Ismael Lea South
rapper
Lea South, better known as Ismael Lea South, is an English rapper, community activist and youth worker of Jamaican descent.
Early life
South was in Willesden, London, England. Both his parents are from Jamaica, 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. 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 in this process and left due to artistic content disagreements.
Career
South met Rakin Fetuga in Hyde Park's Speakers' Corner and then later at a Muslim event in Westminster University.
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