Lowkey's Heartfelt Tribute to Grenfell | Americans React to Lowkey Ghost of Grenfell ft. Mai Khalil 

Basically Grenfell tower is in an extremely poor area of London that just happens to be within one of the richest areas of the City the building exterior was renovated because the wealthy areas that surround it considered it an eyesore, they used the cheapest material allowed (non fireproof cladding) to save money. The buildings fire codes were not updated to reflect this, when the building was originally built it had very thick walls and huge fire doors as a way of compartmentalizing any fires so the instructions for residents in case of fire was for people to shelter in place. The cladding caught fire from an electrical fault on a fridge and the fire and spread rapidly from floor to floor because it wasn't part of the original design. Over time many of the buildings internal fire doors had been replaced with cheap household doors and other things such as fire escapes being blocked residents of the building (mostly working class poor/ethnic minorities) had been complaing about this potential fire hazard for over 3 years. They have still not had any justice, the government and the local council have been trying to blame the fire brigade, but the reality is that over the last 10 years the rightwing conservative government in the UK had massively cut budgets to public services including the fire brigade, furthermore the conservative government swore they'd rehouse the survivors and still havn't rehoused all of them years later. To compound the insanity the project manager who over saw the construction wasn't qualified he was just the son of the owner of the company, and yet no one's gone to jail, no one has even been charged. Also it should be mentioned that the official death toll was in the 70's but its suspected that many more may have died in the build as so many people are still missing and many people were subletting.

Lowkey will always get you emotional.. his song "Ahmad" made countless reactors cry

Lowkey is the voice of a generation, a true hero 💛✌️ Soundtrack to the Struggle is a work of genius. Behind my Painted Smile with his longtime friend the great Akala. Obama Nation parts 1 and 2 with our forever missed Black the Ripper, it as searingly impactful as the first time we ever saw it. Amazing artist 💜

You can pick ANYTHING from Lowkey and you won’t be disappointed , wether it be his FITB’s , Daily Duppys or any track . He is pure fire 🔥and second to no one imo . Btw keep up the great reactions guys 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The council covered the building with a cheap flammable cladding to make it look more appealing to the rich people on the next street. The rooms were meant to stop the spread of fire by containing it in a fireproof room. The cladding circumvented that safety measure by allowing fire to spread on the outside of the building and caused the whole building to go up in flames. Residents were told to stay inside to prevent the fire spreading, not knowing it had already spread. The council has been found responsible for four of the seventy two deaths. So far no individual has been prosecuted and there are still thousands of buildings with the same cladding across the UK.

I have just started on my Lowkey journey having seen his name crop up in comments on Akala reactions. He is a real inspiration, not just his tracks but interviews and debates and his actions assisting in Palestine and interpreting at immigration camps. Ahmed is heartbreaking but should be mandatory for everyone to watch and HEAR not just listen to. Hopefully I can catch him on his UK tour early next year. You guys have a great channel. Love your reactions and glad to be pretty much joining you on your journey.

Lowkey ahmed is another of his you may like

Lowkey is not in the video. Everyone in the video are survivors of the fire or people from the area.

The ‘where are these people’ section was also a nod to the fact that the government was lying about how many were dead and were denying that some of the missing were even in there in the first place, so they were kind of saying well if they weren’t in there then where the fuck are they

FYI Lowkey is not in this video. I presume his intention was to focus on the families of the victims and people of the local area. Mia Khalil is though - she's the one singing. The Arabic part means "Tell me where to go, people are burning at the hour of sahoor ( a meal eaten before dawn), I feel as if I am in another world". I'd thoroughly recommend checking out other Lowkey tracks, Ahmed, Obamanation, Terrorist and his freestyles. He is someone that had been basically blackballed by the industry because of his political views (Pro Palestine, Anti war, somewhat anti capitalist).

Major rabbit hole with Lowkey, trust me. Impossible to be disappointed. He is not present in the video. The reason being is he wanted to demonstrate that it isn't about him, but rather those that escaped or had family and friends die.

