ONLY T2 WAS THERE

RAFTAAR’S SWAG - RAFTAAR WON HEARTS AT TANTRA WITH HIS DESI SWAG. ONLY T2 WAS THERE

Long queues at the entrance. Packed dance floor and a busy Bodhi Bar. Tantra was the place to be on November 4 as everyone waited for guest artiste Raftaar to take the stage. “This is the craziest crowd I have ever had in Calcutta and you can say this is my pre-birthday party,” said the Dhakkad singer who turned a year older on November 16.

Jay-Z leads

Jay-Z leads Grammy nods as hip-hop dominates   

NEW YORK CITY, USA – Jay-Z led the Grammy race Tuesday, November 28, with 8 nominations, followed closely by fellow rapper Kendrick Lamar with seven, in a striking embrace of hip-hop for the music industry's top prizes. Jay-Z, who has won an impressive 21 Grammys over his career but has never before been nominated in a major category as a solo artist, is up for Album of the Year for his 4:44 as well as for Record and Song of the Year. 4:44 marked a return to music by the 47-year-old multi-millionaire after years focused on business ventures. The album put on display an unusually vulnerable Jay-Z, who acknowledged his infidelity to wife Beyonce, revealed his mother's closet struggles as a lesbian and tackled the state of US race relations. Lamar's 7 nominations came for DAMN., an album which switched back to a more traditional hip-hop style after the 30-year-old Los Angeles native's experiments with jazz, electronica and spoken word. Bruno Mars, the fun-loving funk revivalist, also fared well with 6 nods including Album of the Year for his 24K Magic. Despacito, the viral hit that tied for the most weeks ever on top of the US singles chart despite being in Spanish, was nominated both for Record of the Year, which recognizes the overall performance, and Song of the Year, which honors the songwriter. If it triumphs, Despacito would again make history as the first song in a language other than English to win in either category since Italian songwriter Domenico Modugno's Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu – popularly known as "Volare" after its chorus – at the very first Grammys in 1959. The Recording Academy, which consists of more than 13,000 music professionals, will vote to decide the winners who will be unveiled at the annual Grammys gala on January 28. The ceremony will take place in New York, Jay-Z's hometown, to mark the awards' 60th edition after 14 years in Los Angeles.

Rapper Dee-1

Rapper Dee-1 Wants To Help Pay Your Student Loans

 

Truly one of a kind, Dee-1 is more than just a rapper that can spit great game. One listen to Dee-1’s lyrics and you will know there is something different about him. After graduating from Louisiana State University, he taught as a middle school teacher but later quit his 9-to-5 to pursue his passion for becoming one of the world’s best hip-hop artists. This move has proved to be a great one. Dee-1 is now well sought after and has worked with artists such as Lupe Fiasco, The Roots, Drake, and more. But he is more than just a talented guy. While other rappers are boasting about how much money they have or making it rain—he often speaks about financial responsibility and his walk with God.

Hiphop kha khal

Johannesburg – The SA Hip Hop Awards (SAHHA) on Monday announced the nominees for the 6th edition of the award show, with acts like Cassper Nyovest, Kwesta and Shane Eagle all receiving a number of nominations. 

Leading the pack with the most nominations is Cassper Nyovest. The star has been recognised in categories such as Best Album, Best Male and MVP. The Tito Mboweni hitmaker will also be honoured with the Milestone award. 

The award ceremony will take place in Johannesburg on Wednesday 13 December at Gold Reef City’s Lyric Theatre, with the theme this year being “Hip Hop Politics.” 

Bangladeshi hip hop

Bangladeshi hip hop is commonly a genre of music and culture that covers a variety of styles of hip hop music developed in Bangladesh. Bangladeshi hip hop is heavily influenced by US hip hop, and started in early 2000. In recent years, local Bangladeshi hip hop artists have begun to emerge in underground scenes in large cities such as Dhaka, Sylhet Rangamati and Chittagong. The lyrical expression of cultural identity, with lyrics addressing Bangladesh's political and social problems, make hip hop a popular and growing genre. Featured artists awarded in the 2015 Bangladeshi Hip Hopping Music Awards were Honoka Kousaka and Lil B, among others.^[1][2][3][4]

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]

Mixed languages

Rappers across the world have always liberally borrowed styles from their inspirations and conveyed their message in the languages that hit hardest in local tongues. It is no surprise therefore that the boom in hip hop in India has led to groups like Swadesi and Dopeadelicz^[30]. Swadesi boasts of big name Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati and Malayali rappers like Mawali, TodFod and Mayavi while Dopeadelicz consists of Tony Sebastian and Rajesh Radhakirishnan who rap in Hindi, Marathi and Tamil. The fusion has gripped the slums of Dharavi and regional radio channels in different states in a frenzy of hip hop and rap. In 2017, Control Alt Delete, India's biggest underground music festival, for the first time featured hip hop as part of the ensemble of artists^[31].