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Description of the Book:
A Rappers Life in Poetry
Mic Check!
SKU: 9789363310513
₹110.00Price
Author's Name: Varun Bhat
About the Author: A veteran rapper, lyricist, songwriter, and poet, Slyde, also known as Varun Bhat, has worn several hats over his long music career. Starting from humble beginnings as a spoken-word poet, Slyde discovered early on that if he wanted more people to listen closely to what he said, he would have to find a more popular medium of communication. And guess what? He found it at a party! Yes! When Slyde met a fellow rapper from the West at a mutual friend's party, he had his eureka moment. He realized that, unknowingly, he had been rapping all along, just not to a rhythm or a beat. From that one eventful evening that changed his life, he dedicated himself every single day to practicing writing and rapping his own lyrics. Battling social anxiety in Hip-hop—a music genre that demands the artist to be 'out there'—Slyde spent about five long years anonymously writing to beats and learning the craft before finally taking the step of releasing his own music in 2019. Several songs and an album later, Slyde returns to his roots: poetry! And no, this is NOT your usual collection of poems! In this book, Slyde writes with meticulous precision and exquisite flair about his early life, childhood, traumas, anxieties, hip-hop, music, marriage, and everything in between. He has purposely kept the writing style close to how he thinks and writes raps, dividing the poems/bars into sections for the readers to consume the content better. One may call this experiment a 'linguistic music album' of sorts. This one is a gem for all hip-hop heads, music, and literature lovers alike! Book ISBN: 9789363310513