Photo: Ajmal Abdul Rahiman · CC BY-SA 4.0 · credits
Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Fura
Person · male · India · Kerala · born 1991
rapper and producer
Timeline
1 events◦ Birth 1
1990s
Biography
English biography250 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1365789500
Biography
Ajmal Abdul Rahiman known by his stage name Fura is an Indian rapper, music producer, and singer based in Dubai. Born in Kasaragod, Kerala, Fura moved to Dubai when he was two years old. He gained fame through his various live performances and online musical performances and features.
Fura became popular after a feature verse on an R&B cover version of "Tum Hi Ho" which was uploaded on YouTube in May 2013. He is most famous for his singles "Emarat", "Bounce","Pehla Pyar", "This Generation" & "Fcuk You Kony" which was aimed at creating an awareness for Kony 2012 in the United Arab Emirates. Other major features by him include the "Summer Paradise" Cover with Jasim & Alwin and "Whistle" Cover with Jasim.
Career
Fura started off as an underground independent artist from Dubai, and his work started to gain momentum and exposure during the year 2017 when Hard Kaur featured him on the Title track "All Stars Anthem" with some of India's best underground and mainstream rappers.
After this, his long time collaborator Jasim saw his potential and featured him on the Title track for Abhraminte Santhathikal which features Mammootty in the main role and Gopi Sundar being the Musical Director.
He has also featured a bonus track from the movie Ranam for the track Aydhamedudha which was produced by Jakes Bejoy.
He has also been nominated at the MTV Europe Music Award 2017 for the track "All stars anthem" which won the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Indian Act.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 2 | 7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
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Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Fura head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 2 | 7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fura_Performing_Live.jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16233802genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16233802seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fura_%28rapper%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fura_%28rapper%29
Why this artist is in the database
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Image: Ajmal Abdul Rahiman · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q16233802 · MusicBrainz: —
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