Gleam Joel is a celebrity European Hip Hop artist who has released two albums,
"The Call" and "Deeper", and featured many singles that have charted in Europe and sold
worldwide. Gleam has performed hundreds of concerts and toured throughou
Gleam Joel is a celebrity European Hip Hop artist who has released two albums,
"The Call" and "Deeper", and featured many singles that have charted in Europe and sold
worldwide. Gleam has performed hundreds of concerts and toured throughout Switzerland,
Germany, Austria, Norway, Italy and Brazil with the likes of The Black Eyed Peas, d12,
as well as for the Presidents of Switzerland and Germany. Gleam has been feautured in
magazines, newspapers and his music videos are played throughout the globe.
In 2009, Gleam produced "Underground the Musical" with 150 youth touring Switzerland
to sold out venues and was celebrated by national and international media organziations.
He hosted discussion panels with the Swiss Parliament and other leaders on critical issues
facing todays youth.
In 2010, he arrived to Los Angeles and produced "Still Standing the Musical", a muscial
biography of his life co-written by Ed Rampel, an accomplished writer and contributor to
the LA Times. In May 2010, Gleam took the "Still Standing the Musical" to Switzerland for
a two week tour to sold out audiences.
Currently Gleam has launched his entertainment/youth empowerment project, "Still Stand-
ing The Movement" ["from the Streets to the Stage"] in the United States to touch millions of
young peoples' lives and will tour with his band to promote this new alblum, "Still Standing".
Gleam was born in Nairobi, Kenya and there, as a young boy, struggled to belong and find
meaning in life as he overcame an abusive father, gangs, crime, police brutality, jail, drugs,
loss of love and more, through music and spirituality. Serendipity and divine intervention
create an opportunity to develop his innate musical talents by studying abroad at a music
academy in Switzerland. Embracing his destiny, Gleam turned his back on his violent past
and left for Switzerland where he became a celebrated anti-violence and anti-substance
abuse Hip Hop artist.
Gleam created and implemented numerous award winning national youth empowerment
projects and is intent on replicating that success in the United States. Gleam is a powerful
voice for the youth of the world who share the universal gift of love of music.
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