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    '''Kae Tempest''' is an English spoken word performer, poet, recording artist, novelist and playwright. In 2013, they won the Ted Hughes Award for their work Brand New Ancients.
    '''Kae Tempest''' is an English spoken word performer, poet, recording artist, novelist and playwright. In 2013, they won the Ted Hughes Award for their work Brand New Ancients.
    Tempest grew up in Brockley, outh East London, one of five children. Tempest worked in a record shop from age 14 to 18. They went to Thomas Tallis School, leaving at 16 to study at the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in Croydon, going on to graduate in English Literature from Goldsmiths, University of London.<ref name="Hyundaimercuryprize2017" /><ref name="Guardianmusic" /> Tempest first performed when they were 16, at open mic nights at Deal Real, a small hip-hop store in Carnaby Street in London's West End. They went on to support acts such as John Cooper Clarke, Billy Bragg and Benjamin Zephaniah. They toured internationally with their band Sound of Rum until they disbanded in 2012 before being commissioned to write their first play, ''Wasted''.<ref name="Mahoney">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/mar/27/wasted-paines-plough-review |author=Mahoney, Elisabeth |date=27 March 2012 | accessdate=6 February 2018 | publisher=The Guardian |title=Wasted – review - Stage - The Guardian}}</ref>


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    Kae Tempest
    Kae Tempest at Haldern Pop Festival in 2017
    Date of birth 22 December 1985
    Place of birth Westminster, London, England
    Nationality British
    Pronouns they/them[1]

    Kae Tempest is an English spoken word performer, poet, recording artist, novelist and playwright. In 2013, they won the Ted Hughes Award for their work Brand New Ancients.

    Tempest grew up in Brockley, outh East London, one of five children. Tempest worked in a record shop from age 14 to 18. They went to Thomas Tallis School, leaving at 16 to study at the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in Croydon, going on to graduate in English Literature from Goldsmiths, University of London.[2][3] Tempest first performed when they were 16, at open mic nights at Deal Real, a small hip-hop store in Carnaby Street in London's West End. They went on to support acts such as John Cooper Clarke, Billy Bragg and Benjamin Zephaniah. They toured internationally with their band Sound of Rum until they disbanded in 2012 before being commissioned to write their first play, Wasted.[4]

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    1. @kaetempest (6 August 2020). https://twitter.com/kaetempest/status/1291396030794260483 – via Twitter. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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    4. Mahoney, Elisabeth (27 March 2012). "Wasted – review - Stage - The Guardian". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 February 2018. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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