1. Nik Thakkar is the non-binary multi-disciplinary recording artist known professionally as NEO 10Y.
10 Facts About Nik Thakkar
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Nik Thakkar first used it for the dark electronic track he anonymously published in June 2016.
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Nik Thakkar listed Grace Jones, Elliott Smith, Bob Marley and Zaha Hadid as inspirations for his art.
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Nik Thakkar cites Britney Spears, Kurt Cobain, Aaliyah and 2Pac as influences.
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In 2015, Nik Thakkar teamed up with All Boxed Up to raise funds to support the Albert Kennedy Trust for homeless LGBTQ youth.
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Nik Thakkar attended an anti-Donald Trump Rally in London dressed in his NEO 10Y Mickey Mouse character.
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In 2018, Nik Thakkar was part of a controversial set of episodes for BBC3's 'Britain's Most Offended' TV show as a vegan activist.
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In March 2019, Nik Thakkar was featured in a mini documentary about Climate Change Anxiety for BBC Ideas where he stated that at this point in history the onus is on the individual to create action through changes in consumption patterns.
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Nik Thakkar won the GenArt Prize together with Ada Zanditon at New York Fashion Week in 2015.
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Nik Thakkar was included among the one hundred most original and influential people in the UK creative and media industries by Time Out Magazine in 2012 and was voted one of the top-five most eligible bachelors of 2017 by the readers of Out Magazine.