Bangladeshi hip hop

Bangladeshi hip hop is commonly a genre of music and culture that covers a variety of styles of hip hop music developed in Bangladesh. It is heavily influenced by American hip hop, and started in late 1990. In recent years, Bangladeshi hip hop artists have begun to emerge in underground scenes in large cities such as Dhaka, Khulna Comilla, Sylhet, and Chittagong. The lyrical expression of cultural identity, with lyrics addressing Bangladesh's political and social problems, make this genre a popular and growing one. Jalali set Ifug Damn Yeasin Noman Shuvo

History

Hip Hop first took root in Bangladesh during the late 1990s at the Sheikh Kamal Complex in Dhaka which houses the Bangladesh Basketball Federation, part of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur (FIBA). Basketball players and hip hop heads from St Francis Xavier's Green Herald International School were drawn to this space which housed the country's first and only wooden floor basketball gymnasium at the time. This group of youth from SFX were brought together by their love for the game where they continued on to play for 1st Division League Teams in the country such as the Dhaka Gladiators, Dhumketu Club, Eagles Club, Rangers Club, Lal Bagh and The Gregs Club. Two particular returning international students, G.A.K returning from Dallas, TX, Richland College, and currently an XO affiliate and R.A. (currently residing in Tokyo, Japan) returning from Sydney, Australia influenced the scene along with other locals from Greenherald school. Like any hip hop head, the groups love for sneakers was deep. They were rocking Nike Air Max, Air Jordan's, Air Force 1s, Flights, Adidas shell toes and Puma kicks back then. Their hiphop music influences were the likes of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., 2 Live Crew NWA, Cypress Hill, House of Pain and the Wu-Tang Clan. While the culture took root in this limited space it was further propelled by the introduction of American television and distribution of Hip Hop music within cd shops. In early 2000, online social networking such as Facebook and Myspace also played a heavy role in bringing together various underground Bangladeshi rappers together in sharing their music. Early hip-hop was not led by corporate interests, but rather was largely ignored by major record companies. An important spark for Bangladeshi hip-hop music scene occurred in 2005, when Stoic Bliss released their debut album 'Alok Borso durey'. Then Deshi MC's introduced gangsta rap. Until early 2009 there were some good few awesome Bangla Hip Hop Music in the market but the only thing was still missing back then a proper hip hop music video which was fulfilled by Yousuf Mony who released his Moja titled music video in May 2009 from Ireland under Sangeeta Music.

Now there are many rappers and hip-hop crews out there in Bangladesh and outside the country.

Dhaka

Dhaka is the birthplace and hub of Bangladeshi Hip-Hop. Almost all mainstream rappers and hip-hop crews are from Dhaka City. Dhaka hip hop artists include Deshi Mc's,Bangla mentalz, Black Zang, Taura Safa,Shib-B ShihaB,D.33,CDL,APD,Tri-Gang,Di$oder 420, ZakiLOVE, Rajotto, Rap Hood Goonstaz, East Side Souljaz, Jalali Set, Krazy Noize, The Elite, R.I.S, Lyrical Assassins, Stunnerz, Cataclysm, Fat Kabs, Official KGS, Twin-B,Poetic Syndicate, ZoneZZ, D-Briggaz, GSR, Fly-O-Logy, Street Kings, Abir Mollaand, THE RAVAGER, Dice Splitter and Mazeo9, Taseen 33,

Sylhet

The Sylhet hip hop scene is very different from others in Bangladesh. They split Sylheti Bangla. Fuad Al Muqtadir produced the first Sylheti rap or hip hop. The track name was SILLOTI (album : Re-EVOLUTION). Then Lal Miah brought Sylheti hip-hop to Bangla hip-hop largely. Sylhet hip-hop artist includes Lal Miah, Badboys Crew, Rhyme Shooterz.

Chittagong

Chittagong hip hop artists includes Sinister, R.O.C [Rapperz Of Ctg], Hustlerz Hood, Duke Of Chittagong, High Rollers, Chainlezz Fellaz, SlowTorture, Chowdhury

Artists outside Bangladesh
  • Sha Vlimpse is a rapper who represents Bangladesh from New Jersey. His raps are very popular and it gained a lot of limelight in YouTube, amongst the youths of Bangladesh.

Elsewhere

There are many crews in Savar, Comilla, Narayangong, and Cox's Bazar.

The style of music, lyrics and culture associated with hip-hop wasn't something one would consider compatible with the social norms of Bangladesh. But before long, artists such as Stoic Bliss and Deshi MCs emerged and started producing rap music in Bangla, which quickly became popular among the youth. Fast forward to 2018, although the tag of being an underground scene remains, hip-hop has garnered widespread recognition. A quick search on YouTube will provide a large list of practicing rappers, b-boys and beatboxers. In Nerdcore genre of Bangladesh, THE RAVAGER is getting recognition. In Reggae rap genre, MaJex and StopKnot are doing very good. Also, some well known Various events now regularly host hip-hop artists, some have even made it to the mainstream media. But Bangladeshi hip hop culture is misunderstood in the country and lags behind the scenes elsewhere in the world. Some rappers are gaining name and fame by doing collaboration with top well known artists in various fields.

In 2019 Tabib Mahmud came to limelight with the song "Dhakaiya Gully Boy" which left behind many tracks in Bangladeshi hip hop scene regarding popularity. He is an important asset to the rap community of Bangladesh.

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