Both Rolling Stone India and maajja have been accused of being casteist and diminishing, as opposed to amplifying, the voice of Arivu, who is among the few Dalit musicians to have achieved a good degree of mainstream success. The image features singer Dhee and rapper Shan Vincent de Paul, the lead artists on maajja’s two biggest hits, ‘Enjoy Enjaami’ and …
Music platform maajja denied sidelining Tamil rapper Arivu from the success of ‘Enjoy Enjaami’ and ‘Neeye Oli’, the songs that he wrote and maajja produced. The latter wrote the English lyrics in Neeye Oli — the theme song of Pa Ranjith’s film Sarpatta Parambarai —and sung and performed it with Toronto-based Tamil singer Navz-47. The cover read: “How the international …
Canadian Tamil rapper Shan Vincent de Paul, of Neeye Oli fame from Pa. Ranjith’s Sarpatta Parambarai, has spoken out about the controversy regarding the recent Rolling Stone India issue that he was a part of. The triumphant South Asian artists have been at the front of erasing border lines with songs like "Enjoy Enjaami" and "Neeye Oli" respectively, released via …
Tamil Director Pa Ranjith called out at Rolling Stone's India edition of the magazine and music platform-Majja backed by AR Rahman for invisibilizing lyricist, rapper and singer Arivu's contribution to the two songs "Enjoy Enjaami'' and "Neeya Oli" on its cover page. The August cover of the magazine was released with an interview and cover image of singers Dhee of …
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