Straight Outta Mumbai

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BBC Asian Network’s Bobby Friction uncovers India’s home-grown hip-hop and rap music scene

Speaking to the likes of Divine and Badshah, Bobby finds out if and how home-grown rap can move from the underground into the mainstream.


Bobby Friction delves into Mumbai’s homegrown hip hop and rap music scene and asks what the future holds for it.
Speaking to the likes of Divine, Badshah, and music composer and singer, Vishal Dadlani, Bobby finds out how young Indian musicians are using rap to challenge the powerful and rich and asks what needs to happen to take it from the underground into the mainstream.


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