Rap Rakesh

Rap Rakesh Sethulingam
Rakesh in Music Video Launch and Press Meet
Born	January 11, 1999 (age 26) Tiruchirappalli, India
Other names	Rap Rakesh
Alma mater	Bannari Amman Institute of Technology
Occupation(s)	Entrepreneur, music composer, lyricist, singer, rapper, actor, writer, screenwriter, choreographer
Years active	2007–present

Rakesh Sethulingam, (born 11 January 1999), also known by his stage name Rap Rakesh, is an Indian rapper and YouTuber from Tiruchirappalli, India. ^[1]

Career

Inspired by Pettai Rap, Rakesh composed a song in 2009, performing it at IIT Saarang and winning first prize. ^[2] In 2014, he released the song "Munne Vaada," which focuses on women empowerment. ^[3] In 2016, Rakesh released the music video "12 AM (Women Empowerment)," which depicted the story of a woman who was robbed and murdered by kidnappers. Actor Vijay Sethupathi released the video on his social media accounts. ^{[4] [5]}

Independent projects

Year	Song	Composer	Lyrics	Singers	Notes
2007	Rap Rakesh "Kadhal" (underground song)	Rap Rakesh	Rap Rakesh	Rap Rakesh	First Youtube Official Song in TamilNadu & first Independent Artist YouTube Channel in South India.
2008	Rap Rakesh "Boomi" (underground song)	Rap Rakesh	Rap Rakesh	Rap Rakesh	Audio Song
2009	Love of Rakesh (underground song)	Rap Rakesh	Rap Rakesh	Rap Rakesh, Sneha	Audio Song
2011	Poita Poitan (underground song)	Rap Rakesh	Rap Rakesh	Rap Rakesh	Audio Song
2011	Yarukaga (underground song)	Rap Rakesh	Rap Rakesh	Rap Rakesh, Subhatara (Classical VOC), Srinidhi Iyer (Western VOC)	Audio Song, replacement of voice in 2015
2012	MY INDIAN GIRLS (underground song)	Rap Rakesh	Rap Rakesh	Rap Rakesh	Audio Song
2014	Munney Vaa Daa (Student Anthem)	Rap Rakesh	Rap Rakesh	Rap Rakesh, Pooja Vaidyanath (Pooja Av), Saisharan, Nithyashree	Music Video Released by Drums Sivamani, Esq.RaviChandran & Ishari K. Ganesh
2016	12 AM (Violence Against Women)	Rap Rakesh	Rap Rakesh	Rap Rakesh, Subhatara	Music Video Released by Vijay Sethupathi and Performed by Rap Rakesh & Smruthi Venkat
2016	Patti Song (Old age homes)	Rap Rakesh	Rap Rakesh	Rap Rakesh, Nithyashree	Music Video Released by Paravai Muniyamma & Valliamma Patti
2017	Vanam (Deforestation and Animal Welfare)	Rap Rakesh	Rap Rakesh	Rap Rakesh, Gomathi, Visa, Subhatara, Sujha, Aswathi, Ram	Music Video Honoured by Vivek, Released by Vijay Sethupathi
2025	10,000 (Cartoon Music Video)	Rap Rakesh	Rap Rakesh	Rap Rakesh, Visa	Cartoon Music Video Pre-production
2025	Hansika I love you baby	Rap Rakesh	Rap Rakesh	Rap Rakesh	Music Video Pre-production

References

1. "Rap Rakesh". YouTube. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
2. "Rap Rakesh, Pollachi". The Hindu. 11 February 2016.
3. "Rap Rakesh's song on women empowerment". The Times of India. 14 August 2016.
4. "Vijay Sethupathi releases Kovai rapper's latest video". The Times of India. 14 January 2017. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 21 October 2024.
5. "Rap Rakesh's song on women empowerment". The Times of India. 14 August 2016.

External links

• Rap Rakesh on Facebook
• Rap Rakesh's channel on YouTube