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Fakemink, or Vincenzo Camille, is a 21-year-old rapper and producer. He wears a strange mullet that\u2019s buzzed in the front and shaved on the sides. He calls himself, \u201cLondon\u2019s Saviour,\u201d which is also the name of his only album (even though he\u2019s from Essex).\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Last year, Fakemink blew up at a dizzying pace. The closest comparison is probably Chappell Roan\u2019s ascent to stardom in 2023. At the start of 2025, the rapper had 76,000 monthly listeners on\u00a0Spotify; by January 2026, that number climbed to 8 million. It\u2019s the sort of thing that leaves suspicious onlookers throwing around \u201cindustry plant\u201d accusations, but the simpler explanation is that Fakemink is making the right music for his time. It was as if in the middle of the night, a software update had been uploaded into every hip hop fan\u2019s brain, and suddenly, the rapper\u2019s sound \u2014 a haze of skittering snares, \u201cSkins\u201d references, helium-pitched vocals and nostalgic stabs of piano \u2014 just clicked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
High schoolers, celebrities, music writers: Everyone exposed to Fakemink\u2019s music seemed to find themselves sucked into his hype machine. Drake, a famed culture vulture, brought him onstage at last year\u2019s Wireless Festival. He linked up with Frank Ocean, who posted pictures of the meet on Instagram, and Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet went to his show in London. Fakemink walked in Gucci\u2019s fall 2026 show, alongside rappers\u00a0Nettspend and EsDeekid.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But for the start of his Coachella set, it looked like Fakemink had run up against his limitations. The crowd was cold, and the rapper seemed to sense it. \u201cCome on, it\u2019s Friday night,\u201d he said, addressing the audience, which would have sounded like a normal hype routine if there wasn\u2019t a twinge of disappointment in his voice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cI\u2019m tryna do this like how we do it in London,\u201d he said at other points. He praised one side of the crowd\u2019s energy, and complained that the other side was dead.<\/p>\n
Fakemink may be a brilliant producer and a sharp lyricist, but he is not the most technically skilled rapper. This may be expected for a musician who hit his stride recording songs from his bedroom. He seems to struggle with breath control, as evidenced by his tendency to drop every other line in some verses, letting the pitched-up voice on his backing track carry the weight.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And then, through some alchemy, \u201cLondon\u2019s Saviour\u201d turned it all around. It started when he played an unreleased song. \u201cNo one\u2019s ever heard this one before,\u201d he told fans. \u201cIt\u2019s a new one.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Typically, this sort of move kills an already-dead crowd (who can sing along to something they don\u2019t know?), but the track, which samples Cyndi Lauper\u2019s \u201cTime After Time,\u201d sounded good on the first listen, without the muddy bass that hamstrung some of Fakemink\u2019s other songs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was enough to get the momentum rolling for the rapper\u2019s biggest hit, \u201cLV Sandals,\u201d which immediately opened a mosh pit. This reporter tried taking a video, but was knocked off balance by a young woman bouncing up and down rapping along to the song\u2019s refrain: \u201cLouis V Sandals \/ Crazy, hoes act scandalous.\u201d (It sounds better than it reads.)<\/p>\n
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Fakemink performs at the Gobi Tent during the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 10, 2026 in Indio, Calif.<\/p>\n
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From there on, the crowd was hot, and stayed hot for the rest of the night. Mink rolled into two other hits, the banger \u201cFidelio\u201d and the angelic \u201cMakka.\u201d During \u201cMakka,\u201d the rapper paused the track and ordered his fans to squat down, then jump up in the air at the drop.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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It became clear at this point that if Fakemink was not the strongest live rapper, then he was at least a strong performer, more than capable of delivering passion, and making his fans feel it. As he grew more confident, he leaned in harder. The cracks in his voice on \u201cMusic and Me,\u201d his best song, read as an excess of energy, not a lack of control.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou talk about a feelin’, I feel it now,\u201d he practically shouted, waving his hand side to side with the crowd. \u201cLook back if I could, but I’m not allowed.\u201d<\/p>\n
After his last track, \u201cBlow the Speaker,\u201d the rapper jumped off the stage and shook hands with his fans at the barricade. Then, after a few, \u201cI love you’s to his friends and the crowd, he was gone. But if the second half of his set was any indication, you\u2019ll be seeing more of him soon.<\/p>\n
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