Photo: Karim Adeyemi, Loredana, Mozzik, Lotin Haziri/ Instagram/ YouTube

As previously announced in January, Mozzik has recently released a mini-album (EP) with a total of 5 songs. What immediately catches the eye is the fifth song, titled "Diss*****", which clearly stands out from the rest of the project.

The reason? It's not an ordinary diss to another rapper, but a diss that Mozzik directs to himself.

A diss is a song that verbally attacks someone, usually another artist, by highlighting personal weaknesses, mistakes, or failures.

In this case, the target is the artist himself. From this point on, Mozzik's idea is something unusual and intriguing. And what makes it even stronger is the fact that the rapper does not spare himself at all, but "attacks" himself as expected from a genuine diss.

The first part of the text: childhood, poverty and failures

In this piece, Mozzik addresses himself, recalling his difficult childhood, poverty, and lack of perspective. He mentions his mother who was in debt and his failure to get accepted to school, portraying himself as a boy who, due to his living conditions, was pushed down the wrong path.

"I remember you as a child
when you were sold in the neighborhood.
I saw my mother at the market to pick you up. You wanted to be
with me. You graduated from high school,
but you studied agriculture. They did
n't even accept you in engineering.
You went off to do drugs."

"You're a dealer because you're poor and have 2 euros in your
pocket , selling mangoes."

A beautiful symbolism also appears at the beginning of the video clip, where Mozzik is alone, lying in a hospital bed, removing the bandages from his face. This scene can be interpreted as the rapper's desire to come out in the open, to show his wounds and his true face, without masks.

Part Two: Fame, Commercial Music, and Public Hatred

In this piece, Mozzik discusses his rise to fame and the criticism he received for his commercial music. He addresses accusations that he was "too much" for the market and that he was using the stage only for financial gain, reflecting on how he was perceived by the public and the media.

"I went to Prishtina and started a commercial
, we couldn't get enough of it at home
, I knew it was so banal
, TV was getting on my nerves
because it was on every channel
and you were
just playing the show to fill your pocket"

Part three: paranoia, doubts and facing oneself

In this piece, Mozzik talks about the psychological consequences of fame: distrust, paranoia, and suspicions even towards his closest friends. He wonders if money can cure this condition, while emphasizing that no one else can diss him, because only he knows himself to this level, positioning himself as unique and untouchable in his art.

"the closest people you've ever had to stab you"

You called your friends thieves, you called the police
as soon as you could have suspected them.

Will the money you made cure infidelity
or will it cure paranoia, obsessions, and betrayal?

Can't you see yourself? You're also guarding your shadow.

yeah I shoot, I don't miss
you don't have a dick to paint yourself diss,
it's 1 Mozzik, just 1 Mozzik,
no other rapper took him seriously

"I'm pointing the finger at myself,
honestly, I'm tired of pointing the finger at myself
, even-even pointing the finger at you"

Part four: personal life and the most serious accusations

This is the most "heavy" part of the text, where Mozzik directly touches on his personal life and the public accusations against him as a parent and as a public figure. He refers to Karim Adeyem, the current partner of his ex-wife, Loredana, ironizing the (also racist) narrative that another man is raising his child. The diss becomes deeply personal, reflecting everything that has been said to him over the years in the comments.

He continues by telling himself (through the words of others) that he is not a man and that his "plan" is to get Lotina, his current partner, pregnant and raise the child solely by her, just like the child he has with his ex-wife.

In this part of the video clip, Mozzik directly confronts the person he is dissing, himself, asking him if he was surprised by this action, a typical reaction of someone being attacked by a diss.

"Hey Ziki, bono real, are you surprised?
You didn't expect this from yourself at all"

If you don't get it, Karimi will raise
you with a rapist,
but you're no good parent.

Mozzik, your ex-wife is calling you a black man, that means
tomorrow's child will be mixed in your blood,
your ex-wife is treating you like a rapper,
she's blaming everything on you

"You stay with the commanders, the war criminals
, and now you've cleaned me up a little, you've thrown Luta's little girl
until you grow her belly,
Lotina got me pregnant
, and you've given me the magic, my children were raised by my mother."

End of the song

In the end, Mozzik explains that the song is a reaction to years of prejudice and words that were never said to his face. He admits the mistakes, but emphasizes that they have made him stronger and that his success in this industry remains unquestionable.

"For so many years you have endured word upon word, prejudices
for every movement that the nation has made. I love
my family, I love my daughter
and I respect her mother. I
love my job, I love my wife
and I love my parents, whom I have earned with hard work."

They have tired my brain because I am human too
and I have made mistakes
but my mistakes have made me stronger.

"You will never be able to achieve
what I have achieved in this business."

Similarity to Eminem – 8 Mile

"Diss*****" clearly reminds you of the final scene of the movie "8 Mile", where Eminem himself highlights through rap all the weaknesses, insults and accusations that his opponents can use against him, disarming them before they can speak.

Mozzik also follows the same logic: he tells himself everything the public and critics have told him over the years, showing that when you accept your own wounds, no one else has a weapon against you.