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LABI SIFFRE

 

Labi Siffre is a British singer, songwriter, musician, poet and Human Rights activist who has also written for the stage. His poetry collections include: Nigger (1993), Blood on the Page (1995) and Monument (1997). 

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He came out of self-imposed retirement from music in 1985, when he saw a television film from apartheid South Africa showing a white soldier shooting at black children. He wrote                   "(Something Inside) So Strong" in 1986. 'Something Inside So Strong' won the 1986 Ivor Novello award for best song musically and lyrically. It was sung as an anti-apartheid anthem in apartheid South Africa and is used worldwide by gay groups, women’s groups, disability groups, sexual abuse recovery groups and many other organisations (Amnesty International, for example) as an anthem of self-empowerment.

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Outmusic awarded Labi Siffre with the Outmusic Spirit Award for his contirbutions, achievements, and his audacity of hope for the HUMAN SPIRIT in us all.  

 

Famous Rapper Eminem’s first hit single ‘My Name Is’ sampled the rhythm track of ‘I Got The ...’ from Siffre’s (1975) album Remember My Song, including Siffre on electric piano. Following that various Rappers like Jay-Z and Kanye west also sampled Siffre's work. In '98/99 Siffre retired from music performance after The Last Songs Tour in '98/'99.

 

He met his life partner Peter John Carver Lloyd in July 1964. They remained together until Lloyd's death in 2013,having entered a civil partnership in 2005, as soon as this was possible in the UK. READ MORE

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Outmusic Spirit Award Honoree
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Outmusic Award Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree
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Outmusic Spirit Award Honoree
Outmusic Awards
Outmusic Awards
6th Outmusic Awards Webster Hall NYC
MELISSA ETHERIDGE
MELISSA ETHERIDGE
Outmusic Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree
LABI SIFFRE
LABI SIFFRE
Outmusic Spirit Award Honoree
CHARICE
CHARICE
OMA Winner for Best Pop Song
Outmusic Awards
Outmusic Awards
8th Outmusic Awards Las Vegas - Planet Hollywood Theater
JOBRIATH
JOBRIATH
Outmusic Icon Award Honoree
SYLVESTER
SYLVESTER
OUTMUSIC ICON HONOREE
RANDY JONES - VILLAGE PEOPLE COWBOY
RANDY JONES - VILLAGE PEOPLE COWBOY
Outmusic Heritage Award Honoree
WILLI NINJA
WILLI NINJA
Outmusic Icon Award Honoree
dsc01898
dsc01898
OMAR THOMAS
OMAR THOMAS
OMA Winner for Album of the Year
DEBORAH COX
DEBORAH COX
Outmusic Pillar Award Honoree
Tom McCormack & Micahel Mitchell
Tom McCormack & Micahel Mitchell
Outmusic Visionary Award Honorees
MONIFAH CARTER
MONIFAH CARTER
Outmusic Vanguard Award Honoree
DIANA KING
DIANA KING
Outmusic Vanguard Award Honoree
VICCI MARTINEZ
VICCI MARTINEZ
OMA Winner for Best Rock Song
KEVIN AVIANCE
KEVIN AVIANCE
Outmusic Award Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree
WOLFGANG BUSCH
WOLFGANG BUSCH
Outmusic Spirit Award Honoree
Outmusic Awards
Outmusic Awards
6th Outmusic Awards Webster Hall NYC

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