What is Hip-Hop?

Hip Hop music/rapping is a type of music that consists of stylized rhythmic music which commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted in a certain flow. Every rapper/Artist has his own flow and style of rapping

Born of Hip Hop music.

Rapping was first performed at a “Back to the school jam”, It was organized by DJ Kool Herc at Bronx, New York, USA, on 11 August 1973. DJ Kool Herc was a Jamaican DJ, who credited for originating hip hop music at Back to the School Jam which was held in the Bronx. Hip Hop attained widespread popularity in the 1980s and 1990s .

First rap song of india.

In India, Hip Hop was introduced by Harjeet Singh Sehgal who is commonly known by his stage name Baba Sehgal, his first song was Thanda Thanda Pani which was released in 1992, but he couldn’t make it big. In the 2000s a guy named Roger David who is also known as Bohemia came up with his mainstream rap songs which made him famous in India, he was a Pakistani American living in California he came up with his debut album named ‘Vich Pardesan De’ by this album he attracted many listeners later he released his full-length Punjabi album ‘ Pesa Nasha Pyar’ it gave him fame in India.

Foundation of Desi Hip Hop

Mafia Mundeer was a group of five Indian boys which has many talented people like yo-yo Honey Singh, ikka, Raftaar, Badshah and Lil Golu. They produced many hit songs in the Punjabi rap music industry later two more artists joined the group but then the group didn’t last for a long time. Later artists separated their ways due to some personal grudges, Yo Yo Honey Singh made many hit songs for Bollywood and charged around 70-80 lakhs per song at his peak. Later after that badshah, ikka and raftaar got a lot of fame by their hard work, they came up as an individuals.

The underground rap culture in India.

NAEZY was the first artist to introduce underground rap culture to India, his original name was Naved sheikh. He was so influenced by NAS and Jay-Z that he also made his stage name by their names. This boy from the street of Mumbai came up with his first track in 2014 “Aafat” that track went viral at that Time it gave him a lot of exposure. Another artist from the street of Bombay named Vivian Fernandez popularly known by his stage name divine was getting fame and came up with his track in 2013 named ‘yeh Mera Bombay’ later he got so popular with his single in 2013, that he got signed by Sony music India in 2015 for which he collaborated with Naezy and they both gave a sensational hit song named ‘mere gully mein’ which was also used in the movie gully boy. This movie gave the Indian hip hop scene a boost that was needed for a long time and it also featured many talented artists in the movie like kaam bhaari, shah rule, slow cheetah and many more artists. The movie became a box office hit with 8.4/10 IMDB ratings and also gave many hit rap songs like Apna time ayega, doori and many more. Many people say that it’s divine’s life Story but he denied the fact that it’s his life story .