ABOUT
KALEEM
Artist | Producer | Technologist | Columbus, OH
Kaleem is a Columbus, Ohio-based hip-hop artist, technologist, speaker, and teaching artist whose work uses music, poetry, and technology to connect people and build community. Across performances, workshops, conversations, and creative projects, Kaleem creates room for audiences to listen closely, tell their stories, and imagine what can be made together. His practice moves between art and learning, pairing the immediacy of hip-hop with tools for expression, collaboration, and civic connection.
RECOGNITION
Awards & Grants
2025
Project Support Grant
Greater Columbus Arts Council
2024
Innovation Icon Award
614 Day
2023
Afro AI Apex Winner
HiiiWAV
2023
Digital Equity Grant
The Columbus Foundation
2018
Day One Award
Creative Control Fest
2018
Village Protector Award
PRESS
In the Media
No Method to the Madness | Creative Mornings Columbus
TEDxKingLincolnBronzeville Looks to "Level Up" in Second Year | Columbus Monthly
BARS! Podcast | Co-host
Speak Williams Captures King-Lincoln Buildings in Photo Exhibit | Columbus Alive
GALLERY
Photos
