Flohio

{{Short description|British hip-hop artist}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| image = Flohio Warehouse Project.jpg

| caption = Flohio (2018)

| birth_name = Funmi Ohiosumah

| birth_place = Lagos, Nigeria

| genre = Hip hop

| years_active = 2016–present

| associated_acts = God Colony, Modeselektor

| website = {{URL|https://www.flohio.uk/}}

}}

Funmi Ohiosumah, known professionally as Flohio (stylised as FLOHIO), is a Nigerian-born British rapper based in South London.{{Cite web|title=Meet Flohio, the rising UK rapper who has everyone shook|url=https://crackmagazine.net/article/long-reads/flohio-whos-this-girl/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Crack Magazine}} Her music is characterised by unusual beats, expansive themes, genre fluidity, and periodic double-time flows.{{Cite web|date=2019-02-23|title=Flohio: Rap isn't meant to be happy. It's not about weed and lipstick|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/23/flohio-on-tearing-up-hip-hops-rulebook-rap-isnt-about-weed-and-lipstick|access-date=2022-01-10|website=the Guardian|language=en}} Though some have characterised her work as "grime," Ohiosumah rejects this term as too limiting for her style and approach. As FLOHIO, she performs as a solo artist, but has also collaborated with God Colony and Modeselektor.

Born in Lagos, Nigeria,{{cite news |last1=Thompason |first1=Stephen |title=The Austin 100: Flohio |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/03/05/696916182/the-austin-100-flohio |access-date=3 April 2022 |publisher=NPR |date=5 March 2019}} her family immigrated to Bermondsey, South East London when Ohiosumah was nine.{{cite news |last1=Renshaw |first1=David |title=Meet Flohio, one of U.K. rap's most intriguing talents |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/07/10/flohio-watch-out-interview |access-date=3 April 2022 |publisher=The Fader |date=10 July 2018}}{{cite web |title=Flohio: Who's This Girl? |url=https://crackmagazine.net/article/long-reads/flohio-whos-this-girl/ |website=crackmagazine.net |publisher=crackmagazine |access-date=March 19, 2018}} Her first EP, titled Nowhere Near, debuted in 2016, followed by her second EP Wild Yout (2018), and her debut mixtape No Panic No Pain (2020).{{Cite web|title=FLOHIO: No Panic No Pain|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/flohio-no-panic-no-pain/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Pitchfork|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2020-11-30|title=Flohio: pummelling electro-rap from Bermondsey-based Streets collaborator|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/flohio-pummelling-electro-rap-from-bermondsey-based-streets-collaborater-2826995|access-date=2022-01-10|website=NME|language=en-GB}} Ohiosumah released her debut album, Out of Heart, on 7 October 2022.

FLOHIO has described some of her early influences to include Channel U, Eve and Lil Wayne.