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Interview

“You have to remain open to all forms of expression within your craft” – In Conversation With pixlpxl

Punya Vashist, known to most people in music as pixlpxl, learned how to hold an air gun in the first grade and grew up...

Harita OdedaraOctober 7, 2026

IMG 0304 "You need to put in your 10,000 hours. Do it as if you don't have anything else to do" - In Conversation With Akash Shravan

Interview

“You need to put in your 10,000 hours. Do it as if you don’t have anything else to do” – In Conversation With Akash Shravan

In the summer of 2024, “Big Dawgs” did what no Indian hip-hop record had done before. It charted on the Billboard Hot 100, went...

Harita OdedaraAugust 1, 2026

HADIMOBILE How Hadi Turned Found Noise into Indian Alt Hip-Hop’s Boldest EP 'RAWBONED'

Review

How Hadi Turned Found Noise into Indian Alt Hip-Hop’s Boldest EP ‘RAWBONED’

The first thing that stood out to me when I sat down to talk to Hadi was his infectious energy. I could almost see...

Harita OdedaraJuly 27, 2026

Copy of asset 1 scaled e1773226000903 With '27 CLUB', RANJ’s Debut Mixtape Reframes Indian R&B Through a Woman’s Lens

Review

With ’27 CLUB’, RANJ’s Debut Mixtape Reframes Indian R&B Through a Woman’s Lens

There’s an old superstition in popular music that haunts the age of 27, an age mythologized through tragedy, headlines, and the seductive romance of...

Harita OdedaraMarch 14, 2026

The Blow Up of Hanumankind's 'Big Dawgs' and What it Means For Indian Hip-Hop

Opinion

The Blow Up of Hanumankind’s ‘Big Dawgs’ and What it Means For Indian Hip-Hop

A slow trap beat, with big, grimy synths, topped off with charismatic, witty flows and bars. As if that isn’t enough to make a...

Chaitanya PandeyAugust 26, 2024

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MTV Breakout Srushti Tawade Casts The Net Wide With Her Single, “Breadcrumbs”

Hip-hop in India has had its own breakout moment as a genre in this country over the past few years. The escalation has been...

Ruchi Singh VasudevOctober 28, 2023

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Interview

“You have to remain open to all forms of expression within your craft” – In Conversation With pixlpxl

Interview

“You need to put in your 10,000 hours. Do it as if you don’t have anything else to do” – In Conversation With Akash Shravan

Review

How Hadi Turned Found Noise into Indian Alt Hip-Hop’s Boldest EP ‘RAWBONED’

Review

With ’27 CLUB’, RANJ’s Debut Mixtape Reframes Indian R&B Through a Woman’s Lens

Opinion

The Blow Up of Hanumankind’s ‘Big Dawgs’ and What it Means For Indian Hip-Hop

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MTV Breakout Srushti Tawade Casts The Net Wide With Her Single, “Breadcrumbs”