Gully Boy, a film that follows the rags-to-riches tale of a rapper pursuing his dreams, has swept South Asia and its diaspora into a fervor, helping bring Indian hip-hop into the mainstream ...
From the Bronx streets to Bollywood beats, Indian rap has evolved from imitation to innovation. Baba Sehgal injected desi flavor, while Bohemia and Honey Singh brought depth and party vibes. Gully Boy ...
Amer Ahmed, a longtime board member at the Hip Hop Congress, found the concept of American Indian hip-hop strikingly unfamiliar. Last November, Ahmed, director of intercultural affairs at Concordia ...
Zohran Mamdani, New York City's mayor-elect, once rapped about chapatis and identity politics before channelling his ...
The actor, who starred in the movie focused on India’s underground hip-hop scene, has helped start the record label IncInk. By Priya Arora The year was 1995. The song was Tupac Shakur’s “California ...
“I knew then this wasn’t entertainment; it was ministry.” On a humid evening in June 2019, 18-year-old Joel Salvi stepped onto the stage inside a dimly lit Catholic church in Pune, a city in India’s ...