Cartel Madras and Dom Dias - FEAR & LOATHING

What this video is

Released July 8, 2021, FEAR & LOATHING is the third single of that year from Indo-Canadian hip-hop duo Cartel Madras (sisters Eboshi and Contra, born in Chennai and raised in Calgary), released on Sub Pop and Royal Mountain Records. It is the lead single and narrative anchor of The Serpent & The Tiger, the third and final installment of their Project Goonda trilogy — a body of work that began with Trapistan (2018)…

Why it matters

FEAR & LOATHING sits at the intersection of South Asian diasporic rap, cinematic trap, and indie-label prestige rollout culture. Its ambition to fuse literary and film-school references with a Tamil-Canadian feminist lens marks it as a document of a distinct early-2020s mode: BIPOC underground…

The director

Jashan Makan is a filmmaker who co-directed the FEAR & LOATHING music video alongside Indo-Canadian hip-hop duo Cartel Madras (Eboshi and Contra). The video was credited across multiple outlets including Sub Pop Records, Rolling Stone India, Hip Hop Canada,…