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Lea South (born 28 May 1973), better known as Ismael Lea South, is an English
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,
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and
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of Jamaican descent.


Early life

South was in
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, London, England. Both his parents are from
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, his father came to the United Kingdom in the late 1950s and his mother in the early 1960s. He was brought up as a Christian. South attended South Kilburn High School and studied marketing at
London College of Communication The London College of Communication is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. It specialises in media-related subjects including advertising, animation, film, graphic design, photography and sound arts. It has approximately ...
. He started writing lyrics at school. He later joined an underground group Strictly Business with Gee and Mic Check One. They were later signed by an underground recording label. He
converted to Islam Religious conversion is the adoption of a set of beliefs identified with one particular religious denomination to the exclusion of others. Thus "religious conversion" would describe the abandoning of adherence to one denomination and affiliatin ...
in this process and left due to artistic content disagreements.


Career

South met
Rakin Fetuga Rakin Misbah Adetola Fetuga (born 21 January 1971) is an English rapper and music producer of Nigerian descent. Early life Fetuga was born in Ladbroke Grove, London, England. His parents, both Nigerian, came to the United Kingdom in the 1960s ...
in
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's
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and then later at a Muslim event in Westminster University. After working together in an aromatherapy business, Rakin and him formed the group
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in 1996. South is a
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and
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manager for the Black Youth Drugs Line, which works against drugs and anti-social behaviour in UK
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. He has co-hosted and managed the urban stages at the
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in
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and the Global Peace and Unity Event in
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. He co-hosts
Islam Channel Islam Channel is a UK-based, free-to-air, English language, Islamic-focused satellite television channel and online media platform funded by advertising and donations. It was founded in 2004 by Mohamed Ali Harrath (born 1963), a Tunisian acti ...
's urban show ''Brother's in the Deen''. In 2006, South co-founded The Salam Project with Rakin Fetuga, which organises urban Islamic events and initiatives. He organises Muslim Hip hop and comedy events such as the Muslim Hip Hop Summit. He also co-founded of TSP Urban Youth. He also works as a consultant in Islamic urban projects in the Muslim community and is a learning mentor at Bright Futures Consulting. He is currently working on Crescent Moon Media recording label. In March 2014, South was interviewed by Mark Dean on
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, discussing specialised support for Muslim converts from Britain's African and Caribbean communities.


Personal life

In April 2008, South got married. He lives in London with his wife and daughter.


See also

*
Black British Black British people are a multi-ethnic group of British citizens of either African or Afro-Caribbean descent.Gadsby, Meredith (2006), ''Sucking Salt: Caribbean Women Writers, Migration, and Survival'', University of Missouri Press, pp. 76–7 ...
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British Jamaican British Jamaicans (or Jamaican British people) are British people who were born in Jamaica or who are of Jamaican descent. The community is well into its third generation and consists of around 300,000 individuals, the second-largest Jamaican ...
*
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Islamic music Islamic music may refer to religious music, as performed in Islamic public services or private devotions, or more generally to musical traditions of the Muslim world. The heartland of Islam is the Middle East, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, W ...
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Nasheed A nasheed (Arabic: singular ', plural ', meaning: "chants") is a work of vocal music, partially coincident with hymns, that is either sung ''a cappella'' or with instruments, according to a particular style or tradition within Islam. Nasheed ...


References


External links


Mecca2Medina websiteMuslims in the House
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''. Issue 8, November/December 2004 {{DEFAULTSORT:South, Ismael Lea 1973 births Living people English Muslims English people of Jamaican descent Converts to Islam from Christianity English hip hop musicians English male rappers Black British male rappers Performers of Islamic music English social workers Rappers from the London Borough of Brent People from Willesden Alumni of the London College of Communication