mtv For the emerging Fijian-Australian rapper, writing songs and spitting bars is the ultimate form of self-care By Sam Manzella From the very first verse of Jesswarâs âVenom,â we know she didnât come to play. The rising Fijian-Aussie rapper lets the poison flow, pairing fierce beats with slick rhymes that extol her excellence. But this unapologetic self-assuredness didnât always come so easily. Zooming with MTV News from her new digs on scenic Yugambeh/Kombumerri land, Jesswar recalls her first foray into making and performing music as a 16-year-old living in Brisbane. âIt started as me working through my own problems with music,â she says. âAnd then I just started playing with some bands. I was fully not confident at all. It took me a while to get up and even talk in front of people.â