Dee MC is an Indian rapper, singer, songwriter, and hip-hop artist. She is without doubt one of the feminine rappers who’re thought of the torch bearers for different aspiring feminine rappers. She is a pioneer of feminist rap and has represented India internationally within the Alchemy Competition by Southbank Heart within the UK in 2017, La Belle Hip Hop Competition in Belgium in 2018, and DesiFest in Canada in 2019. She appeared as herself within the movie “ Gully Boy” launched in 2019.
Wiki/Biography
Dee MC was born as Deepa Unnikrishnan on Monday, 14 February 1994 (age 28 years; as of 2022) in Mumbai. Her zodiac signal is Aquarius. She went to Lok Kalyan Public College in Kalyan, Maharashtra, the place she participated in poetry writing, elocution, and debate competitions. On the age of 5, she began studying Bharatnatyam. She began listening to hip-hop when she was within the sixth customary. Her mother and father needed her to pursue chartered accountancy and get an honest job. She studied to turn out to be a CA and cleared the doorway for CA however misplaced the qualifying take a look at, two occasions.
A childhood photograph of Deepa along with her elder sister
bodily look
Top (approx.): 5′ 2″
Weight (approx.): 45kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black
Household
Dee MC belongs to a Malayali household in Mumbai.
Dad and mom & Siblings
Her father, Unnikrishnan Pisharody, works in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. He’s an NRI, who was born in Kerala however introduced up in Mumbai. Her mom, Jayasree, is a homemaker. She has an elder sister named Divya.
Deepa along with her mother and father and elder sister, Divya
Relationships/Affairs
In an interview, she revealed about her long-term relationship she had. She talked about this relationship in an interview when she was requested, has she ever been on tinder? She replied,
I used to be concerned in a relationship for the longest time so I personally haven’t used it but however I do know of individuals round me, my family and friends members, who’ve used it and have some wonderful relationships via on-line courting however I personally, not but . However possibly, by no means say by no means.”
profession
rapping
On the age of 18, she wrote her first track when she was in her first yr of school. In 2011, she uploaded a canopy video of Nicki Minaj’s track; somebody replied to her after watching her cowl video and suggested her that if she is severe about rapping, she ought to get out of Kalyan and get in touch with the hip-hop scene in Mumbai.
Dee MC acting at an occasion within the preliminary years of her rapping profession
Singles
She debuted with the track “Discuss My Approach” on 30 October 2013, which was the primary video launched on her YouTube channel. After one yr, on 30 October 2014, she launched her second single “Greenhouse Impact.” In the identical yr, she launched the track titled “Kal” wherein she rapped in each Hindi and English languages. She got here up with the track “Chaar Brand Ki Baatein” in 2015. In 2017, Deepa rapped within the track “Taking My Time” produced by Kru172. In 2021, Dee MC launched the track “PRETTY EYES,” and it gained greater than 400k views on YouTube in a single yr. She launched the track “Haath Hello Mera Saathi” in 2022, which was written, conceptualized, and carried out by herself.
Poster of the track ‘Haath Hello Mera Saathi’
Albums
In 2019, she launched her debut album “Dee=MC2.” The album contained seven tracks in complete and featured artists together with MC Altaf, D’Evil, Poetik Justis, and extra. The entire album was produced by Sunit Music.
Cowl of Dee MC’s debut album ‘DEE=MC2’
Collaborations
In 2018, she launched the track “DEKH” that includes Yungsta and Seedhe Maut. In 2019, she wrote and carried out the track “AADATEIN,” which is a single observe from Aakash Ravikrishnan’s album ‘Abroad.’ In 2020, she got here out with the track “REWIND” that includes a rapper duo, Full Energy. On 21 June 2021, Raja Kumari put out the track “Rani Cypher” on her YouTube Channel; the track featured three different feminine rappers together with SIRI, Meba Ofilia, and Dee MC; the music video gained greater than 2 million views. In 2022, Dee MC, Wild Wild Girls, and Instine got here collectively and launched the track “Doing Okay.”
