Haq Se Bolo Podcast

Haq Se Bolo Podcast


S01E07 Dopeadelicz | Haq Se Bolo Podcast

May 29, 2020

The seventh episode of #HaqSeBolo podcast features Mumbai multilingual rap crew Dopeadelicz in conversation with Rolling Stone India Executive Editor Nirmika Singh.

This Mumbai hip-hop crew has been a fixture in the city’s burgeoning hip-hop scene since 2012, with founders and rappers Tony Sebastian aka Stony Psyko, Rajesh Radhakrishnan aka Dope Daddy and Agnel Avinash Benson aka Ben Z banding together to speak out on imposed strictures of morality. Born from a love for rap and marijuana, Dopeadelicz leaned on their native tongues -- Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi -- Hindi and English to draw on their experience of growing up in Dharavi. The crew isn’t afraid to get intersectional and their viral, breakout singles “Aai Shapath Saheb Me Navtho” (2019) and “Legalise It” (2015) are both cheeky and chock-full of social commentary. Tackling poverty, class disparity, the education system, societal conventions and more, the crew gets more relatable with every release.