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RollingStone India
KENYA'S PROTEST MOVEMENT IS CREATING SOME RADICAL NEW MUSIC
In the summer of 2024, protests in Kenya against an unpopular tax-raising proposal led to at least 60 deaths, mostly at the hands of police, according to a local watchdog group.
3 min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
WHY THE GLOBAL FASHION WORLD NEEDS TO TUNE INTO INDIA'S HIP-HOP WAVE
From Karan Aujla and King, to Badshah and Raja Kumari, India's hip-hop artists are shaping style, identity, and consumer trends in a way that can no longer be ignored.
5 min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
BADVILLAIN: “THRILLER' IS PROOF OF HOW MUCH WE'VE IMPROVED'
Badvillain shares anecdotes on their journey to self-expression, using 'Thriller' as a song to showcase their confidence, attitude, and emotional depth
2 min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
LONG LIVE MAC MILLER YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH, I FINALLY GET WHAT MAC MILLER WAS SAYING
A REDISCOVERY OF HIS WORK SHOWS HOW HIS CATALOG HAS GROWN INTO A LIVING ARCHIVE OF VULNERABILITY AND HOPE
3 min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
YOUNG ILL IS CARVING OUT HIS OWN LANE IN THE KOREAN HIP-HOP SCENE
Choosing connection over controversy, Young Ill wants his music to give hope, inspire individuality, and show there's more to Korean hip-hop than stereotypes.
5 min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
Olivia Dean Adds Her Own Page to the Book of Love
The second album from this gifted British singer-songwriter pushes her music into an elevated tier.
3 min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
HOW 'SABAR BONDA' CREATED A RURAL RAOMANCE STORY WITHOUT A SOUNDTRACK
DIRECTOR ROHAN KANAWADE OPENS UP ABOUT THE MAKINGS OF THE MARATHI ROMANCE DRAMA, WHICH IS SET FOR ITS THEATRICAL RELEASE ON SEPT. 19 ONWARDS
5 min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
THE RISE OF KOREAN HIP-HOP AS A COUNTERCULTURE
BREAKING OUT OF SEOUL'S UNDERGROUND CLUBS, WE TRACE A JOURNEY DRIVEN BY CREATIVITY, PASSION, AND A REBELLIOUS SPIRIT THAT PAVED THE WAY FOR K-POP'S GLOBAL RISE.
8 min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR AN ARTIST TO REINVENT THEMSELVES?
SINGER-SONGWRITERS LIKE ZOYA AND HANITA BHAMBRI ENTER NEW ERAS, ANYASA AND ZAEDEN CHANGED THEIR SIGNATURE SOUND, AND VINEET SINGH HUKMANI'S JAZZ ALBUM MARKS A DIFFERENT SONIC DIRECTION
6 min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
INDIE UNPACKED: THE GAMECHANGERS OF REGIONAL HIP-HOP
FROM BHOJPURI JAZZ AND MEITI REALNESS TO URDU HIP HOP, HERE ARE ARTISTS WHO ARE CHANNELING THEIR ROOTS INTO RAP, ONE VERSE AT A TIME
4 min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
KRSNA'S RAP LEGACY IS CALCULATED, NOT CHANCED
THE DELHI RAPPER HAS TURNED PATIENCE AND PRECISION INTO A CAREER BLUEPRINT.
10 min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
BEHIND THE BEAT: HIP-HOP'S HIDDEN ARCHITECTS
MEET THE BEATSMITHS BUILDING INDIA'S HIP-HOP SCENE FROM SCRATCH.
10+ min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
RAP RECAP: ED SHEERAN TAPS KARAN AUJLA, SEEDHE MAUT'S TOUR, LEHAR CHANDIGARH MIXTAPE AND MORE
Seasoned hip-hop artists like Poetik Justis, Lady Skavya and Farhan Khan put out definitive new releases, while Naam Sujal drops a roaring new single
6 min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
WHAT THE MUSIC INDUSTRY DOESN'T TALK ABOUT ENOUGH HIP-HOP'S VISUAL IDENTITY IN THE AGE OF BRANDS
AS BUDGETS RISE AND STAGES GROW, THE QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT VISION, ACCESS, AND WHO DECIDES THE PICTURE.
5 min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
TRACING THE GROWTH OF SOUTH INDIA'S HIP-HOP MOVEMENT
ONCE SEEN AS A REGIONAL OUTLIER, SOUTH INDIA IS NOW SHAPING INDIA'S HIP-HOP STORY WITH ITS LANGUAGES, DIVERSITY, AND HUNGER FOR ORIGINALITY.
