India is long been known for its diverse culture, traditional folk dances, and music forms. You must know, that rapping is one of the most popular music styles. Some say it is influencing or twisting the words, saying the words faster, or chanting the words. Rap is all about how you play with the words, rap is the form of music that involves chanting the lyrics instead of singing them, and not only just rapping they compose poetry also.
Rapping is totally depended on your tone, the way you deliver to the audience, and either the way is sarcastically or delivers a message to the audience. The top world-class rapper has delivered their rap at 200 words per minute or even faster than that, that’s pretty amazing right. There are different genres in rap, such as Mumble rap, rap metal, lyrical rap, and desi hip-hop are some of the genres of rap.
In the present times, there are some top rappers who are nailing around the country as well in the world, it is the time to appreciate their talents. Here in this article, I am listing out India’s top 10 rappers, do read the article till the end.
Krsna
Krsna- he called himself Prozpekt, he is a Kashmiri Pandit who started his rapping career at the age of 14 years. He was one of the first who dragged everyone through his YouTube with his first song Kaisa Mera Desh and that went popular overnight, can you imagine? And that was one of India’s most popular videos at that time. And since back this rapper has never looked behind.
Divine
Divine- was born on 2 October 1990 in Andheri. Divine, full name Vivian Fernandez. He is a Mumbai-based Indian rapper, previously he used to rap in English before switching to Hindi. He was also a member of the hip-hop group known as Mumbai Finest. His song yeh Mera Bombay has won the best music video of the year award from Rolling stone India. He has his unique flow, I felt that he describes his journey and some issues that have been happening around us for a long in his rapping song.
Raftaar
Raftaar- He was born on 16 November 1988 in Thiruvananthapuram. His full name is Dilin Nair, commonly known as Raftaar. Raftaar, is one of the first selections for prime music production in India and obviously he is one of the most talented rappers and active in dancing, rapping, and one of the great Indian reality shows roadies. He is a judge on MTV hustle, the first Indian Rap hip Hop show. You know, his parents listened to Michael Jackson songs when he was just a kid, and it motivates him further, it sparked his career in this.
Emiway Bantai
Emiway Bantai- the real name is Bilal Shaikh but is commonly known as Emiway Bantai. Bilal’s profession is Singer/Rapper, Editor, Music Composer, Lyricist, Dancer, and well-known rapper. He has already made his debut in 2013 with Glint Lock, but he get fame after a year with Aur Bantai. He is considered as one of the best rappers in the country. He has completed over 11 million subscribers on his YouTube channel and he recently starred in the film Gully Boy. His net worth of 29 crores according to the sources.
Badshah
Badshah- hope you have heard of the name before, Badshah is one of the great rappers in the country. Badshah was born on 15 November 1985, his full and real name is Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia. No one compares to him in commercial success. His music is so simple and Melody, won the audience’s heart every time. He has a unique ability to create a catchy style that is stuck in your head for a while. He turns into the best commercial performer.
Ikka
Ikka- Ikka’s real name is Ankit Singh Patial and a well-known singer, rapper, and music composer. Although, he is a well-known artist and personality in Punjabi Industry. In addition, he made his Bollywood debut in 2104 with the song In Da Club and that song gained lots of attraction or can say it went fabulous. Ankit began his career with one hip-hop group Mafia Mundeer. Ikka made his appearance in Bollywood in 2019 again with the rap song Manmohini in the film Hume Tumse Pyar Kitna.
Brodha V
Brodha V- he was born on 27 March, Kanchipuram. Brodha’s full name is Vighnesh Shivanand. So Brodha is the only Indian rapper who is been continuing rapping in English for a long time. The larger numbers of rap listeners in India and due to the high number of English rap listeners from other parts of the world following Western rappers like Eminem, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, and many others as well. He struggled with the language barrier so he continued rapping in English. One interesting thing to know about him is that he is one of the poetic treasures.
Dino James
Dino James- Dino James is one of the best rappers in the country. He is well known for his unique rap style, you know, own thing types which we do not hear from the other artists. James does not want to become a rapper instead he wrote about his feelings and that led James to become a Rapper. YouTube channel gave him a shout-out for his song Loser, which becomes one of the most inspiring and motivational tracks in the scene. And then Dino begins his career with side acting in Mumbai.
Honey Singh
Honey Singh- so, the person needs no introduction, even every small kid in India knows him well, nonetheless, they definitely knew his songs which had vigorously virally in past years. He is the most famous and most expensive music director in the country. He is a pop hip-hop artist, who mixes pop music with hip-hop music. Honey Singh is the one who brought Pop Rap culture to India and has been popularized with his pop hop songs. It is been said that he was paid 70 lakhs for a Bollywood song that was featured in the movie Cocktail and Mastan.
Naezy
Naezy- was born in 1993 Kurla, Mumbai. Naezy’s full name is Naved Shaikh. Naved began the rap music on an iPad and grew into one of the best rappers in the country. He produced one song Aafat, which went viral on social media, was released in 2014 and has crossed over 1 million views. As he is from Mumbai so his rap slang is also in Mumbai Language. He has a net worth of 40 crores according to the year 2014, but now, it must have been updated.
So, this is the top ten best rappers of India list. But this is not the end, there are a lot more rappers in the country who could have been counted but then it would be a lengthy list. Rapping is a form of art, which is very difficult to sing, and difficult art to learn. But if you have determination and courage then no one can stop you, you can do many things you want. Nothing is impossible man!! Because of their rapping style, they have become popular and gained popularity among all. They are counted in the top lists of Indian Rappers. They are impressing the world with their works to create amazing raps.
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