Lemzi is a hip-hop artist from East London who abandoned plans to become a lawyer to focus on making meaningful music. Apart from writing positive, soothing and motivating songs, he also comments on social problems in his community, like knife crime. His music has been featured on Sky News, BBC One, London Live and many British radio stations.

LEMZI: Musical therapy is a real thing! It’s actually something that I was looking into where I’ve gone through bouts of, if it’s not depression, then it’s deep repression. (...) Typically finding and discovering new music that I actually enjoy is a huge factor of taking me out of that zone. When I get to the point that I discover something new that really resonates, I start feeling better. I’m pretty sure that everyone in this day and age has a playlist (...). If everyone sat down and said - what is it all about these songs that actually makes me feel good? - there would definitely be a common component within all the songs. I don’t know what it is, because it’s different for everyone, but once you know what that is, then you will be like ‘oh I’ve got this! I should be feeling good all the time!’. Music is always there as a tool (...), it can always adapt our frequency. Because everything about the sound is about vibrations. So if you’re vibrating on a lower frequency, music can take you out of it.

FEATURED SONGS: 'Curious Kids' - Lemzi; 'W.O.D.A.T.' - Lemzi; 'B.O.T.S.' - Lemzi.

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