flackosedi

flackosedi (styled as flackosedi*) is an emerging independent hip-hop artist and music producer from South Africa. His unconventional sound explores ambition, distrust, vulnerability, pressure, and the uncertainty of seeing everything but understanding little. Born on 1 June 2004 in Springs, Gauteng, in the East Rand, he grew up in the area for 18 years. After high school at Ashbury College, he moved to Kagiso, Krugersdorp, in the West Rand. A year later, he moved again, to Princess, Roodepoort, where he currently lives. He started rapping at 12 and making beats at 13, but didn’t record his first song until he was 18, under the moniker “Indigo A.P.E.” He then grew and changed his stage name several times, leaving his discography scattered everywhere. Now 22, he has a steady plan for his “flackosedi” moniker. His real name is Nyakallo Lesedi Maduna. He took his stage name from one of his influences, A$AP Rocky, who calls himself Lord Pretty Flacko Jodye II. His sound draws on underground rap, especially left-field rap, with influences including Earl Sweatshirt, billy woods, ELUCID, Navy Blue, Boldy James, Westside Gunn, MIKE, and The Alchemist. His sound is exactly what you might expect when you hear “left-field,” but he leans more toward the trap side of left-field.