04.18.08
Conference introduces South Asian hip-hop in first North American forum
DJ Rekha, MC Kabir, Yogi B and Natchatra, Chee Malabar, Abstract/Vision: They might not be familiar to most American music fans, even to hard-core connoisseurs of hip-hop. But in some pockets of the United States—say, Chicago’s Devon Avenue or Jackson Heights in Queens, N.Y. —they are bona fide stars. Yogi B and Natchatra, a band of Malaysian Tamil rappers, performed for 20,000 people at a recent show in Toronto. DJ Rekha (aka Rekha Malhotra) draws thousands for her appearances at super-clubs in New York and London and Chicago’s Smart Bar.
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