7 min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
BREAKING AND ENTERING: INSIDE INDIAN HIP-HOP'S DANCE BATTLES
HIP HOP'S BATTLES ARE TAKING PLACE NOT JUST THROUGH DISS TRACKS, BUT ALSO ON THE DANCE FLOOR. PIONEERS OF INDIA'S UNDERGROUND HIP-HOP SCENE OPEN UP ABOUT THE BURGEONING SCENE, ITS CHALLENGES, AND THE FUTURE THEY WISH TO LEAVE BEHIND.
8 min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
MARK RONSON 'THE LONGER I HELD ON TO THESE STORIES, THE HAZIER THEY'D GET'
The producer's new memoir revisits late nights and forgotten stories from his time DJ'ing in New York in the Nineties
4 min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
THE UNDER COVER AGENTS
A NEW SET OF DESIGNERS AT THE FOREFRONT OF INDIA'S AUDIO-VISUAL LANDSCAPE ARE REWRITING THE RULES OF COVER ART, ONE MUSIC ALBUM AT A TIME.
10+ min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
HOW WILD WILD WOMEN ARE FLIPPING THE NARRATIVE IN INDIAN HIP-HOP
THE MUMBAI GROUP TELLS US WHY THEY'RE PUTTING PERFORMANCES AHEAD OF STUDIO RELEASES IN A SCENE DOMINATED BY MONTHLY SINGLE DROPS
6 min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
KARMA ON HEADING TO KOCHI, WATCHING ‘AAVESHAM’ AND CHANNELING GANGSTER ENERGY
The Dehradun rapper teamed up with filmmakers Anush S.K. and Lendrick Kumar for the music video to his new song 'Ring A Rose'
2 min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
PLAVE: WHERE VIRTUAL MEETS REAL IN THE WORLD OF K-POP
'ONE OF THE BAND'S BIGGEST STRENGTHS IS THE ABILITY TO EVOLVE WITH TECHNOLOGY AND CONTINUOUSLY DEVELOP WHAT WE CAN SHOW, SAYS BAMBY
7 min |
July - August 2025
RollingStone India
JOAN BAEZ
‘This Is a Life Well-Lived’
10+ min |
July - August 2025
RollingStone India
'RAAGRAANIS' LEADS A NEW CHAPTER FOR WOMEN IN INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC
The EP, led by singer-composer Prajakta Shukre and singer-lyricist Himani Kapoor, also features voices like Varijashree Venugopal, Kalpana Gandharva, and Pratibha Singh Baghel
3 min |
July - August 2025
RollingStone India
AHOF INTRODUCES THEIR SOUND WITH DEBUT MINI ALBUM 'WHO WE ARE'
THE MINI ALBUM TAKES LISTENERS ON AN EMOTIONAL JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY, NAVIGATING EVERYTHING FROM PRE-DEBUT JITTERS TO THE THRILL OF SHARING THEIR MUSIC WITH THE WORLD
3 min |
July - August 2025
RollingStone India
THE MUSIC MAP: KOLKATA'S PAST AND FUTURE COLLIDE THROUGH SOUND
THERE ARE OPTIMISTS AND REALISTS IN THE CITY'S MUSIC SPACE, ALL EQUALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT DOING THEIR PART
7 min |
July - August 2025
RollingStone India
20 BEST MOVIES OF THE 21ST CENTURY
The cinematic masterpieces of the past 25 years span thrillers, romances, satires, and more
6 min |
July - August 2025
RollingStone India
LIAM NEESON
The action hero, 72, talks about taking on comedy with The Naked Gun, the sport he's terrible at, and his very particular set of skills
3 min |
July - August 2025
RollingStone India
Wild For Sabrina
The world can't seem to get enough of her joke-cracking pop. She's just warming up
10+ min |
July - August 2025
RollingStone India
Givēon's Next-Gen Old-School R&B Heartbreak
Turn the lights down low: This classic crooner offers a stunning depiction of love at the boiling point.
3 min |
July - August 2025
RollingStone India
THIS LUXURY PARTY RESORT IS AS MUCH ABOUT SLOWING DOWN AS IT IS ABOUT ICONIC IBIZA RAVES
HOSTING THE LIKES OF CAMELPHAT, SOLOMUN AND MARCO CAROLA EACH WEEK, DESTINO FIVE IBIZA IS FOR A NEW BREED OF CONSCIOUS RAVERS CHASING MORE THAN JUST THE AFTERPARTY.
5 min |