This video is from a political UK rapper named 'Lowkey'. This controversial and somewhat disturbing video is bringing light to the worldly matter of terrorism. Moreover, the video uses a technique whereby Lowkey is portrayed as a terrorist with a very tired and scruffy look as well as a beard. This is a stereotypical view on terrorists which is represented in the media today. He is being questioned vigorously by another man, who is also Lowkey but a clean shaven, 'suited and booted' version with glasses. Lowkey is the narrator in this video but this video is, for a majority of the time, using controversial archive photos of past events and is exposing the effect of war on innocent civilians. This is most probably the main intention of the video as it was released on September 11th. The dark setting depicts that this is a hip hop/rap video and most videos of this genre are usually made to be sinister. This is not a mainstream video or song and is referred to as 'underground hip hop' as rappers such as Lowkey are not signed to a record label and are also referred to as 'unsigned'.
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