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Kayem is a Chicago-based hip hop artist who was born into the struggle. His father was a revolutionary who escaped prison after 5 years of being held as a dissident. Kayem’s first trip to Libya, after spending a lifetime of advocacy in exile, was filmed in the docuseries “Sing Freedom”, which will make it's USA debut late August. Yahoo! Music listed Kayem’s showcase at South by Southwest as one of “The 6 Best Things We Saw at SXSW” and he was listed as one of CNN’s “Most Interesting People”. He has also been featured in Rolling Stone, Billboard, Complex Mag, The New York Times, and more. Kayem relaunched his career with a name-change after having to step away due to government restrictions. He detailed his experience of being placed on the No Fly List and facing perpetual FBI surveillance and detainments on “Intercepted”, where he was a guest along with Edward Snowden. Kayem is slated to release new music for the first time since the ordeal this summer