Hip Hop music in India was started around 1990 and Baba Sehgal is India's first rapper. But at that time he didn't got any fame. Hip Hop music came into light by the tamil song 'Pettai Rap' from the Tamil movie Kadhalan
starring Prabhu Deva. Rap/Hip Hop music was often used in the regional movies as
fillers in between songs and off late has started to become main stream songs.
U.K based artists like The Rishi Rich Project, Bally Saggo and Canadian based Raghav further laid some steady foundations for Hip Hop/RnB music in India. Some U.K based singers like Apache Indian also got recognized not as an N.R.I singer but as a hip hop musician in the world. Indian based Biju Gangadharan, also
known as "FATHER OF SANSKRIT ROCK", introduced Rock music with
Sanskrit Lyrics by many young musicians. Canadian based hip
hop artist Ishq Bector came to success after the release of his super-hit single
'Aye Hip Hopper'. Malaysian based Yogi B
and Natchatra brought in the culture of Tamil rap in India, a style further
explored by Ruben King, particularly in the song "Kadhal."
Yogi B, as part of Poetic Ammo, achieved success when they won at the Malaysian Anugerah
Industri Muzik (AIM)(Music Awards) 1999, 2000 and 2001. Yogi B is now the most
critically acclaimed Kollywood (the Tamil Movie Industry) rapper after his work in
the 2007 movie Pollathavan. There are about 2,000 rappers in India, rapping in
different languages like Punjabi,
Hindi, Bhojpuri, Tamil, Telugu etc. and many of them aiming for Bollywood. Presently Honey Singh is the most popular Hip Hop artist in India. His album International Villager made over a million dollar making and it the highest grossing
Punjabi album of all time.He also started producing music in Bollywood
and became the highest paid singer in India. After Honey Singh the other names in rap in bollywood are Badshah, Raftaar, R.D.B and Hard Kaur.
Baba Sehgal
Raghav
Apache Indian
Yogi B
Bally Sagoo
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Ishq Bector
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