That includes Raga, HanumanKind, Bella, Rawal, Bobkat, Killa Ok, Irfana, Chaar Diwaari, Parimal Shais, DJ Ishani and DHP
New Delhi (India), August 10: To honour and have fun the 50th delivery anniversary of Hip-Hop, Def Jam Recordings India is thrilled to announce a grand celebration with a sequence of rap live shows throughout three main cities – Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru on eleventh and twelfth August 2023.
The label, which has sincerely strived to push the burgeoning Hip-Hop tradition in India by supporting numerous hard-hitting our bodies of work and in honour of this vital milestone, Def Jam Recordings India is teaming up with prime Indian rappers and report producers from Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru for an unforgettable expertise.
The stellar line-up contains Def Jam India’s signed emcee Raga, Bella, and Chaar Diwaari in Delhi-NCR; HanumanKind, Rawal, Parimal Shais, Killa Ok, and DHP in Bengaluru; and Def Jam India’s Rapper Irfana, DJ Ishani and Bobkat in Mumbai.
The multi-city live shows, titled “Def Jam India Presents 50 Years of Hip-Hop,” will happen on eleventh August 2023 in Delhi and Bengaluru at Imperfecto Patio, Gurugram and Fandom respectively and twelfth August 2023 in Mumbai at Khar Social.
In addition to the artists, who will collectively signify probably the most vivid gathering in Hip-Hop on the historic day, performing their greatest hits in the course of the occasion, some of them will preview and carry out unreleased our bodies of work for the attendees. Additional, one might anticipate star-studded visitor appearances at occasion throughout Delhi-NCR, Mumbai and Bengaluru.
Sanujeet Bhujabal, EVP and Head of Content material, Common Music Group India, shared “On the Common Music group each globally & right here in India, Hiphop is a large precedence for us as its one of the quickest rising genres within the youth & we’ve already performed some unimaginable work previously 4 years throughout a number of labels. Since our foray into mainstream indigenous hip-hop we’ve printed greater than 150 songs from some of India’s hip-hop elite like Divine, Badshah, Ikka, Raja Kumari, Dino James, Wazir Patar, Raftar & Paradox to call a couple of. At Def Jam India, we stock on the storied historical past of the world’s most well-known hip-hop label & its legacy and so it’s our obligation to have fun probably the most awaited second in hip-hop historical past. Celebrating 50 years of hip-hop with our artist & followers is the one pure factor for us to do & I can’t anticipate our communities to assist us throw the most important & loudest celebration in latest occasions.”
Hip-Hop’s journey started on August eleventh, 1973, when DJ Kool Herc laid its earliest basis throughout a dance occasion in The Bronx, New York. Since then, the style has grown into one of probably the most influential kinds of creative expression worldwide, turning into a world tradition and remodeling performing arts and leisure on an unprecedented scale.
Def Jam Recordings performed a pivotal function in cementing rap music within the West and past by signing iconic Hip-Hop acts like Beastie Boys and LL Cool J in 1984. Based by legendary Hip-Hop composer and report producer Rick Rubin, together with African-American entrepreneur Russell Simmons, Def Jam has been instrumental in representing some of probably the most influential Rap Artists of our occasions. From historic rap duo Public Enemy to artists like Kanye West, LL Cool J, Rihanna, and extra, the label’s various roster has left an indelible mark on world Hip-Hop tradition.
Common Music India’s intent in HipHop from early 2019 was to develop its presence within the South Asian subcontinent and promote the style’s progress in India. Bringing down Mass Attraction and collaborating with artists like Divine, Ikka, Raja Kumari, Gully Gang, and so forth., confirmed their dedication to nurturing the Indian Hip-Hop scene.
With the latest institution of Def Jam Recordings India in February 2023, Common Music continues to uphold this legacy, fostering a various catalogue of Hip-Hop music in India. The label has collaborated with numerous Hip-Hop artists reminiscent of Badshah, Ikka, and Dino James, together with Punjab’s Wazir Patar, GD 47, Ellde Fazilka, and Tricksingh, Delhi-NCR’s influential rap artists Paradox, Bella, Fotty Seven, Raga, and Aghor, Kolkata’s J Trix, Mumbai’s hard-hitting rapper Sambata, and southern India’s Hanumankind and Irfana Hameed, and others, spotlight their dedication to supporting the colourful Hip-Hop tradition throughout all the nation.
“It’s necessary to have fun a tradition that has given so many individuals around the globe an area to precise themselves and communicate their fact. It has given me a lot by way of the course of my life. The Hip-Hop scene in India continues to be younger however a fast-evolving and various scene. Celebrations and occasions reminiscent of this one are necessary to me as they supply a fantastic alternative to ask increasingly individuals to expertise the tradition and grow to be an element of it themselves.” shares Raga.
Def Jam Recordings India is dedicated to elevating Hip-Hop tradition and appears ahead to an unforgettable celebration of 50 years of Hip-Hop on the upcoming multi-city live shows.
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