FEATURE STORY: LTtheMonk
Photograph by Mallory Suzanne | Pronouns: He/Him
Instagram: @ltthemonk
TikTok: @ltthemonk
The most important aim of any of the fine arts is to get a purely emotional response from the beholder. — Walt Disney
LTtheMonk isn’t here to sell you a dream. He’s here to crack it open.
Originally from London, UK and now rooted in Canada, LT is a genre-bending musician and social media creator whose work spans education, entertainment, and cultural exposure. Through tight bars, striking visuals, and a charismatic online presence, he invites us to engage with the world—not blindly consume it.
In an era where social media monetizes distraction and misinformation travels faster than facts, LT’s content offers something rare: context. From TikTok deep dives on Black Canadian history to interviews that link past injustices with current events, he brings depth to the scroll. And while his music moves bodies, it’s his mind that’s moving the culture.
Resistance to me in 2025,” he says, “is the understanding of the constant evolution of the highly intelligent system of capitalism.
For LT, resistance begins with awareness—specifically, an awareness of how capitalism has mutated across generations to absorb and commercialize even the appearance of dissent. He draws on the documentary The Century of the Self, where Freud’s nephew Edward Bernays is credited with creating modern PR by manipulating desire. Back then, you bought a Cadillac and a GE fridge. Today, you buy an identity—wrapped in sneakers, slogans, and seasonal drops.
“The system evolved,” he explains, “and instead of the one blue Cadillac, now you can choose from thirty colours. Individuality was marketed back to us. The products were still sold. The system remained triumphant.”
LT sees a similar arc in the internet. What began as a tool for decentralization and democratized knowledge has become, in many ways, its opposite: an algorithmic echo chamber where truth gets buried beneath sensationalism and virality. The freedom once promised by the World Wide Web has narrowed into carefully curated feeds, optimized for attention and outrage.
It’s no longer 1965,” LT says. “I have no idealistic dream of dropping out and starting life on a commune. But I also don’t want to give in to the new forms of manipulation.
His resistance is a quiet one. Thoughtful. Intentional. It doesn’t rely on grand gestures, but instead on conscious choices: to not give in to the latest impulse buy, to skip the coffee chain that funds injustice, to create instead of consume.
“I won’t be able to stop major corporations supporting morally questionable causes,” he admits, “but I can choose not to buy that coffee.”
This kind of resistance—grounded in discernment and digital literacy—is at the heart of his work. Whether crafting a lyric or composing a 30-second TikTok, LT is deliberate in what he chooses to amplify. He’s not here for clout. He’s here to challenge narratives, especially those that erase or flatten Black Canadian experiences.
In one series, he uncovers little-known moments from Canadian Black history—like the stories of thriving Black communities that were demolished for highways and development, or how entertainment culture was shaped by resistance long before TikTok trends ever existed. He brings these histories into conversation with modern movements, asking viewers not just to know, but to care.
My goal, he says, is to educate, entertain, and expose.
And he’s succeeding.
With over 17.3k followers on Instagram, 7300 on TikTok and more than 360K likes, LTtheMonk has carved out a niche that blends scholarship with swagger. He’s part historian, part performer, part provocateur—and he knows how to hold your attention without selling his soul.
For LT, the most important aim of art—like Disney once said—is to get a purely emotional response from the beholder. But that emotion isn’t always comfort. Sometimes it’s confrontation. Sometimes it’s clarity. And sometimes, it’s the slow realization that you’ve been playing into a system that doesn’t serve you.
Even if I can’t change the system, he says, I can choose how much I participate.
This ethos permeates everything he does. From the way he speaks on camera to the way he releases music, nothing is accidental. Each choice reflects a broader refusal: to conform, to simplify, to sedate.
LT’s resistance is personal—but it’s also collective. In a world that thrives on overstimulation, he reminds us to pause. To question. To notice what’s being sold, and what’s being stolen in the process.
To resist, he says, I will continue to educate myself, and aim to have my eyes open in a world that continues to lack awareness.
It’s this clarity that makes LTtheMonk more than just a creator. He’s a compass in a chaotic digital landscape—pointing us not toward escape, but toward responsibility. He doesn’t pretend to have all the answers. But he refuses to look away.
And in that refusal, he shows us a different kind of power: not the kind that sells out arenas or racks up brand deals, but the kind that lingers long after the music ends.
Awake. Intentional. Liberated.
LTtheMonk is playing the long game. And he’s playing it with his eyes wide open.
