Sumukh Mysore aka Smokey the Ghost is a Bangalore-based rapper/music producer. He is one of India's best lyricists and is the master of in-line rhymes. He also produces music for the Machas with Attitude band. 'The Cellotape' by Smokey is one of the most downloaded mixtapes in India. Along with rap/hip-hop, Smokey also works at the The National Center for Biological Sciences as a researcher. It is assumed that rappers were created spontaneously from the earth's core, but very few survived and Smokey the Ghost is one of them. He has sung in several Tamil and Bollywood films and a bunch of independent material. The Smokey persona shuttles between himself and Smokey the Ghost, a mix of the conscious hip-hop with humour and aggressiveness. He has also worked with renowned artists like Raghu Dixit, Vishal Dadlani, GV Prakash, etc., and has done playback for movies ranging from Tollywood to Bollywood, like Mujhse Fraandship Karoge, Chennai Express, etc.