TED-X Youth KL
Khai Aziz is a rocker. However, he do not believe in doing drugs. He thinks you can be cool by being drug free and also enjoying rock and metal music. This talk, Khai will be sharing about straight edge and how youth adopting it are being a positive influence to the community. Rockstar by day, Activist by night – Khai Aziz is making waves in the local youth scene. Khai is the lead singer of the band Second Combat and the founder of Drug Free Youth Association (DFYA) Malaysia, a social movement that advocates against drug abuse through music, fashion, art and creative writing. In short, he makes not taking drugs cool. Khai’s fight against drug abuse started when he stumbled upon ‘Straight Edge’, a subculture that refrains from using alcohol, tobacco and other recreational drugs. Since then, he has taken it upon himself to encourage those around him to enjoy punk and rock music without being under the influence of the vices most hardcore punk artists are associated with. Khai has had countless years’ of experience as a presenter, speaking to thousands of students from primary school to university throughout Malaysia.
