What’s your stage name and where are you from?

i’m lowkey mike, i’m from toronto with a arab heritage

What’s the story behind your stage name?

i wish i had a cool story behind my name haha but its what my everyone was calling me throughout highschool

Describe your musical journey in three sentences.

different, fun and exciting

Share an interesting experience you had while creating your latest track.

one of the songs i’m working on, i recorded the verse for over 70 times and still can’t get the right take, but we’re getting there

What message do you want to convey through your music?

Through my music, I want to express total creative control not out of ego, but out of purpose. I’m someone who naturally wants to have full control over every detail, and music has become the perfect space for that. I write, record, produce, mix, and master everything myself, it’s people like JPEGMAFIA that inspired me to be myself and have full control over my music and because no one else sees the vision I see. I’m still figuring it out, but I know exactly what I’m trying to do even if others don’t yet.

At the same time, I always bring in a part of my Arabic identity into the music. It’s something I’m deeply proud of, something I cherish, and something that deserves way more presence in the global soundscape. So while I experiment and build my own sound, I’m also sharing a piece of culture that isn’t represented enough but should be.

Tell us about a challenge you faced during production and how you overcame it.

for a year and a half I was recording my raps on my phone and I did face a lot of challenges when I switched to a microphone because the microphone picks up every sound unlike the phone where it polishes it so it was weird getting used to everything sounding polished, so I had to put more effort into the delivery But I’m still getting better at

If you could collaborate with any artist, who would it be and why?

Shabjdeed, Sarya al Sawas and JPEGMAFIA

Where do you see your music taking you in the next year?

I honestly don’t know and I know that my progress might be slow, but wherever it takes me I just know that I’ll never stop putting out music that I love and I think is good

What’s the next big step for you as an artist?

it’s dropping the album i’ve been working on

Where can we hear/watch your most recent work?

https://youtu.be/7IqE493D_x4?si=IpkNClsk-AAuEpaa