Bangladeshi hip hop is a genre of music and culture that covers a variety of styles of hip hop music developed in Bangladesh. It is heavily influenced by American hip hop, and started in the early 1990s. In recent years, artists have used lyrical expressions for cultural identity, with lyrics addressing Bangladesh's political and social problems, lifestyles, nature, cultures, and communities. Hip hop in today's era has earn great impact in Bangladesh. Many groups and individual artists in Bangladesh are gaining infamous farm in this genre. Reportedly, Hip hop is one of the most fastest growing foreign music genre in Bangladesh.[1]
History
In early 1993, Ashraf Babu and Charu first introduced rap music in the Bengali-language music industry. They released an album called Tri-Rotner Khepa, which was the first Bengali rap music album.[2]
In 2004, Queens based Bangladeshi hiphop group Stoic Bliss was formed.[3] They first introduced Banglish (Bangla-English), a rap fusion in Bangla rap. Stoic Bliss was the very first to introduce hip-hop to Bangladesh through blogs before social media existed quickly gaining popularity in the underground music scene in Bangladesh. Their debut album Lights Years Ahead was released in Bangladesh under the G-Series banner in June 2006.[4] The single "Abar Jigay" from their first album gave the group its notability among the Bengali community. The Light Years Ahead album sold well over 250,000 copies within the first 10 months, making Stoic Bliss an emerging mainstream music group in Bangladesh.[5]
Deshi MCs
Dhaka based crew Deshi MCs was formed in 2006. MC Shaq, Xplosive, and Skibkhan were the founding members. Later, another member, MC Mugz, joined the group. They first introduced gangsta rap to the Bangladeshi culture. In 2006, they released their first studio album named Banned.[6] They are known as the pioneers of Banglish Gangsta Rap.
Uptown Lokolz
Another crew from Dhaka City named Uptown Lokolz was formed in 2008. In the same year, they released their first album, "Kahini Scene Paat [Explicit]".The single "Ai Mama Ai" from their first album was well received nationwide.[7][8]
Jalali Set
Jalali Set is one of the finest Hip hop crew from the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The rappers involved are Mc Mugz, Double S, Shadhu and Jalali Shafayat. In 2015 Jalali set got their attention to Public by releasing their song Sura Target on YouTube.
Later in 2016 they released their album “Level 13” which got recognition for the local Sound and raw slangs of Dhaka[9]
1230 Klassick
1230 Klassick is a hip-hop group from Uttara, Dhaka, Bangladesh. This group consists of artists THE BEASTBUZZ, CHEF-IQ, and Coldkraft. They have released an EP called "Dirty Skills" featuring underground rappers SHEZAN, Janowar and T.Zed in 20 August 2021. More recently SHEZAN and Hannan has created a sub-crew named KILLAZ-Culture and they have published their album OUTLAWZ - The First Chapter in November 10, 2022.
Comilla Hip Hop Hood
Comilla Hip Hop Hood (CHH) is a hip-hop collective from Comilla. Comilla Hip Hop Hood is playing a vital role in bangla hip hop industry since 2007. It's a collective group of Rappers, B boys, Graffiti Artist, Stunner,Beat Boxer, Composer, Vfx / Gfx Designers.[10]
