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San Jaimt, born as Sanju Jaison on 1 October 1988 in Kottayam, Kerala, India, is a rapper and a music producer. He has worked for malayalam movies such as Mr. Fraud, ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi, Koothara, Face2Face (2012 Malayalam film) and The Hit List (2012 Indian film). He has released two independent singles "We're Sorry" (2013) and "Neeyane" (2016).
Early life
Sanju was born on October 1, 1988, in Kottayam. He moved to Dubai at a young age with his parents, where he was introduced to rap music by his friends and was influenced by the songs of 2pac, Eminem and Rakim.
Career
In 2010, he released his demos such as "Fizz de Bottles", "U n ME" and "Rapsoulman" online. After he returned to Kerala to do his engineering course at St. Joseph's College of Engineering and Technology, Palai, he met some musicians in the college music club with whom he shared music ideas. His friend, Mahesh Peter, gave him his first opportunity to rap in a college album, called 6th module which consisted of 13 tracks. Peter also introduced him to malayalam music director Alphonse Joseph (composer).
He made his film debut in The Hit List, released in 2012, with the help of Alponse Joseph, who was in charge of the music for the song "Kadhakalumezhuthi". Later, he was called to work for another film, Face2Face. His most notable work in malayalam movies was when music director Gopi Sundar asked him to rap for the title song of the movie, Mr. Fraud He later worked for movies such as ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi (Naya Paisa illa Remix) and Koothara (vasudeva)
In 2013, he released his first independent single, "We're Sorry", which depicts a tragic love story; it was based on atrocities faced by women around the world. The song was featured in BBC Asian Network, 9XO, Malayala manorama, deccan chronicle, The Indian Express, Vh1 and other social media platforms.
His second independent single "Neeyane", which was a love themed rap fusion song, was released on February 14, 2016. The song generated over 100,000 youtube hits in less than 3 weeks.