When requested to recall our first tryst with Hindi rap, the primary identify that involves thoughts is Baba Sehgal’s. Dubbed the primar
When requested to recall our first tryst with Hindi rap, the primary identify that involves thoughts is Baba Sehgal’s. Dubbed the primary Indian rapper, Baba Sehgal is credited with introducing the lots to the style. Even now, with the coronavirus pandemic, he has been releasing songs across the significance of washing fingers and carrying masks, following social distancing and so forth. His tunes are catchy, music peppy and lyrics relatable.
“We’re so keen on watching distress that each time an accident or a catastrophe occurs, we get on this mode of making a noise round it and making hashtags to remain within the limelight. There are such a lot of cases the place individuals movie accidents. Nobody takes any motion. I imagine in doing, and turning any adverse into optimistic,” says the Thanda Thanda Pani (1992) hitmaker.
His deeds will not be restricted to making a buzz on social media; he believes in performing sewa at gurudwaras. “Earlier, I’d donate cash to charities, however discovered that there is no such thing as a accountability for it. Why are individuals nonetheless struggling if that’s the case many donations are pouring in? I don’t wish to subject a cheque simply to place it on social media; I by no means bothered about this sort of stuff,” he says, including, “I’m a gurudwara man. I serve by means of the sewa by making meals packets and giving ration for langar.”
He has a level in engineering and a love for know-how. Mixed along with his aptitude for poetry and music, it was not tough for Sehgal to supply and launch songs from house beneath lockdown. “I’ve a setup at house and do every little thing on my laptop computer. There’s a inexperienced display (for making movies) so I don’t need to exit really,” he says.
Born Harjeet Singh Sehgal in a middle-class household in Lucknow, Sehgal took on the identify Baba when his work began getting seen. His household would tackle him as Babbu, a pet identify that ultimately led to his stage identify. “I realised that Harjeet Singh Sehgal was too lengthy a reputation for anybody to recollect. So when Thanda Thanda Paani launched, I used Baba Sehgal to make it catchy and add a star worth. When my mom confirmed the cassette to my father, he requested who is that this Baba Sehgal? She informed him that is your son,” he laughs.
The 54-year outdated artiste, who dominated the screens and the indie music area within the 90s, has been very conscious of the language of his content material. He has typically raised the difficulty of rap songs with A-rated language, and mentions of medication and violence. “My poetry may be very easy, devoid of any abusive language. I hold my content material clear and related,” he says.
Along with being lively on social media platforms, Sehgal has a web site the place followers can subscribe to get premium entry to him and his work. He has additionally devoted a web page to avoid wasting the lady baby on the web site, along with speaking about conservation. How does he pack a lot in a day’s work? He’s modest in his reply: “It comes naturally to me. Ek shauq bhi hai, ardour bhi. I like retaining myself busy.”
However with nice star worth comes nice trolling. Sharing his calmness mantra, he says he takes it in his stride, believing that criticism is a vital a part of an artiste’s work. Whereas he makes positive to answer to as many followers as he can, he blocks the hate-mongers. “There are two sorts of trolling — one is hatred, the opposite is enjoyable. I select to concentrate on my work, and block accounts that are inclined to get abusive even when it means eradicating a thousand followers,” he says.
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