Darkkey Nagaraja

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Darkkey Nagaraja is a Malaysian musician known for his work in Tamil music. He used to be a part of the band Darkkey & The Keys. Nagaraja is known as the 'Indian Emperor of Samba Rock'. [1]

Contents

Selected discography

Albums

Darkkey & The Keys

  • Akkamage (1996) [2]

Independent

  • Arakana (2000) [3]

Personal life

Nagaraja has a daughter. [4]

Controversy

In May 2023, Darkkey claimed that he was a Dato, which did not go down well with netizens as he was not officially given the title. [1] [5]

Other work

In 2016, he made a cameo appearance in the Indian film Kabali , which was shot in Malaysia. [3] In 2025, he wrote and sang the song "AK The Tiger" for Good Bad Ugly (2024), [6] which was based on his own song "Arakana". The song was successful and became an anthem for Ajith Kumar's fans. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 Othman, Zur Narina (6 May 2023). "Darkkey triggers social media buzz over Dato claim". New Straits Times . Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  2. ↑ Manokaran, Shobana (25 November 2022). "A record breaking achievement". The Sun . Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  3. 1 2 Mohanakrishnan, Aju (2 February 2021). "Amma mia! Indian-Malaysian band Darkkey goes viral in Italy". theVibes.com. Retrieved 12 April 2025. Their song 'Puli' starts off with the image of a tiger and their lead singer shouting the word 'puli' (tiger in Tamil) in a high pitched tone to a crummy guitar riff. All the while doing his best Michael Jackson dance moves
  4. ↑ "GBU வாய்ப்பு இப்படித்தான் கிடைச்சது! ரகசியம் உடைத்த Darkkey Nagaraja!". Tamizhakam (in Tamil). 2025-04-06. Archived from the original on 2025-04-21. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  5. ↑ Ram, Sadho (9 May 2023). "Darkkey Claims He Is Now A Dato — But Things Aren't Adding Up". SAYS. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "'AK-The Tiger' song from Ajith's Good Bad Ugly is boisterous and intense". Cinema Express . 10 April 2025. Archived from the original on 13 April 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Darkkey makes a thunderous mark with Ajith's 'Good Bad Ugly': All you need to know about the Malaysian musical artist". The Times of India. April 13, 2025.
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