Akala and lowkey behind my painted smile

The building burning down was live on tv. Pretty much all perished inside, and some even dived out in desperation, and died. The building was not fit, was dangerous to inhabit. As soon as it fire started it spread rapidly. Shockingly sad😢 , how so many women & children burned to death stuck in that s-hole building. Horrible. These buildings (council estates) are like the PROJECTS, so almost all living there are pretty poor in the first place.

Lowkey lives in this neighberhood, and was an eyewitness to this horific tragedy. I guess that's why it's so heartfelt.

Lowkey, nice! I assume the likes of Mic Righteous/Reckless are not too far away based on this. You're in for a treat gentlemen

In case you wanted to know the translation of the arabic singing in the middle: "Tell me where to go, There are people burning in the early morning, I feel like I'm in a different world, I feel like I'm in a different world" Then repeated again

There is a part 2 to this aswell and his fire in the booths are legendary

Lowkey -fire in booth...Is a must..its a timeless piece of lyrical masterclass🔥🔥🔥 N k koke- fire in boohh🔥 2 absolute musts you need to hear Both legendary!!!!!

This song has me in tears everytime I hear it.. so much injustice 😢 and still no justice

Ironically, Lowkey didn't actually feature in the clip, It was his voice singing but he had to fly off for some other project he was working on. The people in the clip are all from Grenfell or neighbouring buildings. To see Lowkey singing, there is a live version (more gut wrenching than this if you can believe it). Search "Lowkey - Ghosts of Grenfell (Live // London, 2017)"

Yous should do lowkey Obama nation & Terrorist💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Great reaction as ever! R.I.P to all the people we lost ♥️ can u plz check out- Dave - Question time (he also mentions Grenfell & goes in on the government)

So glad to have found your channel. Lowkey and Akala are two of the best rappers in the UK. Im in my early 30’s have listened to both since my teens.

The clading on Grenfell, it's on numerous other buildings around the country. Parliament decided that the tenants and not the landlords/owners would have to cover the cost of the removal. Nobody was punished. Nobody has paid. It could still happen again.

I work in the cladding industry since grenfell all cladding systems have been updated and we have to adhere to stricter regulations now then they did when this happened they had no fire Barriers or any fire retardant substances now it’s all regulated and checked as it’s installed we have to have ppl come and check it before we continue

The bearded man at the start of the video I think was a community leader on the estate. He was onstage alongside Lowkey & Mia in the live performance of this song. Most of those in the video are survivors of Grenfell.

You need to hear Lowkeys - Ahmed and also Ghosts of Grenfell 2, plus his Fire In The Booth part 2 is incredible. Great work as usual guys.

Lowkeys daily duppy is top tier and the song relatives by Lowkey is also 🔥🔥

I was awake when they first began reporting on this story and didn't go to bed once I began watching. I me a how could I possibly sleep while these people were fighting for their lives.

Lowkey fire in the booth & return of lowkeu

Lowkey - fire in the booth 2 is a mustttt

It's was broadcast live the entire time we all saw these people screaming trapped in the building with people outside begging for them to be rescued. The building is a big tomb now they didn't recover alot of people and as you can see alot are still unaccounted for. It was due to the cladding on the outside of the building a huge investigation was done and other buildings were found to be just as at risk so major changes had to be made

the people in the intro were either people that witnessed it, relatives of those who died, or they live in the neighbouring tower blocks- the blocks you see at the end are whitstable house, dixon house, markland house, and frinistead house which are all part of lancaster estate where grenfell tower was located. also the reason why mia is singing in arabic is because most of the victims were of arabic background. the only thing that has happened is that the survivors and families of the victims recently got compensation, nothing else. the government are planning to tear it down this month - keep in mind some of the victims bodies still havent been found, meaning they are still in there

Fact he wasn’t in the video I really loved how you guys was trying to figure out who lowkey was…..

