Humble The Poet

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Kanwer Singh Mahl, professionally known as Humble The Poet is a Canadian elementary school teacher-turned-creative. He is a YouTuber, MC/Spoken Word artist, author, public speaker, hip-hop artist, designer, filmmaker, and creative consultant.Humble was born to immigrant Indian Punjabi Sikh parents in Toronto, Ontario. His father has a Masters degree in Economics who has been driving a cab for 30 years. [9]Instagram Humble The Poet.The Poet lives by the motto [10]The Indian Express Shake your ass, shake your heart, and shake your mind..Humble is also an influencer and has a massive following on social media. He has 527K followers on Instagram, 361.5K on Facebook, 115K on Twitter, and more than 10K members on Mighty Network. [11]Humble The Poet official website.He also runs his own website called brwnppl.com, a clothing line, and a podcast titled Humble The Poet Dailyish. [12]Humble The Poet official website.The Canadian YouTuber has performed at several concerts and major international festivals in London, Delhi, and Pune including When Lions Roar, Lollapalooza, and Believe Me Music festival. He has also been featured in major media including The Huffington Post (Canada), The Times of India, VancouverDesi, Rolling Stone, Buzzfeed, MTV Iggy, MTV K, 24hr (Sun Media), Metro Morning (CBC), FHM, World Star Hip Hop, 2DOPEBOYZ, and twice on AllHipHop.com. [13]Waterloo Records.Kanwer is a strong advocate of anti-racism and has revealed that he and his family have encountered racism multiple times since their immigration to Canada. [14]Humble The Poet official website.Apart from racism, Humble has also rapped about a variety of social and political issues in his hit music videos, including domestic violence, the plight of immigrants in Canada, the prison system, Palestine, and the issues of the desi gay community in Canada. [15]Rolling Stone.Singh started by reciting spoken word poetry as gigs in coffee shops. He joined the Toronto Spoken Word Club when he was working as a school teacher and high school tutor, and he started participating in various competitions. Humble eventually transformed his talent into a creative adventure. [16]Rolling Stone [17]Desi Today When asked about it in an interview, Humble said, I started going for open mic nights and poetry slams around Toronto. That is where I nailed my unique sense of identity. I am a Canadian Punjabi. I am not Indian, make no mistake..In the same year, Singh released his first mixtape album titled -00.05. Since then, he has been dropping similarly titled albums in the countdown series. [20]Rolling Stone.