There’s been plenty of buzz around Osman “Ozzy” Maxamed ever since his guest appearance with Kartellen. He was only 19 at that time. Seven years later, his long-awaited debut album Ett öga rött arrived, named after Jonas Hassen Khemiri’s novel. Ozzy was shortlisted for the P3 Guld award and no less than three Swedish Grammis awards in 2019, and was generally praised as king of the new, dirty Malmö sound. Producer Durimkid delivers hard beats without any unnecessary decorations on the tracks. Ozzy’s unpretentious style reflects that he has been writing ever since he was a kid. His words take us back to his childhood. Just five months old, he came with his five brothers and mother from Somalia, where his father was killed in the war before Ozzy’s birth. He raps about being bullied in school, referring to himself as a “fat black fatty”. But from time to time, he also depicts life in his neighborhood Rosengård as bright and gleeful. 2019 is undoubtedly Ozzy’s year, but the young rapper looks further ahead: he is here to stay.