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Hip hop music in India had started at around 1990 and Baba Sehgal is credited as India's first rapper.

Hip Hop music became all the more famous with the song ' Pettai Rap ' from the Tamil movie Kadhalan starring Prabhu Deva.

The song catapulted Suresh Peters as a rapper and a music director.

Rap / Hip Hop was often used in the regional movies as fillers in between songs and off late has started to become main stream songs.

London based The Rishi Rich Project, Bally Sagoo and Canadian based Raghav further laid steady foundations for Hip Hop / RnB music in India.

Pakistani-American Punjabi rapper Bohemia became one of the best-known Punjabi rapper in the country.

He became the first hip hop artist to launch a full rap album signed to Universal Music India.

He has also produced songs for Bollywood movies like Chandni Chowk to China.

Canadian based hip hop artist Ishq Bector became a success after the release of his superhit single ' Aye Hip Hopper '.

Malaysian based Yogi B and Natchatra brought in the culture of Tamil rap in India.

Yogi B, as part of Poetic Ammo, achieved success when they won at the Malaysian Anugerah Industri Muzik ( AIM )( Music Awards ) 1999, 2000 and 2001.

Yogi B is now the most critically acclaimed Kollywood ( the Tamil Movie Industry ) rapper because of his work on the 2007 movie Pollathavan.

Machas With Attitude are one of the most popular Hip Hop group in India and are famous for their songs in movies like Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge and Aayirathil Oruvan ( 2010 film ).

Machas With Attitude were pioneers in mixing the south Indian elements in Hip Hop.