forever, what’s of consequence is what his erstwhile fans are willing to do with the knowledge he’s imparted. It’s up to us to continue Lowkey’s legacy, not Lowkey to shape ours….
I think this is the time to show we really understood Lowekey’s message. As he says in ‘when I die’ we have to help him live on, to fight for a better world and by fight i don’t mean a brainless human genocide revolution but a fight which spreads the real moral values and the truth. I think Lowkey never thought about a bloody revolution. He tried and succeeded for many of us to change the world from the interior of the self, a self who always keeps his mind awake (hand on your gun) and shares the truth with compassion in a nonviolent way (its millions i’ll return). Peace up!
mad love!
I don’t think Lowkey wrote that statement about leaving music to concentrate on his studies, and this is why:
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=GFXq5mktJxg
Please watch his speech to better understand his situation.
please COME BACK, LOWKEY! WE MISS YOU, COME BACK!
One mad pro-isralishit is butthurt and trying to bring negative to this page… It’s too obvious…
Ok he will start again…. He is amazing and I’m his biggest fan ever…. I love you lowkey… Please don’t go….
I respect this man.. and that is something that is hard to do nowadays .. respect.
This can’t be true man! He’s literally in my top m.c.’s list. I understand his decision as well. Must be tough trying to juggle the media and still teach us and entertain us. I didn’t even get the chance to hit him up with a beat. lol Peace! Assalamualaikum ahki! We’ll be here if you change your mind ahki.
P.S. Ahki please just change your mind. Alhamdulilah!
Lowkey come back!!! we miss you!!!
ur the best rapper!!! We miss you !!!
The albums that he did put out meant more than any other rapper could do with their entire careers. He said what he needed to say and was able to walk away from all the bullshit that rap is nowadays. Much respect to Lowkey!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q03GGyoHY1s
I wrote a song which sampled the chorus from Dreamers by Lowkey. Please check it out
Oh shut up it was the fucking british government they put him in jail thats why he had to quit fuck u! Why dont u speak the fucking truth
That’s sad , there’s only a few MCs that stand for Palestine -1
Is there any new information on Lowkey? Will he be making new stand on the scene? He is much needed and the face of conscious music around the world. I had the privilege of meeting him in Melbourne, Australia. He is an inspiration to us all and ashamed that we don’t have others like him.
The music get up to feer palstine so no can stop me I rap to feer palstine you get sexs and$
I got kicked out of Uni from my studies so i’m now making a come back album…watch this space
are you really Lowkey
Indeed he is, and i too have a great album in the process… wait for it
IM SMOKING POT
he was killed by the government look at his videos again it is obv
Any news on this brotha?
He is alive and he performed with Akala in 2015!!!
hes back uk tour september 2016
How do you know this?
Google it