Darkness, greed and freedom — Deepa Unnikrishnan aka Dee MC is chasing radically different ideas in music this year. The hip-hop star’s four-track EP, MMM-Money Made Maniac, which releases today, captures a new direction to her songwriting and singing career.

“The EP is about an alter-ego,” the Mumbai-based rapper admits, adding, “The idea spawned from my producer Bellabio’s suggestion to build a story around a robbery. It inspired me to create an alter ego for the tracks. Whatever I am doing or talking about is not something I would do as Dee MC,” she points out.