Flip Life Radio are joined by non other than the widely respected rapper and political activist Lowkey. Our debate topic for the week was; Do artists have a responsibility to speak on social issues? and as expected Lowkey too us on an insightful journey with his response. We also covered his earlier days at Deal Real, his retirement, his return, and much more!
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The week’s Flip Life Radio show was called ‘People power: How can we make a difference?’. With special guest Saskilla we asked; How can we make difference in our communities in light of recent tragedies. We also discussed if Grime is Hip-Hop and other topics, with music from Danny Bones, Big Narstie, Squeekz, Jay Z, Britizen Kane, Shola Ama, CASisDEAD, Jehst, Dizzee Rascal and more.
UK rapper and activist Lowkey had spoken on the Grenfell Tower fire, stating that, “We should really look at people going to prison for this, because this is criminal”. He speaks about personal friends effected by the incident, including one who is missing and thought to of not survived. Our prayers go out to him and all who have been effected by this horrific tragedy. He states in the above clip, “This has to be the death knell of the Theresa May government. Neoliberalism is discredited, austerity is discredited, it doesn’t have to be this way and it is a matter of life or death”.
Below Lowkey can also be seen speaking with survivor and personal friend Cristos. In this interview they share their traumatic experience of what happened with the Grenfell Tower disaster.
UK rapper Peaky has spoken about the Grenfell Tower fire in a second interview since his passionate appearance on BBC News that went viral days ago. He expanded on the situation stating, “There needs to be more of a care for human life than money right now”. He revealed, “They put flammable panels onto the side of the building” and stood his ground when interrupted on this point. He importantly demanded, “The tenant management organisation in Kensington & Chelsea, they need to be investigated”.
This week on the Flip Life Radio show, Novar FLIP & Big Ben take phone calls to discuss The UK General Election with Sean Dean, Tone, Sofia (Grime 4 Corbyn), Genesis Elijah, Chester P, Josh Cole (Rise Up UK) & Danny Bones.
Novar FLIP presents his Donny Bravo produced musical contribution to the Rize Up campaign that he also helped to set up. The campaign has been engaging young people in politics and the UK general election 2017, with support from Tinie Tempah, Professor Green, Riz Ahmed, Akala, Maverick Sabre, Emeli Sande, Lily Allen, Doc Brown, Brian May, UB40 and many more.
The Rize Up UK sound system presents an epic visual for the Rudimental produced ‘We Need A Change’ by Big Narstie & Tommy Jules. The Rize Up UK campaign have been working day and night to get young people engaged in politics and exercising their right to vote. With support from Tinie Tempah, Professor Green, Riz Ahmed, Akala, Maverick Sabre, Emeli Sande, Lily Allen, Doc Brown, Brian May, UB40 and many more, the campaign has managed to seriously break ground in the build up to the UK General Election 2017. The ‘We Need A Change’ video is a perfect summary to an excellent campaign, and visual presentation of the power of the people!
Si Phili, Genesis Elijah & Novar FLIP got together to give Jeremy Corbyn some support in the form of music. ‘Corbyn For The Win’ see’s the three UK rappers breaking down their reasons for believing in Corbyn over this perfectly uplifting production by Si Spex of the Creators.