Indian hip hop is a genre of popular music developed in India. Desi hip hop is a term given by Bohemia for music and culture which combines the influences of hip hop and the Indian subcontinent; the term desi referring to the South Asian diaspora. The term has also come to be used as an alternative for rap music and even pop music which involves rappers of South Asian origins.
Neha Kakkar Singh is an Indian singer. She is the younger sister of playback singers Tony Kakkar and Sonu Kakkar. She began performing at a very early age at religious events. In 2005, she participated in the second season of the singing reality show, Indian Idol. She made her Bollywood debut as a chorus singer in the film Meerabai Not Out. She rose to prominence with the release of the dance track "Second Hand Jawaani" from Cocktail (2012), which was followed by several popular party songs, including "Sunny Sunny" from Yaariyan and "London Thumakda" from the 2014 soundtrack album Queen. Apart from playback singing, Kakkar has appeared in several music videos and as a judge on several television reality shows, including "Indian Idol".
Jasbir Singh Bains, better known by his stage name Jasbir Jassi, is an Indian singer, lyricist, performer and actor. As of 2016 he has released thirteen albums, his first pop album being Dil Le Gayee, released in 1998 with Times Music.
Rakshak (transl. Protector) is 1996 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Ashok Honda, starring Sunil Shetty, Karisma Kapoor, Raghuvaran, Sonali Bendre, Alok Nath and Aruna Irani. It is a remake of the Tamil film Honest Raj.
Hirdesh "Honey" Singh, known professionally as Yo Yo Honey Singh, is a music producer, singer and actor. He commenced his career as a hip-hop music producer in 2003, working as a session and recording artist within the underground music scene until the release of his debut studio album, International Villager.
"Tum Hi Ho" is an Indian Hindi-language romantic song from the 2013 Indian film Aashiqui 2, sung by Arijit Singh. It was composed and written by Mithoon. Picturised on Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor, it was released by Bhushan Kumar under T-Series, wand was in the top 10 of Planet Bollywood for eight weeks and capturing the first spot on the Top 20 of MTV India for seven weeks. It has garnered 700+ million views on YouTube.
Varun Sharma is an Indian actor and comedian. Best known for playing "Choocha" in the Fukrey film series, he is known for his comic as well as supporting roles in various Hindi and Punjabi films.
Pawan Singh is an Indian politician, playback singer, actor, music composer, stage performer. He is known for his works in Bhojpuri Film Industry. He began his musical career by working behind the scenes, playing harmonium in musical concerts. He sang in Bollywood movie Stree 2 as a playback singer. He has received two International Bhojpuri Film Awards. Called as Powerstar by his fans, Singh is known for films such as Pratigya (2008), Satya (2017), Crack Fighter (2019), Raja (2019), Sher Singh (2019), Mera Bharat Mahaan (2022), Har Har Gange (2023) etc.
Dilin Nair, better known by his stage name Raftaar, is an Indian rapper, lyricist, dancer, actor, TV personality and music composer associated with Hindi, Punjabi and Haryanvi music.
Harmanjit "Mickey" Singh is an Indian-American singer, songwriter, producer, dancer, model and actor. He gained widespread popularity through his first mixtape of Punjabi and English music, Mick's Tape. It was released for free download on July 22, 2013 and included the tracks Bad Girl, In Love and Rani Mehlan Di. His music combines American and Punjabi music, and epitomizes the Urban Desi genre; it has also been influenced by jazz.
Shatrughan Kumar Yadav, known professionally as Khesari Lal Yadav, is an Indian actor, singer, dancer and model who primarily works in Bhojpuri cinema. Also known by the Initialism KLY, Yadav has appeared in more than 70 films, and performed as vocalist in more than 5000 songs. Apart from Bhojpuri, he has also worked in Hindi, Awadhi and Haryanvi languages.
Gursharanjot Singh Randhawa is an Indian singer, songwriter and music composer associated with Punjabi, Bhangra, Indi-pop and Bollywood music. He is known for songs like "Lahore", "Ishare Tere", "Slowly Slowly", and "Tere Te". Guru Randhawa's debut song was "Same Girl" in collaboration with Arjun.
Badshah or Baadshah may refer to:
Payal Dev is an Indian playback singer and music composer who sings and composes music for Hindi films. She sang "Ab Tohe Jane Na Doongi" from the film Bajirao Mastani, as well as "Bhare Bazaar" from Namaste England. Dev made her debut as a composer in the song "Dil Jaaniye" for the film KhandaaniShafakhana. She also achieved success in composing Tum Hi Aana for the film Marjaavaan. She is also known for her rendition of the song "Genda Phool" with Badshah which has 955 million views as of June 2023 on YouTube. In 2021, Dev sang "Baarish Ban Jaana". The song reached 622 million views on YouTube.
Khandaani Shafakhana is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by debutante Shilpi Dasgupta, and starring Sonakshi Sinha and Badshah. The supporting cast includes Varun Sharma and Annu Kapoor. Principal photography began on 25 January 2019, and it was theatrically released in India on 2 August 2019. It was considered as a box office disaster due to its poor commercial performance.
Satheerth Kunneth, better known by his stage name DJ Shadow Dubai, is a Disc jockey, and Record producer currently residing in Dubai. He received recognition after his song Slowly Slowly, in collaboration with Guru Randhawa and Pitbull (rapper) became popular on YouTube with 200+ million views on YouTube.
Priyansh Jora is an actor who has worked in Indian films, web series, and television shows. He is known for his portrayal of lead character Titu in 2014 comedy-drama soap opera Tu Mera Hero which premiered on 22 December 2014 on Star Plus. Priyansh Jora made his film debut with the movie Khandaani Shafakhana. Released in 2019, "Khandaani Shafakhana" is a comedy-drama film directed by debutant Shilpi Dasgupta, and starring Sonakshi Sinha, Varun Sharma and Badshah.
Mahaveer Jain is an Indian film producer. He is mostly known for producing Hindi movies, which include Dekh Indian Circus (2011), Chalo Jeetey Hain (2018), Malaal (2019), Khandaani Shafakhana (2019),Uunchai (2022), Ram Setu (2022) and Good Luck Jerry (2022).
Saurabh Prajapati is an Indian choreographer, dancer and artistic director. He is widely known for his performance and direction of the "Fidaai" music video starring Elli AvrRam and Salman Yusuff Khan.
Dedh Ishqiya (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2014 film of the same name, directed by Abhishek Chaubey and co-written and produced by Vishal Bhardwaj. A sequel to Ishqiya (2010), the film stars Naseeruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi reprising their roles from the previous film, alongside Madhuri Dixit and Huma Qureshi. Bhardwaj also composed and produced the eight-song soundtrack with lyrics written by Gulzar. The background score is composed by Clinton Cerejo. The soundtrack was released under the Shemaroo Entertainment Audios on 19 December 2013.
