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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Expelled BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani arrested in Rajasthan
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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Why Calcutta HC struck down 25,000 teachers’ appointments and how it could impact the election
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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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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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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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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Badminton, Thomas and Uber Cup 2024: Indian men beat Thailand in campaign opener; women beat Canada
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IPL 2024: Jake Fraser-McGurk’s whirlwind knock powers Delhi Capitals to win over Mumbai Indians
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: Harshit Kumar wins hammer throw gold as India’s medal tally increases
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Indian compound archers sweep all three team event gold medals
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IPL 2024: Jonny Bairtsow shines as Punjab Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders in record-breaking match