India’s REP REP Rebel makes a refund after fighting addiction

About 15 years ago, the Indian rapper of the humble origin crashed into the then music scene of the country’s hip-hop and turned it forever.

He teased, smashed and lost his listeners, daring to explore the “devil’s” contours of his mind when he sang rhymes about parties, drugs and “seduction” women. His songs were played in clubs and weddings, which were erupted with stereosins at large parties, and roadside tea kiosks.

Then, at the peak of his career, he disappeared. Seven years later, Yo Yo Honey Singh returned – with a new album and a permanent music tour that claims to be a changed man after a long battle with drug abuse and mental health.

The 41-year-old singer and producer once was one of India’s largest music stars, a figure that “moved the cultural gravity of hip-hop music,” says Bhana Caun’s music journalist in the famous Netflix documentary on Singh.

But he was also deeply contradictory – and, according to his own confession, “aggressive and reckless person” regularly accused of promoting vulgarityfornication and violence through their music.

Many criticized Singh’s texts for reflecting violence against women and rape, an image that has acquired additional craving in the press after his ex -wife and sweet childhood accused him of domestic divorce violence. Singh denied the allegation.

Seven years later, the singer no longer causes Hitak’s call, which once managed the hit-parades with his provocative anthems that carry the foot.

Much has changed, including the Indian hip-hop, which turned into a flowering dynamic space. The artists, inspired by his sound, surpassed him as the leading voices of the genre.

Singh also seems to be different. From who described himself as “a well -known master of the universe”, he now identifies a man who is afraid of God who believes in good energy, cyclical nature of life and “scientific astrologers”.

He claims that his music is now more conscious, goes beyond drugs to something deeper. But loyal fans say it has lost its advantage, and its last tracks did not leave the sign.

“He has a major audience that will follow him forever … But his vision is now old. It is outdated,” says Cape.

But the single is not yet ready to write off.

Instead of trying to hide or defend his personal fight against glory and drugs, he made it the main part of his return.

Since his return, Singh has openly acknowledged his struggle with addiction and mental health. “I was completely destroyed by drugs,” he said Lallantop, a digital news platform. “I lost myself to glory, money and women. I was like a devil, completely Satanic.”

In an interview, he witty and relaxed, talking to the clarity of a tortured artist who, after fighting his inner demons, seems to unlock the spiritual truth

“What is happening is happening, I really believe this,” he said recently. “It took me a long time to get out of where I was stuck. But I’m back now.”

Born Christian Singh in Punjab, he grew up in a close Delhi neighborhood. Those tough early years have formed his music and still echo today in his work.

“This ghetto was my house, my hood, it will always be,” he often heard.

Singh always knew he wanted a career in music. He began to engage in DJ at the college, later switched to a full-time production. “I wanted to blows and produce music, not singing and writing,” he says.

But years later, as a small producer in Punjab, he realized that this would not be enough. “My sounds were too urban for this place. People didn’t understand it. For this I had to go beyond the state.”

So he walked solo. In 2011, Singh released an international resident of the village, a breakthrough album. Mixing Punjabi -folk – his dhol Beats and String Melodies – with a global hip -hat he created something completely new.

Within three months it seemed that the formula failed. Then everything changed. During the night the songs were viral, headed by the schedules, received awards – and catapulted Singh in Bollywood.

Brown for callingThe song about the global ambition of Brown Man, became the most viewing YouTube video in 2012. Finished in Dubai for a $ 1 million budget, it has introduced many Indians with hip-hop-fast cars, a bag, clothing, stones that flow with precious stones and golden networks in trimmed, stupid blows.

Despite the strengthening of criticism about its mysooginist lyrics, Singh packed the stadiums and knocked down hits, invading Bollywood with songs for stars such as Shah Khan and Aksha Kumar.

“Many times my texts were garbage, even I knew it. But people still listened to him because the sound was so kind and fresh,” he said Lallantop.

But the lifting of Sing to glory coincided with his personal fall.

“I drowned into drugs and alcohol, watering 12-15 joints and bottles.

In 2017, Singh crashed in the middle of the round – the moment that swayed it. He threw music and substances, returned to Delhi and began recovery with the global team of doctors and therapists. “I told my family that I am mentally bad. I can’t do anything until I get better.”

Singh says he was sober seven years old, with the exception of random beer.

“I was in hell and back,” he says in the famous. “Even now I wake up foggy with -it medication.”

However, the fans appreciate the raw honesty of Singh in relation to its self -destruction tendencies – and its efforts to overcome them.

“Nobody is perfect. But at least singh is trying to be better. He may have left the scene briefly, but his music never stopped playing,” says Nandini Gupto, Delhi student.

Others see it transformation as performed, noting that its new music remains problematic. “Although he declined, he still objectives women and tells only about money and glory,” says Bushr’s listener.

No matter how you see it, Redemption Singh feels another problem for his audience – pushes them to the acceptance of his complex past and will give his music another chance.

“I have been visiting for seven years, but I will be crazy again in the next seven,” he said recently.

“I came back and I want the same love I got seven years ago.”