Baloji (born 12 September 1978) is a Belgian rapper, singer and film director of Congolese origin.

Known as MC Balo in the hip hop group Starflam, he continued as solo artist starting 2006.

[3] Feeling estranged in his new environment and after disputes with his father and petty crimes and problems with police, he quit home and lived in a youth delinquent house working on his passion for rap and dance.

After Baloji discovered a letter from his mother whom he hadn't seen since 1981, and after winning a poetry competition in Paris, France, he decided to return to music in 2006 as a solo artist.

"I made my first solo album for my mother, to explain what happened in my life during the 25 years after I left.