Fejo (rapper)

Febin Joseph better known as Fejo is a rapper/songwriter from Kochi, Kerala who started his solo career professionally in 2009.[1][2] Rapping fluently in Malayalam, Fejo has worked with music composers including Raftaar, Sushin Shyam, Jakes Bejoy, Rahul Raj, Girish Nakod.[3][4] He is considered one of the pioneers of Malayalam Rap, noted for his socio political themes & commercially performing tracks.[5][6] He started his indie music career in 2009 and has popularized the subversive music genres in Kerala and experimenting with different genres, predominantly Hip Hop/Rap in Malayalam. He has performed in various concerts including MTV Hustle, Comedy Utsavam, Flowers Top Singer and concerts like Breezer Vivid Shuffle, Mirchi Music Awards 2020, Para Hip Hop Fest etc.[7][8] He is known for his soundtracks Aparaada Panka from the movie Maradona starring Tovino Thomas, Ayudhameduda from the movie Ranam starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, Ee Thazhvara from the movie Athiran starring Fahad Fazil, Kalathe Vellum Theeyeda from the movie Jeem Boom Bhaa starring Askar Ali etc. He is also known for his singles Malsaram Ennodu Thanne, Theruvinte Kalakaran, Avasaram Tharu, Local idi, Koottilitta Thatha,Vere Level & single with Masala Coffee Live the Metro Life for KMRL etc[9][10]

Fejo
OriginKochi
GenresHip Hop, Pop, Film Soundtrack
Occupation(s)Rapper, Songwriter
Years active2009 – present
Associated actsRaftaar, Sushin Shyam, Jakes Bejoy, Rahul Raj, Varun Dhawan, Masala Coffee, Sekhar Menon

Personal life

Febin Joseph also known as Fejo was born to Joseph and Leonita in Vytilla, Kochi. He has completed B.Tech. in Electrical and Electronics before entering to the movie industry.[11]

Career

Fejo began his journey in the music/entertainment industry professionally in 2009.

He has worked with several music composers including Raftaar, Sushin Shyam, Jakes Bejoy, Rahul Raj, Masala Coffee, Girish Nakod.[12][13]

In May 2018, he did his first rap for a feature film in the song Aparaada Panka for the movie Maradona starring Tovino Thomas, the song was a big hit and has crossed over 1 Million views in YouTube. In September 2018, he did rap in the song Ayudhameduda for the movie Ranam starring Prithviraj Sukumaran. Later in April 2019 he did rap in the song Ee Thazhvara from the movie Athiran starring Fahad Fazil, and in May 2019 he did rap in the song Kalathe Vellum Theeyeda from the movie Jeem Boom Bhaa starring Askar Ali.[14]

In 2022, he made his acting debut in the movie Naaradhan directed by Aashiq Abu starring Tovino Thomas & Anna Ben.[15]

Filmography

Feature films
As Rapper
YearFilm TitleSong TitleMusic ComposerStarringNotes
2018MaradonaAparaada PankaSushin ShyamTovino Thomas, Chemban Vinod JoseDebut film
2018RanamAyudhamedudaJakes BejoyPrithviraj Sukumaran, Rahman with Ajaey Shravan & FuRa
2019AthiranEe ThazhvaraPS JayhariFahad Fazil, Sai Pallavi with Amrita Jayakumar
2019Jeem Boom BhaaKalathe Vellum TheeyedaPS JayhariAskar Ali, Aparna Balamurali
2019KalkiPolice Re Entry SongJakes BejoyTovino Thomas, Samyuktha Menon
2019Under WorldParavakaliniYakzan Gary Pereira & Neha NairAsif Ali, Lal Jr, Mukesh with Sooraj Santhosh
2020UriyadiOlakkalu SeelakkaluIshaan DevSreenivasan, Siddique, Aju Varghese with Rock Soman
2021Operation JavaNaade NaattaareJakes BejoyBalu Varghese, Lukman Avaran with Thirumali
2021 Keshu Ee Veedinte Nadhan Ashichu Mohichu Keshu Nadirshah & Bijibal Dileep, Urvashi, Naslen
2022AarattuThalayude Vilayattu[16][17]Rahul RajMohanlal, Shraddha Srinath with M.G Sreekumar
2022 Naaradan Thannatthaan[18][19] Sekhar Menon Tovino Thomas, Anna Ben
2022 Pathrosinte Padappukal Kali Kalam Jakes Bejoy Sharaf U Dheen, Naslen, Dinoy Paulose
2022PappaRaghupati RaghavaRahul SubrahmanianUnni Mukundan

[20][21][22][23][24][25][26]

As Actor

Year Film Title Role Direction Notes
2022 Naaradan Mudiyan [27] Aashiq Abu Acting debut

[28]

Discography
Year Song Title Artists Notes
2018 Shuffle Track 2.0 (Live Life in Color) Raftaar & Varun Dhawan for Breezer Vivid Shuffle
2019 I Live the Metro Life Masala Coffee for Kochi Metro Rail Limited
2022 Urula Bijibal, Soumya Ramakrishnan International Dance Day (for Dancity)

Television

Music & Reality Shows
Year Show Judges/Co Artists Host Channel Notes
2018 Breezer Vivid Shuffle Raftaar, Deep Kalsi, Girish Nakod MTV India for Grand Finale 2018
2019 MTV Hustle Raftaar, Nucleya, Raja Kumari

with MC Altaf, Rapper Big Deal

 Gaelyn Mendonca MTV India for Grand Finale 2019
2019 Comedy Utsavam Tini Tom, Kalabhavan Prajod, Shaju Mithun Ramesh Flowers TV Ep. 396
2019 Comedy Utsavam Sudheesh, Thesni Khan, Kalabhavan Prajod Mithun Ramesh Flowers TV Ep. 495 with Adarsh ADJ
2020 Para HipHop Festival Aashiq Abu, Bijibal, Shahabaz Aman DJ Sekhar & Sreenath Bhasi Kochi Music Foundation with Blesslee
2021 Mirchi Music Awards with Chandan Shetty, Bjorn Surrao & Roll Rida Shilpa Bala Asianet for Mirchi Malayalam
2021 Top Singer M.G Sreekumar, Innocent, Afsal, Rahul Raj

with Nadirshah & Aparna Balamurali

 Meenakshi Anoop Flowers TV Ep. 5 (Star Nite)
2021 Bumper Chiri Agosham

(Oru Chiri Iru Chiri)

 Manju Pillai, Sabumon, Naseer Sankranthi

with Baiju Santhosh

 Karthik Surya Mazhavil Manorama Ep. 1 with Adarsh ADJ
2021 Bumper Chiri Agosham Manju Pillai, Sabumon, Naseer Sankranthi

with Thankachan Vithura

 Karthik Surya Mazhavil Manorama X'mas Special

with Adarsh & Ardhra

2022 Star Singer Stephen Devassy, K.S Chithra, Sharreth, G. Venugopal

with Suraj Venjaramoodu & Manjari

 Jewel Mary Asianet Ep. 75

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