Kassmasse (ካሥማሠ, born Fikiru Sema) is a singer, rapper, producer and painter from Addis Ababa. He calls his sound Antsar, “perspective”: the Ethiopian Tizita and Ambassel modes carried into hip hop, reggae, R&B and jazz, with dense Amharic wordplay on top. His releases include Maleda (2020), Bahil | Weg (2022, featuring Julian Marley) and Sanqa Souq (2023). In 2022 AFRIMA named him Best Male Artist in East Africa.
