Francois ‘Franki M’ Mallum is a talented young artist, an open lyricist
and an exceptional guitarist. His music is transcendent, fusing hip
hop, jazz, rock and pop. It’s something for the masses. His lyrics are
catchy, his beats are hard, and his music is in a word, unforgettable.
He has nurtured a love for music that followed him from his early
years, always singing, always keen to learn a new trick and trade.
He
first picked up a guitar 2003 and slowly taught himself how to play. He
decided to take up lessons with one of Cape Town’s most well known Jazz
Guitarists, Wayne Bosch, who taught him the more technical aspects of
playing the guitar. A year later he was introduced to a Jazz ensemble