Artist Biography
Main 28 ka tha jab main idhar aaya tha 2017 mein (I was 28-years-old when I came to Mumbai in 2017.) Ek hi hafta hua tha Mumbai mein and then Dolly Rateshwar ma’am, my manager called me for a meeting (It had been only a week in Mumbai when I received a call from Dolly Rateshwar who is now my Manager at Qyuki.) She said, “We have a job opening for a rapper. Kyonki hum logon ko ye section bhi kholna hai (because we want to open this section too) at The Dharavi Dream Project. Agar hum hip-hop sikhayenge toh hum pura hi sikhayenge (We will teach all of hip-hop or none of it.”)
Ek mahina hua, do mahina hua (Months passed) and I started loving it because I was earning my hardwork’s money. Meri aadat pad gayi and then bacchon ke saath chill karte karte, kaam karte karte (But soon coming here became a habit and after chilling and working with the children,) I became responsible and then I realized that actually, I’m a teacher. At the same time, working with the children was a beautiful experience for me. Main shaayad isi ke liye bana tha (Maybe this is what I was born for.) Isliye maine shaayad music bhi seekha tha (Maybe they are why I learned music too) and that’s how my teaching job started. I’m looking at it as my future job and I love it ‘cause this is what I know.
I want to make this place and the kids big — for them and for me also.
Where do you want to see your students go in the future?
They are amazing writers and some kids are amazing when they go onto the stage. Once they go out into the world, I think they will create great music. Abhi bhi woh hi kar rahe hai (That’s exactly what they’re doing now too.)
And mera plan inko bahar lekar jaane ka hai (My plan is to take them places). Agar mera international laga na (If I get the chance to tour internationally or work on overseas projects), some of these kids are going with me. They are more like my crew and not my students. I treat them like they’re my crew.
And within one or two months, I’ll release their tracks and I’ll sing in their tracks too (gestures to Afzal, Joshua and Franky.)
