Sunday, October 20, 2013

Vignesh Shivanand - a.k.a Brodha V - The fastest Indian Rapper

Vighnesh Shivanand, a.k.a Brodha V, Rapper/Producer, a Bangalorean from one of India's Most Popular Hip Hop Crews - Machas With Attitude (MWA) that has performed in over 30 regional movies. Winner of Indigo Music Awards 2011 and Bite My Music Global Awards 2011 for Best Hip Hop Song 'Aathma Raama'.
          He is arguably India's Favorite and Most Popular Independent Rapper. He is famous for his versatility and catchy hooks which he lays among many song for M.W.A. Brodha V's Mixtape called "Deathpunch" got him the recognition among Producers, Music Directors and the general public. Over 1000 copies of the mixtape were sold physically during live performances and other independent methods. His Single "Aathma Raama" set a new trend in hip hop music, which combines hip hop music and style of rapping with Hindustani classical music and Carnatic music.
      On 30 May 2013 Brodha V and Smokey won the Radiocity freedom award for " Best Hip Hop Artists " for the track "Indian Flava" which was presented by Vishal Dadlani. Upon hearing the song, Vishal offered them to sing for Chennai Express, for which they readily agreed. It was announced in the following days that Brodha V, Smokey and Enkore would be singing alongside Natalie Di Luccio for the track " Ready Steady Po ". Ready Steady Po being the slogan of the film, gave primetime focus to M.W.A. 3 July 2013 marked their break through in the Bollywood industry with Vishal–Shekhar for the movie Chennai Express, which is a Shahrukh Khan starer. The song " Ready Steady Po " alongside Vishal dadlani and Natalie Di Luccio received rave reviews as one of the best tracks in the film.[11]

1 comment:

  1. I am glad that we now have a real Rapper... all we heard is Honey Singh, Bohemia, Raftaar, Badshaah; which infact is Desi Rap... Brodha V Eminem of India.. Looking forward for his work in Solo (Malayalam Movie)

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