BIJI

From the heart of the diaspora, the duo BIJI makes music that fearlessly blends Kurdish and Western Asian traditions with contemporary influences like Hip-Hop, Afrobeat, Latin, and Dance into a sonic and visual experience that captivates audiences of all backgrounds and transcends borders. You can hear this today with the brand new single “Zo” out via EMPIRE. Written and produced by Shareef Badloe (Ogri of Afro Bros), Jonathan Mballa, Robin Nazari and Maceo Frost – the latter two comprising the group BIJI – “Zo” is a mid tempo celebratory record about having fun and flexing. - BIJI is the atomic fusion between the minds of Robin Nazari (artist and actor) and Maceo Frost (director and producer) fueled by the Kurdish culture that has long yearned for recognition and the freedom of self-expression. Born into a Kurdish family of musicians and poets, Nazari made his acting debut in the hit Netflix crime series “Snabba Cash”, was recently featured in their 2023 drama “Clark,” and will be starring in the upcoming Netflix movie “The Beautiful Game” (also starring British legend Bill Nighy and Michael Ward of Top Boy). Frost is an award-winning film director and music producer born into a family of mavericks – hip hop, skateboard and street dance pioneers which is embedded into DNA. In 2018, he received a Gold Clio Award for a documentary about Burna Boy and his feature film collaboration with Adidas and HBO for the cuban boxing documentary “TOO BEAUTIFUL”.