

His decision to rap in Tamil rather than English was to avoid looking like a "wannabe". He uploaded rap songs to the internet and got positive responses from people expressing interest his music, encouraging him to start rapping in Tamil. His interest in hip hop music started developing when he was in the tenth grade. Adhi's first exposure to rap music was when his neighbor showed him Michael Jackson's "Jam". His father works at Bharathiar University while his mother comes from an agricultural background. Adhi was born into a middle-class family with no knowledge of music or cinema. Adhi's family roots are from Puliampatti Sathyamangalam in the Erode-Coimbatore region.
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They have also launched a clothing brand.Īdhi's full name is Adhithya Ramachandran Venkatapathy and he was born on 20 February 1990, while Jeeva R.

While the duo are primarily independent musicians, they have also contributed to numerous works outside independent music, such as composing and performing music for films. It was a major critical and commercial success. In 2012, Hiphop Tamizha released their debut album Hip Hop Tamizhan, which is India's first Tamil hip hop album. The international brand Remy Martin, after hearing the song and being impressed with their determination, eventually launched Hiphop Tamizha as an official brand. Initially underground since their formation in 2005, the duo achieved wide recognition through the track "Club le Mabbu le" a radio performance of the song received over two million views within a week of its release on YouTube in 2011. Hiphop Tamizha (pronounced Tamiḻā) is an Indian musical duo consisting of Adhithya "Adhi" Ramachandran Venkatapathy and Jeeva R.
