Rap Rakesh

Rap Rakesh Sethulingam
Rakesh in Music Video Launch and Press Meet
BornJanuary 11, 1992 (age 32)
Tiruchirappalli, India
Other namesRap Rakesh
Alma materBannari Amman Institute of Technology
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, music composer, lyricist, singer, rapper, actor, writer, screenwriter, choreographer
Years active2007–present

Rakesh Sethulingam, also known as Rap Rakesh, is an Indian rapper and YouTuber.

Career

Rakesh Sethulingam sought to popularise rap when it was under-represented in Tamil music. Inspired by 'Pettai Rap', he composed a song in 2009, performed it at IIT Saarang, and won first prize. Since then, he has been known as 'Rap Rakesh', first to friends and then to Facebook fans.[1] In 2014, he released the song 'Munne Vaada' which is centered around female empowerment.[2] In 2016, Rakesh released a music video on that subject entitled '12 AM (Women Empowerment)'. The video is about a woman who was robbed and brutally killed by kidnappers. It was released by Vijay Sethupathi.[3][4]

Independent projects

Year Song Composer Lyrics Singers Notes
2007 Rap Rakesh "Kadhal" (underground song)
Rap Rakesh Rap Rakesh Rap Rakesh First Youtube Official Song in TamilNadu & First Independent Artist YouTube Channel in South
india who Released Official song before the start-up of Sony Music, Saregama, T series, etc.
2008 Rap Rakesh "Boomi" (underground song)
Rap Rakesh Rap Rakesh Rap Rakesh Audio Song
2009 Love of Rakesh (underground song)
Rap Rakesh Rap Rakesh Rap Rakesh, Sneha Audio Song
2011 Poita Poitan (underground song)
Rap Rakesh Rap Rakesh Rap Rakesh Audio Song
2011 Yarukaga (underground song)
Rap Rakesh Rap Rakesh Rap Rakesh, Subhatara (Classical VOC), Srinidhi Iyer (Western VOC) Audio Song (underground release) replacement of voice in 2015
2012 MY INDIAN GIRLS (underground song)
Rap Rakesh Rap Rakesh Rap Rakesh Audio Song (underground release)
2014 Munney Vaa Daa
(Student Anthem)		 Rap Rakesh Rap Rakesh Rap Rakesh, Pooja Vaidyanath (Pooja Av), Saisharan, Nithyashree Music Video
Released by Drums Sivamani, Esq.RaviChandran & Ishari K. Ganesh
2016 12 AM
(Violence Against Women)		 Rap Rakesh Rap Rakesh Rap Rakesh, Subhatara Music Video
Released by Vijay Sethupathi and
Performed by Rap Rakesh & Smruthi Venkat
2016 Patti Song
(Old age homes)		 Rap Rakesh Rap Rakesh Rap Rakesh, Nithyashree Music Video
Released by Paravai Muniyamma & Valliamma Patti
2017 Vanam
(Deforestation and Animal Welfare)		 Rap Rakesh Rap Rakesh Rap Rakesh, Gomathi, Visa, Subhatara, Sujha, Aswathi, Ram Music Video
Honoured by Vivek, Released by Vijay Sethupathi
2025 10,000
(Cartoon Music Video)		 Rap Rakesh Rap Rakesh Rap Rakesh, Visa Cartoon Music Video
Pre-production
2025 Hansika I love you baby Rap Rakesh Rap Rakesh Rap Rakesh Music Video
Pre-production

As actor

Year Music Video Role Language
2014 Munney Vaa Daa
(Student Anthem)		 Singer & Rapper Tamil
2016 12 AM
(Violence Against Women)		 Rapper Tamil
2024 Hansika I love you baby Singer & Rapper Tamil

References

  1. ^ "Rap Rakesh, Pollachi". The Hindu. 11 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Rap Rakesh's song on women empowerment". The Times of India. 14 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Vijay Sethupathi releases Kovai rapper's latest video". The Times of India. 14 January 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Rap Rakesh's song on women empowerment". The Times of India. 14 August 2016.