Creating art in India isn’t as easy as it sounds; whether it be music or sculpting or digital art or writing, art in any form or shape. It is what connects billions of us, across generations, languages, and geographies, yet creating art comes with many challenges. There happens to be…

Indian hip-hop made some big moves this week. Revered record label and culture leader Def Jam announced its arrival in India by signing rappers Dino James and Fotty Seven. Since its inception in 1984, Def Jam has been synonymous with hip-hop history. What started as a project in Rick Rubin’s…

One of music in the digital age’s biggest fights is in the spotlight these days. On one corner we have veteran crooner and two-times Rock and Roll Hall of Famer — Neil Young. The folk-rock legend is here to battle the host of the world’s biggest podcast series — Joe…

We all like to think our decisions are based on rationale and facts, but we know they are often driven by feelings, too. When we splurge on nice food, clothes, or electronic gadgets, are we really thinking in terms of cost and advantage, or are we retorting to stress, frustration…

In a time where everyone is stuck at home watching their lives pass by as they scroll through their phones with an inevitably shorter and shorter attention span, TikTok, a 15-second video app, seems to be omnipresent, prevailing over everything from our lifestyle choices with the questionable “that girl” aesthetic…

2021 was a weird year for sure. While we were getting over the pandemic-induced hangover of 2020, ’21 played an equally average set of cards. Covid, lockdowns, WFH, quarantines, travel restrictions — it was the same drill, different day. But hey, at least we had music. Living in the ‘new…

If you somehow haven’t heard of 88rising yet, you most definitely haven’t been on the Internet for a while, and by for a while, I mean at least two years or more. This New York-based media company and record label, which promotes and manages Asian artists, has been generating the…

The yearly list of snubs and surprises, mostly disappointing, or more commonly known as the Grammy nominations are out. …

If you are expecting Drake’s Certified Lover Boy or Kanye’s Donda to be on this list, look right away. While the Grammys may have showered them with nominations, our in-house rap geeks can assure you that those albums are just bloated and overhyped. CLB streams may have hit the…