Rap music is the love of youth. Rap and Hip-hop is not only the demand of the youth but choice as well. We all love Bollywood. We all love Bollywood songs.
Just, a few years back the lane rap music isn’t the necessity in a movie. The current scenario is completely different. Rap and Hip-hop is a must.
Pick a Bollywood movie from a recent past and it will surely have a rap. Not just the music but also the Indian rappers have made a place in the heart. Over the years, the industry has grown phenomenally and today’s youth are looking at themselves as future rappers.
Indian Rappers introduce themselves on screen with swaggy names. They also become popular with their screen names. Most of us don’t even know the real names of the Indian Singers.
So, we are certain that most of you will be surprised after you will find out the real name of your beloved rappers. Let’s check out the real names:
Baba Sehgal:
The 54 Years old Baba Sehgal is considered to be the world’s first Hindi rap megastar. He is the first to introduce Rap music to the Indian audience. He has started his journey in 1992 and is going strong.
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Baba Sehgal is the reel life name and his commonly known by the same name but the real name of the star is Harjeet Singh Sehgal.
In 1998, Sehgal made his acting debut in the Bollywood film and since then he is regularly featuring in the Entertainment industry.
Bohemia:
Bohemia is an American-Pakistani rapper born in Karachi is 40 years old. He started his singing career in 2001 and later he launched his album in 2002 which instantly made his way to the hearts of the audience.
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He is commonly-known as Bohemia. His real name is Roger David.
Bohemia is considered to be one of the pioneers in the rapping industry in India. His latest song was in Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor starred Street Dancer 3D.
Yo-Yo Honey Singh:
Talking about Indian Rappers, Yo-Yo Honey Singh has made his special mark not only on his fans but also has given a face to the Indian rap industry. He is the most popular rapper of his era despite his controversial lyrics.
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Yo-Yo Honey Singh’s real name is Hirdesh Singh.
Honey Singh is an Indian music director, songwriter, Indi-pop singer, music producer and film actor.
Badshah:
Badshah started his career in 2006 alongside Yo Yo Honey Singh in his hip hop group Mafia Mundeer. Later, the group was separated to perform individually. Badshah is another name that rules the youth hearts by his songs and weird raps.
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This popular rapper’s real name is Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia.
In an interview, he spoke about why he changed his name and said, If I kept my full name in every song, the song would have ended, the name would have gone on.
Raftaar:
Raftaar is an Indian rapper, music composer, and television personality. He was a member of Mafia Mundeer which was founded by Yo-Yo Honey Singh. The singer went on to become one of the most celebrated rap stars in India and the fans love his style of rapping.
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Raftaar was named as Dilin Nair when he was born.
The rapper has been award the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Award in 2018.
Hard Kaur:
In the male dominant industry, Hard Kaur had made her place strongly. It was in 2007 when she started her career in rap music and she was an instant hit with her songs like Ek Glassy, Paisa Phek. She also collaborated with composer Ram Sampath and Rajasthani folk singer Bhanvari Devi for Coke Studio India.
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She was named as Taran Kaur Dhillon when she was born.
Lately, Hard Kaur has been involved in the Khalistan movements and abusing India. An FIR was also registered against her.
Emiway Bantai:
Emiway Bantai is just 24 years old and with the movie Gully Boy starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt, he rose to fame. His song in the movie ‘Asli Hip Hop’ was the talk of the town and one of the most loved songs.
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The popular Indian rapper’s real name is Bilal Shaikh.
His single “Machayenge” written and performed by Emiway Bantai was a huge hit and has more than 164 million views on YouTube.
Divine:
Divine, 29- Year-old Indian rapper is active in the music industry since 2011 but it was 2014 which is a breakthrough year for the rapper. His song ‘Yeh Mera Bombay’ went on to win the Best Video of the Year award by Rolling Stone India in the same year.
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Divine was named as Vivian Fernandes.
His other song Mere Gully Main featuring Naezy is also one of the most loved rap. Divine also contributed to India’s first hip-hop movie Gully Boy. He won the Filmfare award for the best lyrics for the song Apna Time Aayega.
The film Gully Boy is based on the lives of Divine and Naezy who were consulted for the rap aspects of the film.
Naezy:
27-year-old Indian Rapper Naezy is from Mumbai who first broke into mainstream rap with the song Mere Gully Mein in 2015 featuring fellow rapper Divine. His debut video was Aafat which he released in 2014.
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Naezy’s real-life name is Naved Shaikh.
Naved Shaikh is another Indian Rappers who featured in the movie Gully Boy — The film which is based on the life of Divine and Naezy.
History of Hip-Hop and Rap In India:
The history of Hip-hop and Rap is deeply connected to Punjab and Punjabi’s. Going back to the history of Indian Rappers, it was in 1990 when the hip-hop was introduced to the Indian audience. Baba Sehgal was the introducer with Thanda Thanda Paani, Dil Dhadke.
In 20002, Vich Pardesan De, an album by Bohemia (American-Pakistani rapper) also gets credit for making Hip-Hop and Rap in Popular but not in all parts of India.
Yo-Yo Honey Singh with his first Bollywood song Shakal Pe Mat Ja in 2011 is the time when Rap started to reach every home. After he came into scene youths took rapping seriously. The last push but, that doesn’t mean Baba Sehgal and Bohemia’s contribution can be overlooked.