Lowkey isn't in the video. It's probably been explained to you, but the building was filled with mainly poorer families but was in a particularly affluent part of London. The wealthy people near by wanted it to look nice so the Tory council covered it in cheap but more attractive thermal cladding. However, the cladding was unsafe and the council also ignored lots of other safety complaints by the tenants. They saved a lot of money by using the cheaper and illegal cladding. Then there was a fire and the fire procedure was to tell people to stay in their homes until the fire was put out. It didn't account for the whole building being covered in highly flammable cladding. As a result, over 85 people died. At first, the council tried to cover their backs by playing down the numbers and blaming the cladding on contractors. It took a long time for the survivors to be rehomed and compensated and I believe that many are still waiting for their dues. The people in the videos are survivors and friends and relatives. The only exception is Khalil who sings the chorus and the bridge. Lowkey lived in the next block, knew people in the fire and was there all night when the fire happened. There is a follow up (part 2) to this song recorded a year later. I don't think Lowkey is actually in that video either. Lowkey is a rapper activist, so the Tory run media don't give him anything like the attention that he deserves. I could recommend Lowkey tracks for days for you guys to check out. It's hard to know where to start really.

great reaction guys, its a powerfull track and it showed in ur reaction....keep up the great work.

I was at university in London when this happened and I unfortunately remember it like it was yesterday. I remember going to my cello teacher’s house the morning it was burning; she lives in Westbourne Park, two tube stops and probably only a 5 minute walk away (the tube line was obviously closed as the tracks are right next to the tower so I got the bus). I got to the end of her road and it felt like a scene from a film, the tower was clearly in my view, the sirens were constant and the smoke was so thick and had travelled incredibly far. I couldn’t stop staring - it was horrific, and the smell was insane. By this time it had been burning for 9 straight hours. We watched for around half an hour and then sat in silence and shock for an hour after. Even though I wasn’t involved it really affected me; I had nightmares about being trapped inside a burning building for months….and my old friend who I studied with lived literally opposite the tower and couldn’t help but watch as it was burning - she was in shock for a long time. It was a dark day and I and I’m sure many others still reel from it deeply, even now. I just hope some day that justice is properly served for the sake of the uprooted lives and the lives that were lost. Although I doubt it will ever happen now.

Mic Righteous FITB all 4 🔥🔥🔥

Lowkeys Daily Duppy is a good summary of what he can bring to the mic!

So glad you got on the Lowkey path! Funny you said he gives a voice to the victims - check out Voice of the voiceless with Immortal Technique! Also check out Ahmed, Obamanation, Terrorist and Long Live Palestine. His album Soundtrack to the struggle is superb. His 2 FITBs are unbelievable as well.

This reaction was refreshing. Listening to you both trying to deduce who Lowkey was as the video progressed 🔥You guys pick up all the layers and details, genuine energy man Salute 👊🏼

Listen to his fire in the booth

No idea if this has been said yet but the bearded gentleman with the hat and walking stick is Asheber, not Lowkey

Krept & Konan - My Story

Love the chanel guys. Peter Gunz and Lord Tariq. 😅

I like how Lowkey himself is not in the video, when I noticed that the first time I heard the song I understood the meaning of the song, it wasn't his song. He made the song to give voice for the voiceless, and he came up with this one right away like few days later the song was out. That's how bad the situation is and still is. There is part 2 of the song and I hope you guys made a reaction for it after knowing all the details and the companies involved. FYI - the ending is in arabic and Mai is saying (Tell me where to go, people burning during dawn meal (food before starting the fast in Ramadan), I feel like I'm in a different world)

i’m glad you guys finally got round to this

I'm replying in order, the man with the African hat is a local Ladbroke Grove brilliant man, a musician and artist, a central elder who keeps balance, the faces are the real pictures which were put up on walls, lists of hundreds of missing people, there were not 72!! we all know the truth and there are hundreds if not thousands of us.. we are a tale of 2 cities, the richest and poorest alongside each other, in the highest density populated area in the country.. David Cameron and his other 3 cronies lived within a mile of Grenfell Tower, it was to say the least a land grab, between leading figures that wanted us low-lifes off the land, so they could sell sell sell, like in Gaza basically, incredibly valuable land... The men, women and our offspring in the video are all locals, many musicians and artists, activists or rather brilliant men and women who for years before the fire were active in fighting the social injustices every day, they are some of the hundreds of witnesses on the night, those who became the local emergency crew from that night onwards, hundreds of us gave our lives that night and never came back from it, we witnessed the truth and so it cannot be undone, there are too many of us.. we just passed the 7th anniversary, justice will not be had 20 years later like Hillsborough, or not! As the song says, the blood is on their hands, and we know who's hands they are, the ashes will be on their graves... and LIKE THE PHOENIX WE WILL RISE.. and I would say we are rising, in Ladbroke Grove, and beyond.. We are in it for the win, we lost too many, we have Faith - immense Courage and fearless Love ! 🙏 💜

I think Lowkey is the guy in the gilet at 4:10 with the dreadlocked kid.

