Video: Artists from northeast India rap about social issues in hip hop anthem

Shillong: The north-eastern part of India has been in the focus several times, be it for sportsperson’s doing India proud on a global platform or for people from the region facing discrimination and racial slurs in metros across the country.

Musicians and artists from the region have risen to popularity across genres and have been coming across as a voice for concerns of people including identity crisis and human rights violations. Since hip hop has been an effective way to express social and political dissent for decades, artists from northeast have collaborated for an anthem for the people.

While crews like Khasi Bloodz, Symphonic Movement, Cryptographik Street Poets and B-boy Kim have been featured in the video by 101 India as part of a series called 'Hip Hop Homeland', a 13-year-old member of the Symphonic Movement rapping about social issues around him is a revelation.