Loki (rapper)

Loki
Birth name Darren McGarvey
Born Scotland
Genres Hip hop
Occupation(s) Rapper, Writer
Years active 2014 –present

Darren McGarvey, who goes by the stage name Loki, is a Scottish rapper, hip hop recording artist, and social commentator.[1] He was an activist during the Scottish independence referendum in 2014.[2]

Career

McGarvey was brought up in Pollok on the south side of Glasgow.[3][4] Between 2004 and 2006, he wrote and presented eight programmes about the causes of anti-social behaviour and social deprivation for BBC Radio Scotland.[5][6] McGarvey worked with youth organisation Volition[3], teaching young people to rap.[7] In 2012 he led a workshop as part of a PowerRap competition for schools, encouraging young people to explore important issues through music and language.[8]

McGarvey studied journalism at Glasgow Clyde College.[9] In 2009, he was part of the Poverty Truth Commission hosted in Glasgow.[10] In 2015 he had six months as rapper-in-residence with the Violence Reduction Unit.[11]

In April 2016 McGarvey appeared in a documentary The Divide discussing his alcoholism and its impact on his life.

In October 2017 he claimed a lack of support for working class or deprived communities from Creative Scotland, the main body that funds Scotland's arts companies and artists.[12]

Loki's Poverty Safari won the 2018 Orwell Prize for books, with the judges saying it "was 'exactly the book' that Orwell would have wanted to win".[13][14]

Works

Discography

  • Government Issue Music Protest (GIMP) (2014), a science-fiction concept album with significant contributions from singer-songwriter Becci Wallace which enjoyed some critical acclaim.[15][16] The album describes a dystopian vision of Scotland in the year 2034.[9]
  • Trigger Warning (2017), a concept album through which he attempts to explore various issues, expressed as a story.[17]

Bibliography

  • Poverty Safari: Understanding the Anger of Britain's Underclass, Luath Press, 2017, ISBN 9781912147038[18]

References

  1. ↑ Gieben, Bram E. (12 July 2013). "Like A Boss: Scottish hip-hop prodigy Loki returns". The Skinny. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Gardiner, Karen (5 January 2015). "Scene Report: Scottish Hip-Hop Comes Into Its Own". MTVIggy.com. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Interview: Loki". M magazine. PRS for Music. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Boyle, Niki (9 January 2015). "The top five Scottish hip hop acts who aren't Young Fathers". Time Out. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  5. ↑ Simpson, Anne (18 November 2006). "Radio Review". The Herald. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "SHMU: Loki, The ill Collective and Jazza". www.aberdeenperformingarts.com. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  7. ↑ Hamill, Jasper (13 October 2006). "Tut's: Loki". The Skinny. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  8. ↑ Fulton, Rachael (12 November 2012). "Loki teaches Lourdes Secondary kids the power of rap". STV News. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  9. 1 2 Eaton-Lewis, Andrew (25 October 2014). "Scottish rapper Loki: Vote No, get this". The Scotsman. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "'I've never been on holiday'". BBC News. 20 March 2009.
  11. ↑ Ross, Peter (2 December 2015). "Loki, the rapper-in-residence working to reduce domestic violence". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  12. ↑ Miller, Phil (11 October 2017). "Rapper Loki claims Creative Scotland has a problem with the working class". The Herald. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  13. ↑ Flood, Alison (2018-06-25). "Orwell books prize goes to Poverty Safari by Scottish rapper Loki". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  14. ↑ https://www.luath.co.uk/productsp/poverty-safari-c8w3t?rq=poverty%20safari/
  15. ↑ Morrison, Alan (29 December 2014). "My Top 50 Scottish Albums of 2014". The Herald. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  16. ↑ Rimmer, Jonathan (18 July 2015). "Loki's searing hip hop concept album paints a dystopian vision of Glasgow 2034". The National. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  17. ↑ Rimmer, Jonathan (7 April 2017). "Trigger Warning an interview with Loki". Bella Caledonia. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  18. ↑ https://www.luath.co.uk/darren-mcgarvey/?rq=mcgarvey/
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