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Akeem Ali
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About the Artist
Akeem Ali is a rapper who writes in character, building songs around a smooth-talking, self-mythologising ladies' man he calls Keemy Casanova. The comedy is as much the point as the swagger: the persona lets him deliver boasts and come-ons with a straight face while the writing quietly undercuts them.
The music sits between trap and boom bap, and leans on warm, played-in sounds rather than programmed ones. Round bass, soft drums, guitar and keys borrowed from early-seventies soul and funk sit under a delivery that is unhurried and conversational, closer to talking than chanting, with the punchlines placed late in the bar. The subjects are courtship, appetite, self-regard and the comedy of a man taking himself very seriously.
He started writing as a child and committed to it in his teens, putting out a first mixtape and then a debut project, Rollin'. The Keemy Casanova character came later and travelled on its own, without a major label behind it and without money spent pushing it, and the EP Mack in the Day followed. He has gone on releasing outside the major-label system, and he builds his records around live instrumentation wherever he can.
Onstage he performs in character. The material is written to be delivered rather than shouted, so the work turns on timing, phrasing and the space he leaves between lines. He has said the swagger is a costume and that he is quiet away from it, which is part of why the persona reads as a performance rather than a pose.
This is rap for listeners who want charm and craft in the same place: writing that rewards close attention, delivered by someone plainly enjoying the act of delivering it.
Upcoming Shows
36
Genre
Rap / Hip Hop
Las Vegas
OCT 14 · United States of America
Las Vegas, NV
OCT 14 · United States of America
San Diego
OCT 15 · United States of America
Los Angeles
OCT 16 · United States of America
Los Angeles, CA
OCT 16 · United States of America
San Francisco, CA
OCT 17 · United States of America
San Francisco
OCT 17 · United States of America
Sacramento, CA
OCT 18 · United States of America
Vancouver
OCT 21 · Canada
Seattle
OCT 23 · United States of America
Seattle, WA
OCT 23 · United States of America
Portland, OR
OCT 24 · United States of America
Denver, CO
OCT 27 · United States of America
Omaha, NE
OCT 28 · United States of America
Saint Paul, MN
OCT 29 · United States of America
Milwaukee
OCT 30 · United States of America
Chicago
OCT 31 · United States of America
Detroit, MI
NOV 01 · United States of America
Toronto
NOV 03 · Canada
New York
NOV 05 · United States of America
Las Vegas
OCT 14 · United States of America
Las Vegas, NV
OCT 14 · United States of America
San Diego
OCT 15 · United States of America
Los Angeles
OCT 16 · United States of America
Los Angeles, CA
OCT 16 · United States of America
San Francisco, CA
OCT 17 · United States of America
San Francisco
OCT 17 · United States of America
Sacramento, CA
OCT 18 · United States of America
Vancouver
OCT 21 · Canada
Seattle
OCT 23 · United States of America
Seattle, WA
OCT 23 · United States of America
Portland, OR
OCT 24 · United States of America
Denver, CO
OCT 27 · United States of America
Omaha, NE
OCT 28 · United States of America
Saint Paul, MN
OCT 29 · United States of America
Milwaukee
OCT 30 · United States of America
Chicago
OCT 31 · United States of America
Detroit, MI
NOV 01 · United States of America
Toronto
NOV 03 · Canada
New York
NOV 05 · United States of America
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