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Kae Tempest

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Also known as Kate Tempest

British poet, spoken word artist and playwright

Person · Open Library

Works
18

Top works

  • Having Spent Life Seeking
  • Verbundensein
  • 100 Queer Poems
  • Brand New Ancients
  • Let Them Eat Chaos

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Non-binary
Origin
London
Active from
1985-12-22
hip hoplgbtq+political hip hopspoken wordukunited kingdom

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
102,425
Total plays
1,704,651

Tags

spoken wordrapHip-Hophip hopbritish

Kae Tempest[2][3] (born 22 December 1985) is an English spoken word performer, poet, recording artist, novelist and playwright. Tempest started out as a rapper, toured the spoken word circuit for a number of years, and now works as a poet and playwright too. Their work includes 'Balance', their first album with their band Sound of Rum, 'Everything Speaks in its Own Way', their first collection of poems, published on their own imprint Zingaro, which comes with a CD and DVD of live performance; 'G

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Esther
Gender
trans man
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Brockley
Occupation
rapper
Languages spoken
English language
Instrument
voice
Record label
Ninja Tune
Official website
www.kaetempest.co.uk
Image
Kate Tempest - Haldern Pop Festival 2017-6.jpg
Residence
Brockley
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Commons category
Kae Tempest
date of birth
1985-12-22
birth name
Kate Esther Calvert
social media followers
49100
official shop URL
shop.kaetempest.co.uk
copyright representative
PRS for Music
name in native language
Kate Tempest
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