Desi Hip Hop
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Watch: DIVINE questions notions of virtue and vice in new song ‘Punya Paap’
iLL Wayno is credited as producer and co-composer, while Abhay Raha has directed the video.
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Watch: Rishi Rich and rapper Yashraj’s ‘Kanipatu’ has a funky animated video
Animator Hariom Verma’s video communicates rapper Yashraj Mehra’s themes of the ‘adivasi’ ways of people in ‘jungle’-like Mumbai city.
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Watch: New Bohemia single 'Phir Ek Tera Pyar' blends hip-hop and EDM
Devika Chawla provides additional vocals.
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Trending
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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‘My son lost his job during demonetisation but at least it removed black money’
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The Assam voter who no longer supports the BJP because of the CAA
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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‘What I wrote in my song is happening now’: Naezy on album ‘Maghreb’ and CAA-NRC protests
‘Maghreb’ is the debut album of Mumbai rapper Naved Shaikh aka Naezy.
Devarsi Ghosh
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Watch: Rapper Kaam Bhaari hits back at music moguls in ‘Zeher’ (with Ranveer Singh for company)
The single has been released by IncInk, which is Ranveer Singh’s newly launched record label.
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Song check: Netflix’s ‘The Umbrella Academy’ brings more desi hip-hop with ‘Ajoobe’ by 7 Bantaiz
The multi-lingual rap song has been created to promote the superhero-themed Netflix series in India.
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Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Video Interview: In conversation with Naved Shaikh aka Naezy, the OG ‘Gully Boy’
The 25-year-old rapper spoke to Scroll.in about hip-hop culture, the importance of ‘conscious rap’ in the burgeoning music scene and representing ‘Bombay 70’.
Shibika Suresh
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Watch: Hip-hop star Naezy’s autobiographical ‘Bombay 70’ chronicles his early days
Zoya Akhtar’s Bollywood take on Naezy and the Mumbai hip-hop story, ‘Gully Boy’, starring Ranveer Singh, is about to be released.
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Watch: Mumbai’s gully rap (and Divine) get dissed in ‘Gully Mein Apne Kutta Bhi Sher Hai’
The group says that it is spicing things up in the Indian hip-hop scene that has become ‘stagnantly boring’.
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The Reel
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Watch: In ‘The Big Cigar’, the Black Panther founder flees America through a fake movie
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ review: A feelgood entertainer about young love and old ties
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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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Watch: This hip-hop track from Mumbai fuses rap and Carnatic music (and explores Dharavi too)
The first music video of Bandish projekt's new EP features collaborations with rappers MC Mawali and MC Tod Fod.
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How hip-hop in local languages brought Mumbai rappers into the mainstream
Is 2016 the year of desi hip-hop?
Aakash Karkare
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Watch: How Dharavi has become the hotbed of Mumbai's hip hop scene
"People who live in Dharavi are keeping it real. In hip hop, in real life."
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The Field
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IPL 2024: Royal Challengers Bengaluru end losing run with convincing win over Sunrisers Hyderabad
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Men’s recurve team reach final; Priyansh, Vennam in compound semis
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Mumbai City win dramatic semi-final first leg against FC Goa
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: India clinch medals in men’s javelin, discus and 1500m on opening day
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Boundaries and impact: The imbalance in IPL 2024 shows it is not a good time to be a bowler