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"Take That" against social discrimination, voices Sikkim's Thups

Thupten Wangchuk Bhutia better known as "thups" from the well-known hip hop - rap duo "Urban Inc." from Gangtok has released a new official music video "Take That"  from his 2nd album "Dream High".  Dream high album was released in September 2014. The new video was released on 18th June 2015. The video was directed by Popolaz production and the video was shot in Kolkota. The new video is about ‘Thups’ voice against racism and racial discrimination. In his own words, Thups says, in an era where it was thought that racism and racial discrimination were on the decline, it is still very much alive.  He states that people of northeast India are racially discriminated against outside our northeast state of India for their colour, race, what we eat, what we do and what we wear, etc. The song of the video is dedicated to the people of northeast India along with the rest of India where such social evils still survive. "Stop discriminating us,...

Hip hop music in Sikkim is growing day by day: Urban Inc

 Interview of the week The first Hip Hop Band from Sikkim, Urban Inc. needs no introduction. Proud to be Sikkimese blog caught up with the two rappers of the Urban Inc and found out more about their music and their journey from schoolboy rappers to famed celebrity artists. 1. So, when did you (both) first start rapping? * It was during our teenage in school days when we first started rapping. We used to listen to international rap/hip hop/ r&b artists; we used to do cover songs of them. Thereafter we slowly started writing, composing, and producing our own songs. 2. How would you describe Urban Inc to someone who has never heard your music? * Urban inc. is a band/crew, consisting of two rappers Tenzing Lekchola and Thupden Wangchuk better known as “Leks” & “Thups”. Padma Tshering Shenga is the Manager/Director of the band and we are all based in Gangtok, Sikkim, India. The Urban Inc. the band appears deep with their compositions and our music has lots of inf...