Fakemink Religion

What religion is Fakemink?

Fakemink is an English rapper and producer who is a practicing Muslim. He has said he abstains from alcohol both due to religious adherence and because he does not find it enjoyable.

Fakemink’s musical styles include cloud rap and jerk rap. Fakemink’s single “Easter Pink” reached wide acclaim and virality across the UK, the US, and Europe. His breakout single “LV Sandals” with EsDeeKid and Rico Ace accumulated over 20 million streams online. Fakemink has been featured on several other singles, including “Fever” by Buckshot, “MAKKA” by Fakemink featuring Ecco2k and Mechatok, and “Black Jeep” by Wasse. He has written or produced for several underground projects, operating under his primary moniker as well as his earlier producer name 9090gate.

Early life

Vincenzo Nischal Camille Bhatia was born on 29 January 2005 in Ilford, East London, where he lived until the age of five, before his family moved to Basildon, Essex. He is of Indian Punjabi and Algerian descent. When Camille was nine years old, he started making beats in FL Studio, using a pirated copy he found on his father’s hard drive. By age 15, he expanded his musical skillset from production into rapping.

Music Career and Breakthrough

Camille began his career under the name 9090gate, releasing his first Spotify track, “Tropical Remix,” as a collaboration with fellow British rapper EsDeeKid. During this time, he released pluggnb and ambient trap-influenced tracks exclusively on SoundCloud. After adopting the stage name Fakemink, he released his debut studio album, London’s Saviour, on 22 December 2023. He claimed to have produced and written the entire tape in just three days. Following his mixtape, he stayed active in the underground by self-producing and releasing over 50 singles within a single calendar year, building on his debut with two EPs, Wild One and Furever.

In 2025, Camille had his breakthrough after his single “Easter Pink” went majorly viral across social media and streaming platforms. Music publications like Pitchfork heavily pushed the track, categorizing its sound as a unique blend of “bloghouse meets cloud rap.” On 12 July 2025, Canadian rapper Drake brought Camille out as a surprise guest during his set at the Wireless Festival in London. Following the appearance, he was recognized by major figures, including Clairo, Yung Lean, Yeat, Frank Ocean, and actor Timothée Chalamet. A few months later, Playboi Carti invited him to perform on the Antagonist Tour in Los Angeles. On 17 November, Camille was featured in a Supreme x True Religion Fall/Winter 2025 campaign. Camille also performed at Camp Flog Gnaw 2025 that same month.

On his 21st birthday, 29 January 2026, he dropped an experimental EP setting up the darker narrative themes of his major studio rollout. Three months later, on 10 April 2026, Camille made his debut at Coachella 2026, where he performed at the Gobi Tent. His album Terrified was released on 22 May 2026.

Musical Style

Fakemink’s music has been described as a “mellowed” version of the jerk microgenre, though he doesn’t personally consider himself part of that scene. He is primarily known for his cloud rap catalog, though he has also dabbled in jerk, boom bap, and hip house. Fans tend to call him a mellowed take on jerk rap, but he himself resists being boxed into any single genre at all, and his sound has been described as borrowing from both 2011 and 2035 simultaneously. He exists somewhere within the now-sprawling jerk-rap-cloud-rap-plugg-rage-hyperpop nexus of net-native genres that has come to define a generation of digitally raised artists.

His earliest work leaned heavily into the textures of internet rap’s underground corners. His first releases as 9090gate were heavily pluggnb-inspired, showcasing a knack for melody, experimental production, and minimalist arrangements. As his sound matured, so did its emotional register, where his early work found him rapping about feeling lost and directionless, and his later releases like “Blow Me” moved his vocals out of loosely processed lo-fi and front and center, paired against instrumentals that perfected his now-signature blend of party-ready jerk percussion and seductively simple hyperpop-esque melodies.