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Personal Agenda with Naezy: “Asli hip-hop is staying true to your roots and rapping your heart out!”
The OG of Mumbai rap scene and the muse behind Gully Boy talks about hip-hop, paying taxes, and his attempt to dress up like Salman Khan!
Define Naezy in three original lines.
Naezy, Naved ka bhavishya hai,
ek asaadharan roop hai,
jiska ek maksad hai aur woh hai inquilab
What’s asli hip-hop according to you?
Staying true to your roots and rapping your heart out!
Tell us the best and worst thing about the hip-hop scene in Mumbai.
The best part is the fact that it’s original and authentic, the worst is that it’s too hyped.
Name the most underrated rapper in India today?
Prabhdeep.
And the last show you binge-watched...?
2 Broke Girls.
What’s the most over-the-top filmy thing you have done in real life?
I’ve tried to dress like Salman Khan.
List three things nobody knows about you.
I like listening to Taylor Swift, I like swimming in the sea and I hate paying taxes!
If you could time travel, what era you would pick and for what?
The ’90s so I could drive a Mustang in south Bombay.
An advice you’d have given your 10-year-old self...?
Be disciplined and stay away from girls!
What makes your new album unique?
I’ve opened up about my love life through a love song, Pyaar Hai. And technically, we have reached an international standard of music through this.
5 things you want to do in 2020... ?
An album tour, collaborations beyond hip hop, travelling to the Mecca of hip hop (New York city), build a new sneaker collection, and find a girlfriend!
What would the title of your biography be?
Kurla to Compton.
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From HT Brunch, January 26, 2020
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