Hindi hip hop

Baba Sehgal introduced Hindi rap in the nineties with albums including Thanda Thanda Pani, Dilruba, Main bhi Madonna, Manjula and Dil Dhadke.^[6] His album Thanda Thanda Pani (1992) sold 100,000 copies in three and a half months and brought rap music to the Indian club scene.^[7] Apache Indian, another artist of Indian origin was the earliest UK artist to make an impact on the UK charts with a series of hits during the nineties.^[8] Female rapper Hard Kaur made many popular tracks for film soundtracks including "Move Your Body" (2007) and "Talli" (2008).^[9][10][11]
There was increased interest in the rap genre in India after 2011, with a large number of rappers emerging from all corners of the country.^[4] This is largely credited to the success of Yo Yo Honey Singh in India and Bollywood, India's Hindi film industry.^{[12][13][14][15][16]} Following huge success of his album International Villager,^[17] Singh went on to release several hits songs both in independently and in Bollywood.^[18][19] In the wake of success of Honey Singh, a new trend was formed in Bollywood with many producers roping in rap artists for their songs.^[12] Even some big Bollywood actors like Ranveer Singh, Akshay Kumar,Siddharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan tried their hands at rapping.^[20]