Says Fauxe, who makes music full time: I'll see where the wind takes me, if more doors open for me to rap in Tamil and to perform for the Tamil community. Rappers such as Shigga Shay are hopeful that Singapore hip-hop will gain wider acceptance among the mainstream community. Lineath became part of the collective after he offered his tracks to Shigga Shay in a studio in and they started making music together. What ties them together, according to Azrael, is "kinship" - they are friends who share a love of hip-hop and make music together.
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Akedm rapper and producer Lineath Rajendran, a member of Grizzle Grind Crew who raps in English and Tamil, the rising number of new rappers and hip-hop musicians can only be a good thing, even if not all of them are producing quality works. I cannot be philosophical or write metaphorically.

Their output to date includes several mixtapes and singles released on online music platforms such as Bandcamp and SoundCloud. XS Collective are one of the Singapore scene's most prominent group of rappers, producers and musicians. My demographic is anyone with ears and a common sense.
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Unlike Shigga Shay's mainstream presence, many hip-hop acts operate under the radar, dropping tracks via online music platforms such as Bandcamp and SoundCloud. Azrael, who has been actively involved in the home-grown hip- hop scene sincesays: Whether the material released goes mainstream or underground, what matters is that more people here are into hip-hop, say artists. Besides making beats for Grizzle Grind Crew acts, he also co-wrote and produced the theme song for director Jack Neo's movie, The Lion Menand has collaborated with home-grown hip-hop pioneer Sheikh Haikel and Malaysian rapper SonaOne.
Growing up, he noticed that his friends sang Spanish phrases in reggaeton songs without necessarily knowing the meaning of the words. It inspired him to rap in Malay, at the same time hoping that the music itself would transcend the language barrier the same way reggaeton music does. Says the year-old, who is an active member of home-grown crew The. But the Singapore hip-hop scene is a lot more than just about him.
They plan to continue producing music and work on a full-length debut album when they book out of camp on weekends. It's a new challenge. His sentiments are echoed by producer, rapper and hip-hop activist Muhammad Izaril Ismail, better known by his stage name Azrael. Everything I know is self-taught and learnt from the Internet and through every mistake I make - that's how you learn what to do or what not to do.
While figures are hard to come by because no one keeps track of the releases across the many platforms, those on the scene agree that there has been a flurry of activities among new acts recently.
Desire, in under The. One of his popular songs, Duit Rokok, chronicles the lives of his close friends whose choices set them on vastly different paths in life.
The year-old rapper, whose real name is Naufal Gani, released his debut album, Love. Besides his solo works, the year-old is also a co-founder of prominent hip-hop collective Grizzle Grind Crew, which celebrated their third anniversary with a show at Zouk last month. A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on April 13,with the headline 'Hip and happening'.
I'll see where the wind takes me, if more doors open for me to rap in Tamil and to perform for the Tamil community. The only language I could speak fluently is the street language, but at the same time, I didn't want to cater to just one demographic. The three members of Mediocre Haircut Crew spend their weekends making music at Fauxe's home studio. Mean has been making his mark outside of the Singapore underground hip-hop scene - he performed at one of the biggest music festivals here, St Jerome's Laneway Festival Singapore, and at Malaysia's premier hip-hop event, Raising The Bar Festival, both in January.
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We have been experiencing some problems with subscriber log-ins and apologise for the inconvenience caused. Fauxe, who performs with the group at their live shows, adds: Another is Singapore rapper Akeem Jahat, 27, one of the rising names in the underground Malay hip-hop scene here and in Malaysia.
It might sound super complex, but that's akeej because I am rapping so fast," he says. One of his latest works is Gojer, a song by hip-hop duo Komrad which became a hit on local Malay radio stations. Over the past few years, a new wave of hip-hop artists has emerged, churning out a steady stream of recorded music and playing shows, alongside the old guard.
Skip to main content. Having had stints in bands playing other genres of music such as ska and screamo, he says Young's work inspired him to get back into hip-hop as a rapper and producer. The enigmatic electronic music producer, who hides his real identity and akeeem behind his stage name and a mask, started producing music for the trio and bringing them on for his gigs late last year after seeing one of their music videos online.
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