When we first heard about Jay Sean‘s mix-tape project, The Mistress, our first thought was: really?! You don’t see many number one billboard topping pop sensations releasing a free mixtape for their audiences. The Mistress …
The Shah’s Take Over Beverly Hills
There’s a new show starting on the pop culture channel, Bravo TV. Known for reality TV shows like Top Chef (starring the fabulous Padma Lakshmi), The Rachel Zoe Project and the Real Housewives franchise, the …
The Oscars Get A Bindi This Year
When it was A R Rahman, Slumdog or even Lagan, we all knew about Desis being represented at the Academy Awards. Well, this year the two Desi nominations are a little bit more subtle, but …
Which Agneepath Song Brings The Most Fire?
If you don’t love a good Bollywood musical, you have no business reading this post. But for those of you who do enjoy the finer things in life, we want to discuss the upcoming Bollywood …
DJ Flawless Prepares To Blow Up Your Headphones
DJ Flawless has, very quietly, been making a lot of noise. The kind of noise that gets us at MTV Desi very excited. The reclusive, but dripping with swagger, DJ has worked on projects with …
Bipasha Basu + 8 Other Fame Hungry Celebs Lend Their Names To Bollywood Songs
Shakespeare asked: “What’s in a name?” Bollywood has the answer: “Serious promotion for your upcoming film!” We’re not talking about the Sheila, Shalu, Munni, Razia, Jalebi Bai, Channo name titled hit item number factor either. …
Is Raghav back on top? It sure seems like he is! The artist who took over the Desi world with his first album, Storyteller in 2004 is hard at work on his third record. He’s …
Gods Robot: Cross Continental Carnatic Creators
If some supreme being were to send robots to Earth in order to reform human and our hegemonic ways, we’d expect that instead of talking, the droids would blare Gods Robot’s music. The group, that …
Arjun Doesn’t Need The Cars and Clubs. His Talent Is Swagger Enough
Here’s the truth: There are a lot of Desi artists trying to make a name for themselves. But, not a lot of them are recognized for their talent against the backdrop of of shiny cars …
Adil Omar, we sweat your technique. The Pakistani rapper fuses jazz with new age rap in “Paki Rambo,” an addictively dope cut from his forthcoming debut The Mushroom Cloud Effect. The head nod-able track boasts …
Bilz Music’s New Artist Wants to Make History: Meet Drega
Bilz Music got super lucky with their newest sign. The latest addition to The Bilz & Kashif‘s label is a performer making music for his love of the art. That’s right, rapper, Drega doesn’t care …
Viral Videos: Gobar (aka S%!*) Brown People Say
If you’ve been on Facebook over the last few weeks, you’ve definitely seen viral videos with the titles: “S$%^ [insert type of people] Say.” Whether it’s black people, white people, Asians, Latinos, gays, or whatever …
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