HANUMANKIND'S 'MONSOON SEASON' IS THE ARRIVAL OF A GLOBAL RAP CONTENDER

The rapper enlists the likes of Denzel Curry, A$AP Rocky and Maxo Kream, plus longtime Indian collaborators like Rudy Mukta, Parimal Shais and Kalmi for a searing collection of songs

- By Anurag Tagat

In July last year, Hanumankind released “Big Dawgs” with producer Kalmi and to India’s surprise, it became the biggest English rap song to come out of the country. It catapulted the Bengaluru-based artist to new heights and a year on, he’s been reaping the rewards—from big festival stages like Coachella and Rolling Loud Thailand to Lollapalooza India, collabs with the likes of British producer Fred again.., football clubs, film and T.V. shows, video games such as Fortnite, and more.

To sum it up, if you hadn’t heard of Hanumankind before “Big Dawgs,” you sure as hell were getting introduced to him in one way or another. But for those who did follow the rapper’s journey into the Hindi-dominated hip-hop space in India, it was clear that Hanumankind was still trying to break past a ceiling until he finally did. There were signs, no doubt—every song from “Southside” on his 2019 EP Kalari to “Damnson” to “Go To Sleep” was steadily blowing up, and his game was bolstered by film song appearances like “The Last Dance” for the Malayalam action-comedy Aavesham.

It’s safe to say that Monsoon Season—Hanumankind’s first mixtape and his first ever collection of songs since