S4E05: Meet Faaris— a Pakistani rapper. You may recognize him from the viral Zayn Malik lookalike competition, or his collaborations with various artists. He also just did 2M+ streams on Spotify in 2024 alone!

In this episode we cover a variety of topics across our 4 segments:
📚LIFE STORY📚
🔥HOT SEAT🔥
🤫SHADOWS🤫
🔦SPOTLIGHT🔦: BROWN BOY LOOKS LIKE ZAYN, RAPS LIKE HIMSELF

We talk about Faaris’s upbringing in Austin, his family background, and his path to breaking into the music industry with viral milestones and millions of streams. We explore rapid-fire questions in the Hot Seat, delve into Shadows around excessive female attention, comparison traps, and public perception, and then spotlight his journey as a South Asian rapper in a white-dominated music industry. We also discuss his viral Zayn Lookalike moment, major performances at SXSW and Masala Mixtape, hit singles like “MEMO” and “All or Nothing,” his inspirations, creative process, and more!

Faaris’s IG: @faaris.mp3 (https://www.instagram.com/faaris.mp3/)
Faaris’s Tik Tok: @faaris.mp4 (https://www.tiktok.com/@faaris.mp4)

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🎙️ Hosted by Sandalina Sattar, a 25-year-old Muslim, Pakistani woman living in NYC. Sandalina is a full-time finance professional, Tik Tok content creator, and founding event host of Wholesome Hangouts