![]() He released a remix to Lil Pump's " Gucci Gang" called "Gully Gang" independently on 18 January 2018. In 2018, Divine terminated his contract with Sony Music India. City Slums was further certified triple platinum In India by IMI. He appeared as a feature on the record City Slums by Indian-American rapper/singer/songwriter Raja Kumari in May 2017. His next solo single, "Farak", was released on 16 February 2017 and topped the Indipop charts on iTunes India. He was featured on "Daru Daru" with Deep Jandu and Gangis Khan, his first commercially oriented song, which came out on 10 January 2017. ĭivine also collaborated with Nucleya on another hit track, "Scene Kya Hai" off Nucleya's album Raja Baja. He appeared on the BBC Asian Network on the Charlie Sloth Show he was the first Hindi-speaking rapper to freestyle on the show and also the first to rap in Hindi with the name-giving host in attendance. He took the song to the Breakfast Show ahead of BBC Asian Network Live on 29 April 2016. On 24 March 2016, his debut solo single "Jungli Sher" was released and it ruled the charts because of its raw depiction of the life of the poor in Mumbai. The song won Best EDM track of the Year at the GiMA Awards in 2016. He collaborated with Indian DJ Nucleya on the track "Jungle Raja" from Nucleya's album Bass Rani, which helped him gain even more popularity. The song went viral and many Bollywood celebrities shared it on social media. He released his breakout single "Mere Gully Mein" featuring Naezy on 16 April 2015. The song later won the Best Video of the Year award by Rolling Stone India that same year. ![]() Rise to success įollowing the release of his song "Yeh Mera Bombay", Divine obtained the attention of Sony Music India while performing at the Blue Frog Festival 2014 in Mumbai, and shortly after signed a contract with them. He cites American rappers such as Nas, Eminem, Big L, Tupac, 50 Cent and Rakim as his influences. ![]() He often raps about his own life experiences, such as the life of the poor people in Mumbai and his upbringing with a single mother. He was part of the hip hop crew Mumbai's Finest. The same friend gave him his first MP3 CD with hip-hop music on it which inspired him to start rapping in English. A friend of his wore a T-shirt of 50 Cent's first album Get Rich or Die Tryin' at school. Career Early years ĭivine started his career as an underground rapper in 2011 after discovering hip hop on a T-shirt. He is well known to represent street life of Mumbai. His song Baazigar from his latest album Gunehgar got blow up on various social media platforms lately. He made his debut at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards in 2022 becoming the first Indian hip-hop star to attend the Grammys. On 12 December 2020, Divine became the first Indian rapper to be featured on Spotify Times Square billboard in New York City for his album Punya Paap (2020), which had claimed the top spot on Apple Music India. He broke through with the release of his song "Mere Gully Mein" (2019) featuring the Mumbai-based rapper Naezy. He started to gain popularity after the release of his song "Yeh Mera Bombay" (2013). Vivian Wilson Fernandes (born 2 October 1990), known by his stage name Divine (stylized as DIVINE), is an Indian rapper born in Mumbai, Maharashtra from a Goan- Konkani family.
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