From Baba Sehgal To Dhinchak Pooja, 10 Indian Rappers Who Need To Stop For The Love Of Mankind!
The world is finally taking hip hop seriously and rap as an art form. But there are some people who have a grave misconception about the genre
In 2015, two
rappers from the rap group Gully Gang, rhymed their way through the streets of
Mumbai waxing lyrical about hard times, their lively neighbourhood, their
street cred and even their euphoric ways of having a good time. The song
re-established the rap scene like never before. Something even the Punjabi
Rappers couldn’t achieve as the imagery and lyrics catered altogether to a
snobby alien audience.
It proved just
one fact – Rap is all about rising from the lowest of lows and about the
underground. It was never meant to represent opulence, excess and aggression.
Even if it did, which it does in a lot of subgenres, it was meant to represent
success and victory against the vanity of passed on wealth.
And that’s why
two years on, the scene has gone global. And it’s only going to get bigger.
Meanwhile,
popularization and gentrification of a genre has its own drawbacks. Rap is more
than just another genre. Some may even compare it to poetry and literature, but
one thing is for sure, it’s surely a form of pure art. So much so that there
are videos about how capricious the rhymes can get to the DJ’s music.
While this
is the global standard now and there’s no harm in experimenting, there are some
people who have a gifted dark confidence. Delusion, a sense of warped ambition
and tone deaf as they come, these YouTube sensations are popular for all the
wrong reasons. They’re heard at parties, offices, bars and even cars but mostly
for a good laugh and awkward silences. From becoming guilty pleasures to
methods of third degree torture, here are some of the most notorious songs that
have gone viral.
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