Definitely more Lowkey 🔥🔥

Nah this a easy one for Lowkey, if you wanna cry listen to Lowkey Ahmed or Lowkey Sunday morning.

Great reaction guys, to a superb piece of music. I can highly recommend Carried away and World's war 💙✌

You have to react to Ahmed. Youll defo shed a tear

Lowkey - Ahmed, too deep as well.

please do part 2 of this song it will answer your questions of the aftermath

Buildings up and down the country have same cladding and it is all being stripped and replaced. The council were responsible for it. One small fire shouldn't have gone up so fast.

There was a terrible fire the cladding on the building made it go up like a roman candle.

Stormzy called out the then Prime Minister, Theresa May, for Grenfell at the 2018 Brits. Did a freestyle without telling the producers like Dave did at the end of his Brits 2020 performance

Need to react to lowkey ahmed, so deep man

Should check out Ahmed next!

there is a part 2 to this you need to reaxt to.also Pete and bas plugged in with fumes is a good one to watch

Low-key is the people the people is low-key

Lowkey himself is not in the video, it’s all survivors of the fire. Mai is the woman singing

Do krept konan my story

I think the people in the video are survivors or victims loved ones

Please react to Lowkey ft Immortal technique - voices of the voiceless 🔥

In simple words they got away with it

❤❤❤ awesome reaction🎉 Please react to: Lowkey - Terrorist Lowkey - Obama Nation Lowkey - Obama Nation 2 Lowkey - Ahmed

If you could you should start listening to lil Tjay, he’s been hot in a minute, and he’s been one of the biggest rappers this year One of the songs I would share would be 2020 - lil Tjay F.N - lil Tjay Beat the odds - lil Tjay (The last song is when he got shot 7 times and it was this year)

Lo.key is not in the video he's the one singing

Lonely Child - Youngboy i dont gotta say more

A charity project! Lost in translation I think. 😬 The tower is council flats, social housing, owned by the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, one of the richest in London. Tough one to start, Lowkey FITB? ..so you know what he looks like too.

There is a second one

Respect to low-key. He’s not in the video

Look the story up it hasn't really finished yet.

y’all should react to sza!!

LowKey fitb 1-2 Mic reckless fitb 4 ,Ocean Wisdom walkin

Drake diplomatic immunity you need to do it!!

React to nba yb "this not a song this for my supporters" he's trynna stop the violence

Another 34good songs to watch/ listen to is "sheila" by Jamie t (the Bob haskins vereion) which tells you some tragic stories of people living in London (true stories) which is also Bob haskins rapping lol. And another is "ill manors" by plan b which is about the riots and broken Britain Here's one no one has ever reacted to "your in love with a psycho" woth music video by kasabian. And my final suggestion is "why you only call me when your high" by Arcticonleys but you must watch their music video or it won't make sense

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Wretch 32, FITB part 5 please

they are the same spec buildings construction wise .... all have the same faults

Lowkey not in the clip vid bro , if u wannna see his face search for his song terrorist

Please check out lowkey- Ahmed it’s incredible an will give you more of an idea about lowkey’s genius and his amazing work

Lowkey doesn't appear in the video.

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Lowkey obamanation

The whole reason Lowkey stayed out of this video was because he wanted the viewer to focus on the lyrics and the Grenfell victims and survivors, and you two spent quite a bit of time obsessing over which man in the video might be Lowkey. For the purposes of this track and this video, it wasn’t important! You focused on the last thing he wanted you to focus on??!!🤷🏽‍♀️

Low key was not in the video

Bro lowkeys not in this

Lowkey is the guy around 4.30.

Do some Dave been a while try his fire in the booth very angry Dave

Talk way to much

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