Date(s): 14th February 2009
Time: 20:00
Venue: The Plug, Sheffield
Spend Valentine's Day in the company of the voice for the voiceless as Iraqi rapper Low Key plays Sheffield. A name to look out for he's already signed up for the Love Music Hate Racism carnival 2009 was recently invited to spit his lyrics at the Stop the War coalition protest in Hyde Park.
From his MySpace Site
"DID YOU KNOW THAT THE US SPENDS $400 BILLION A YEAR ON WEAPONS ALONE, IT WOULD TAKE APPROXIMATELY $324 BILLION TO END EXTREME POVERTY WORLDWIDE. DID YOU ALSO KNOW THAT 90% OF THE WORLDS WEALTH IS CONCENTRATED WITHIN 10% OF THE WORLDS POPULATION. AS A PERSON WITHIN THAT 10% I KNOW THAT NO MATTER HOW HARD MY STRUGGLES ARE, THERE ARE BILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE IT A BILLION TIMES HARDER.
I AM GRATEFUL TO BE IN THE POSITION I AM IN. BEING AN ARTIST WITH A PLATFORM TO VOICE YOUR OPINIONS IS A PRIVILEGE, HAVING ACCESS TO PEOPLES EARS IS HAVING ACCESS TO THEIR MINDS. THEREFORE, KNOWING THIS, IT WOULD BE A WASTE OF OPPORTUNITY NOT TO STAND UP FOR THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT THE MOST. I REFUSE TO TELL STORIES WHICH HAVE BEEN TOLD A MILLION TIMES BEFORE. I REFUSE TO DONATE TO THE IGNORANCE, APATHY AND DESTRUCTION OF THIS BEAUTIFUL WORLD WE LIVE IN. I REFUSE TO GLAMOURISE, GLORIFY AND CONDONE NEGATIVITY, THE WAY MANY HIP HOP ARTISTS DO NOWADAYS.
I AM ATTEMPTING TO SPEAK UP FOR THE UNHEARD, THOSE WHO NEED A VOICE THE MOST. PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO BASIC NECESSITIES WE TAKE FOR GRANTED LIKE CLEAN WATER, LET ALONE ACCESS TO A MICROPHONE AND RECORDING STUDIO. MAYBE WHEN THE WORLD IS A NICER PLACE, I WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE SOULLESS, SHALLOW AND MEANINGLESS MUSIC FOR THE CHARTS BUT UNTIL THEN I WILL TRY MY BEST TO BE A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS."
