![]() Simultaneously, the influence of Indian origin UK artists, who were conflating Punjabi music and hip-hop, familiarised Indian audience with the genre. This global popularity birthed ‘ India’s own Vanilla Ice’, Baba Sehgal-deemed by many as the first musician to rap in Hindi. As part of its musical evolution, the art form which originated as an underground movement in Bronx, New York City, eventually found itself at home in clubs around the world. It is normal for a poetic/music form to evolve into new styles and by the mid-2000s, artists such as Eminem, 50 Cent, Jay-Z, and Snoop Dogg had popularised hip-hop music throughout the world. It was only in the late 90s and early 2000s MTV artists swathed the genre with bling-expensive cars, diamonds, champagne, misogyny-wiping away almost everything that hip hop originally stood for. For as long as hip-hop has existed, it has reflected the politics of its community. ![]() With artists like Kendrick Lamar, Mos Def, Akala, and Killer Mike in the scene the genre has started going back to its protest roots of empowering marginalised voices owning their truth. This is a big moment for hip-hop music now.” When Kendrick Lamar won the Pulitzer Prize for his album DAMN (2017) in 2018, journalist, author and administrator of the Pultizer Prize Dana Canedy said, “It shines a light on hip-hop in a completely different way. Manan Kapoor, on how rappers across India are reclaiming hip-hop to tell powerful socio-political narratives that are changing the game of the rap scene in the country.
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