Find Out The Top 10 Indian Rappers

Author : Aarohi Agarwal

Hip-hop music has become widely popular in the Indian music industry in the last decade. Hip-hop is one of the most enthusiastic music genres that has a great impact on the listeners. Now it is coming to see that young listeners are preferring particularly this music genre over anything. For that reason, numerous hip-hop artists are rising in this industry. There are various artists, who are gaining huge attention from all around the world by showcasing their talent in this specific genre. Till now we have seen a huge number of hip-hop musicians who have excelled in this genre. So, let’s find out the top 10 Indian rapper who are leaving a significant mark-

  1. Badshah:

Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia, widely known as Badshah is one of the biggest artists of the industry. Born and brought up in Delhi, this rapper started his career in 2014. His very first song ‘Saturday Saturday’ received a massive response from the listeners. And since then, the artist offered a wide range of soundtracks to all audiences. Some of his brilliant creations are ‘DJ WaleyBabu’ and‘AbhiToh Party ShuruHuiHai’. This Indian rapperhas received a lot of awards in his music career. He has received recognition from the GIMA Award, which is one of his biggest achievements. Currently, this artist’s net worth is approximately 41.3 billion. It is his brilliant talent that makes him the No.1 rapper inthe country right now.

   2. YoYo Honey Singh:

Hirdesh Singh aka YoYo Honey Singh is the artist who started the trend of hip-hop music in this country. He is the only artist who had the courage to start something very new in the Indian music industry. In his excellent music career, he has given various soundtracks and some of them are ‘Brown Rang’, ‘DesiKalakaar’, ‘Breakup Party’, and much more. It is his captivating lyricism and innovative flow of music that helped him to create an identity among everyone. His brilliant work in the industry has made him one of the highest-paid rappers of the Indian Music industry.

  3. Raftaar:

Raftaaroriginally named KalathilKuzhiyilDevadasanDilin Nair is another rapper in the Indian music industry who has also gained much fame by showcasing his talent. This artist achieved huge fame by releasing his track ‘Swag MeraDil’. Along with being a rapper, he is also a professional dancer. And for that reason, this artist never leaves any chance to show his talent in front of the global artist. This artist has created various popular soundtracks, which are known as ‘Bullet Raja’ and ‘Fugly’. Apart from pursuing his career as a rapper and dancer, he is also judging Indian reality shows like Dance India and MTV Hustle. His contribution to hip-hop music is truly recognizable in the Indian Hip Hop Music.

   4. Divine:

Vivian Fernandes widely known as Divine is a rapper from Mumbai. He started his career as a rapper in 2011 and since then he has entertaining the listeners. Divine is an underground rapper who has given the song ‘YehMera Bombay’. He is one of the few artists who started making rap songs in English. And that is why, he has gotten the opportunity to build a different identity in front of everyone. He is a rapper who is known as the ‘Mumbai’s Finest’. Throughout his career, he has successfully given a wide range of captivating soundtracks. In addition to that, it is the distinctive lyricism that has assisted him to garner the maximum number of listeners. This artist has an inspiring story of him becoming one of the leading artistsin the country. The Bollywood movie ‘Gully Boy’ is inspired by his and Naezy’s story. Thus, from this, it could be understood what impact he made in the hip-hop industry.

    5. Naezy:

The proficient hip-hop artist Naved Shaikh aka NaezyThe Baa is another excellent artist who has made a great impact on the industry. He started his career as a 22-year-old rapper from Dharavi, Mumbai. It is his story that has been depicted in Gully Boy. In this movie, he also collaborated with Divine on the song ‘Mere Gully Main’, which has achieved huge fame. This Mumbai-based rapper sings in Marathi and Hindi. It is his innovative presentation that helped him to attain a huge recognition from everyone. In 2014 he came up with the track ‘Aafat’, which went viral within a brief time and got millions of views.

 6. King Rocco:

Arpan Kumar Chandel known as King Rocco or King is a prolific Indian rapper and singer. From a very young age, he started his career as a rapper. But the artist became famous with the help of reality TV show MTV Hustle. For this show, he has gotten the opportunity to sing in front of artists like Nucleya, Raftaar, and Raja Kumari. Apart from that, his creation ‘TuAakeDekhle’ is a song that went viral on every social media platform. And it helped him more to reach out to even wider audiences. His take on the hip-hop music industry is truly different from all the other musicians and that is what helped him to gain even more recognition from everyone.

  7. MC Stan:

Altaf Shaikh widely known as MC Stan is a young talent from Pune, Maharashtra. He is a rapper, songwriter, composer, and music producer. This artist started making music at the early stage of his life and got huge popularity from everyone. Later on, this artist came on the reality TV show Bigg Boss and also won it. His exclusive album ‘Khuja Mat’ helped him to gain a massive response from music enthusiasts. He has gone through a lot of struggles to become one of the most popular artists. And that is why, he tries to convey the story of his journey through the help of his music. In a brief time span, he has achieved a lot of fame from the audiences and established himself as a prolific hip-hop artist.

   8. Emiway Bantai:

In the year of 2013, Nilal Sheikh aka Emiway Bantai made his very first appearance in the hip-hop music industry. This artist came to the industry with his song ‘Glint Lock’. But later, he gained a huge response for his soundtrack ‘AurBantai’ and became widely popular among everyone. By showcasing his talent, this artist has earned more than 21 million subscribers. Right now, he is one of the most successful hip-hop artists, who has given a wide array of songs. This independent artist has successfully established himself for his unique style. Therefore, it can be said that Emiway Bantai is one of the brilliant artists of the Indian hip-hop industry.

  9. Brodha V:

Vighnesh Shivanandalso known as Brodha V is a rapper who raps mostly in English. This particular trait made him different from all yet a barrier to reaching out to his audience. In India, the number of English music listeners is really low, which has created a huge problem for him. This artist has a brilliant command of the language and his fast-paced rap has the capability to amaze everyone instantly. He has been in the industry for a long time. He started making music over a decade ago in 2012. But later, he got a huge popularity from the show MTV Hustle. After that, this artist also collaborated with the leading rapper like Raftaar. With this initiative, he has gotten the opportunity to make a great impact on the audiences. Over time, he has gotten a wide array of soundtracks, which has helped him to get established as one of the most popular artists.

  10. Ikka:

Ankit Singh Patyal or Ikka is an artist from Delhi who is definitely one of the famous rappers of the industry. He came into the industry in 2014 with his song ‘Gadbad- Gadbad’ and since then he has created a space for him in the music industry. It is quite a well-known artist in the industry, who has the potential to deliver various songs. At the very beginning, Lil Golu, Ikka, and Raftaar used to work together. And later on, Honey Singh joined the group, which was called ‘Mafia Mudeer’. After a few times, the group split up and each of the artists went on their individual career. Some of the brilliant songs of this artist are ‘PaniWala Dance’ and ‘Bholeynath’.

These are the top 10 Indian rappers who have taken the music genre to another dimension with their work. Each of them has shown their caliber in the music industry and got established in it. Their contribution to the Indian hip-hop music industry is undoubtedly brilliant.

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