Poster of the 2022 track ‘Doing Okay’
Awards
- Gained a Shorty Award for “No Extra Limits” on the third Annual Shorty Social Good Awards in 2018
- Gained Finest Digital- Jury Selection Award for “Tu Bas Naach” on the sixth Radio Metropolis India Freedom Awards 2019
- Gained Finest Indie Collaboration- Jury Selection Award for “Tu Bas Naach” on the sixth Radio Metropolis India Freedom Awards 2019
Image of Freedom Awards gained by Dee MC in 2019
Favorites
- Rapper(s): Mos Def, Eve, Nicki Minaj, Mike Shinoda, Jay Z, Crooked I, Eminem, D’Evil, Poetik Justis, Encore, Divine, Kinga Rhymes
Automotive-Assortment
Deepa purchased a Renault KWID in July 2021.
Deepa along with her automotive, Renault KWID
Information/Trivia
- Earlier, she determined her stage identify to be “Aura,” however later, she modified it to Dee MC wherein Dee comes from her identify Deepa, and MC stands for microphone controller.
- Kardinal Offishall, Akon, and Mike Shinoda had been the primary hip-hop artists that Dee MC listened to.
- In her preliminary years of rapping, she needed to go to the rapping occasions for efficiency and most of them used to occur at night time time attributable to which her mother and father didn’t permit her to carry out wherever.
- On October 31, 2018, she launched a track, “No Extra Limits,” in collaboration with WASH United, a nonprofit group to unfold consciousness about intimate hygiene on Menstrual Hygiene Day.
- In 2020, Glow & Pretty, which is a cosmetics firm, collaborated with Dee MC and launched a track titled “Glow Ko Na Roko” to encourage girls to observe their goals and break the stereotypical norms of society.
- Dee MC was featured within the music video of the track “Swipe Proper Materials” alongside Guru Randhawa and Anirudh. The track was made in collaboration with the web courting app, Tinder.
- She has been one of many judges on the Crimson Bull Highlight, which was a nationwide competitors for aspiring rappers.
- Dee MC didn’t have any skilled coaching for studying to rap. she realized every little thing on her personal with the assistance of the web. In an interview, she stated,
Since my Dad was working overseas (Saudi), I used to be a type of fortunate teenagers to have the luxurious of the Web very early in life. I used to be in sixth grade once I would obtain music from the Web; a few of these websites do not even exist now.”
- In an interview, when Dee was requested about how she received impressed and determined to turn out to be a hip-hop artist, she replied,
My journey in the direction of dance impressed me so much. I ventured into hip-hop via dancing. I’ve been dancing since I used to be 5 years previous. I’m a skilled Bharatnatyam dancer, so the stage is not a brand new place for me. The passion to carry out in entrance of an viewers and the inventive inclination was already inside me. I took up BBoying (b-boying/b-girling, is an athletic model of road dance from the US) once I was 17 however I couldn’t carry it ahead. After that I used to be extraordinarily enthusiastic about rapping, and I began again in 2011. This was after somebody noticed my cowl and launched me to the rapping trade in Bombay.”
- She misplaced the qualifying take a look at for CA two occasions. She blamed the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and tried to persuade her mother and father that it was not her fault that she failed twice. She stated,
I informed them the (The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India) institute intentionally fails college students for just a few marks. It was very miserable. I used to be failed for 2 and three marks. My mother and father did not need to perceive that it may well’t be my fault on a regular basis.”
- From 2014 to 2016, she did a part-time job as a author for web sites for incomes cash and sprucing her rapping expertise by training removed from residence. She shared,
I might journey from Kalyan to Grant Highway (south Mumbai) for the job. Kalyan is tremendous far, you recognize? I hated it. After which I needed to write about how a lot cash a Hollywood or Malayalam movie made. It wasn’t thrilling in any respect; I did it just for the cash.”
- Dee MC appeared as herself within the 2019 musical drama movie “Gully Boy,” which was based mostly on the hip-hop scene in India. She talked in regards to the movie, and stated,
We (artists) do not actually need to speak about our struggles; issues that occurred greater than 10 years in the past. I imply, the place had been you guys after we needed publicity, a platform to assist us? Now {that a} movie has launched and a few actor is selling it, between January and February persons are instantly reaching out to us, eager to know our tales. With all due respect, I need to say that Gully Boy has simply scraped the floor for us. Till just a few years in the past, individuals have laughed, mocked and written us off. We discovered and constructed our personal assist group. We would encourage and carry out in one another’s movies lifting and selling one another’s works.”
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