Fejo Essentials

When it comes to Malayalam hip-hop pioneers, Fejo is always in the conversation. Crafting rapid-fire flows and punchy bars since the late 2000s, the rapper and singer-songwriter covers socio-political themes while blending reggae and folk elements into his beats. Among the earliest artists to deconstruct and rebuild Malayalam rap through reading and writing, Fejo has vocabulary power driving his music, and his many film contributions sit alongside a fiercely independent catalogue. His street-level storytelling is lauded and he deserves his place as Kerala’s elder statesman of hip-hop.