“New kids are starting up and there are new crews coming and everybody is representing their pin code and area where they are coming from. From the streets to the international stage, both rappers have witnessed India’s hip-hop landscape change.

On Bolo, Stony Psyko and Dope Daddy get real about their journey from rapping in English to rapping in multiple languages, the scramble for better production, the evolution of Indian hip-hop and more. Tackling poverty, class disparity, the education system, societal conventions and more, the crew gets more relatable with every release. 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. Born from a love for rap and the chronic, Dopeadelicz lean on their native tongues - Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi - Hindi and English to draw on their experience of growing up in Dharavi.

Bolo is the audio and video podcast series chronicling the journeys of some of the biggest names in Indian hip-hop as part of #HaqSeHipHop, digital media firm Qyuki and Rolling Stone India ’s multi-platform venture to nurture the hip-hop ecosystem in the country.ĭopeadelicz has been a fixture in the city’s burgeoning hip-hop scene since 2012, with founders and rappers Stony Psyko, Dope Daddy and Agnel Avinash Benson aka Ben Z banding together to speak out on imposed strictures of morality. #HaqSeBolo’s seventh episode features rappers Stony Psyko and Rajesh Radhakrishnan aka Dope Daddy of Mumbai multilingual hip-hop group Dopeadelicz in conversation with Rolling Stone India ’s Executive Editor Nirmika Singh. “Hip-hop artist - jabhi milta nahi hai, woh bana leta hai (When hip-hop artists don’t have something, they create it,)” says Mumbai rapper Tony Sebastian aka Stony Psyko.

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