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Rap music is making a comeback in Bollywood films
Updated On: 13 September, 2015 02:50 AM IST | | Letty Mariam Abraham
<p>The Indian rap scene peaked in the 90s and slumped the decade after. Now, as rappers are back in the reckoning, talented rap artists talk about the rise and fall of this genre and its future in our country</p>
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Raftaar, Baba Sehgal, Hard Kaur, Badshah
The first time we switched on DD Metro and heard Baba Sehgal sing Thanda Thanda Pani, no one knew he was rapping, not even Baba himself. By the time the rap trend hit India, it was already a popular genre in the West by then. What emerged in South Africa and the USA as a medium of protest, became one of the coolest ways of expression all over the world. The trend caught on in India, when the King of Rap, Baba Sehgal, got inspired by Vanilla Ice’s 1990 single Ice Ice Baby.
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