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lifestyle SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 MUSIC & MOVIES Badshah takes Kuwait music lovers by storm By Sajeev K Peter within 30 hours. "I want to foray into other Indian movies. I polished my songs for Hindi movies. languages also including south Indian languages However, I have an identity as a rapper even though opular Indian rapper Badshah took music though language remains as a major stumbling most of my popular songs are being taken in lovers in Kuwait by storm on Friday evening at block for me," he said. "I was overwhelmed by the movies. Obviously, Bollywood is a big platform for Pthe Shaheed Park open air ground with his huge response from the crowd yesterday in Kuwait. any artist," he said. Before becoming a full-time pulsating vocal range of rap delivery. Performing That included many Kuwaiti music lovers. I am quite musician, Badshah received formal education to during the musical show presented by Indian Youth happy," he said. become a civil engineer from PEC University of Society Kuwait, Badshah kept all spellbound. "Rap in Technology, Chandigarh. Talking about his transition India is a small genre compared to other music gen- Poetry and rhythm from a civil engineer to a rapper, Badshah quipped, res. My humble attempt is to broaden its scope and Rap is a shortened form of poetry and it is a "During my training as an engineer, I was exposed to reach by making it more popular," Badshah told a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates new Punjabi music inspiring me to take on rap writ- post-event press conference yesterday at Holiday rhyme, rhythmic speech and street vernacular. "I ing and singing." Inn Crowne Plaza. could make a mark as a rapper and I wanted to con- "There is no training institute today on how to Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia, better known by his tinue to do what I am doing right now without com- rap. You learn through listening and singing. At the stage name Badshah, has come a long way ever promising the quality of my music," he explained. end of the day, if you are talented, you become a since he debuted into the world of rap in 2006 on a Badshah's music has been featured in Bollywood rapper," he pointed out. My first song 'Mercy' from growing fan - especially the youth. Today, he is pop- soundtracks for movies such as the 2014 film my debut album O.N.E. became the third most ular as an Indian rapper for his Hindi, Haryanvi and 'Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania,' and Sonam Kapoor viewed video in the whole world. It was a great Punjabi songs though he sings in Marathi, Benagli starrer 'Khoobsurat'. He has also collaborated with moment for me. I am proud of speaking on behalf of and Gujarati. He is known for hits such as Chul, 2 artists such as Gippy Grewal, Diljeet Dosanjh, Manj the genre I represent," he said. Badshah said his new Many Girls and the recent hit 'DJ Waley Babu,' featur- Musik, Raftaar, Navv Inder and Aastha Gill among album will be released in September. "Whatever I ing Aastha Gill which was ranked number one on others. make, I make it with passion and a conviction." Popular Indian rapper speaks during the press conference yesterday in Kuwait. Indian i-tunes charts within 24 hours of the release. Talking about his foray into Bollywood, Badshah — Photo by Sajeev K Peter The song also crossed a million views on Youtube said, "In fact I was rapping my way into Bollywood 'Yep, I'm Gay': Happy 20th out Paltrow brings anniversary, Ellen DeGeneres ith a headline of "Yep, I'm Gay" on and the show was canceled. Goop to print the cover of Time magazine and DeGeneres went into a "hole," a deep Wthe same declaration on her sit- depression, where she stayed without com, Ellen DeGeneres made history 20 work for more than three years. Laura with Conde Nast years ago as the first prime-time lead on Dern, among the guest stars on "Puppy" network TV to come out, capturing the and happy to be included, didn't work for a ctress and lifestyle maven Gwyneth Paltrow hearts of supporters gay and straight amid year after she played the out love interest announced Friday she is launching a print magazine a swirl of hate mail, death threats and, ulti- to whom Ellen Morgan finally came out. Abased on her style website Goop with publishing mately, dark times on and off the screen. (Both Dern and Winfrey join DeGeneres on group Conde Nast. A statement from the US publishing The code-named "The Puppy Episode" Friday on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" to group said Goop would launch as a quarterly magazine in of "Ellen" that aired April 30, 1997, was mark the anniversary). Ellen Garcia in San September as part of a "multi-platform content experience more than just a hit. It was one of those Pedro, California, is a gay, 47-year-old office that will include print, digital and social initiatives." huge cultural "where were you" moments administrator for a mental health nonprof- The partnership will include "a steady stream of co-pro- for anybody remotely interested in TV, or it. She was 27 and out to just close friends duced, co-branded digital content that will be distributed the advancement of LGBTQ people work- and co-workers when she watched. In new Gorillaz album, dark across select Conde Nast titles' websites, goop.com and ing in TV, or who were itching to come out "How you feel about yourself, and how the brands' social channels," the statement said. Paltrow, an of their closets at home at a still-perilous you feel about how society views you, Oscar-winner in 1999 for her role in "Shakespeare in Love," time. plays a huge factor and that's why this political vision comes true launched goop.com in 2008 focusing on fashion, wellness, Variety summed it up this way: show was so significant, because it reating the latest album of his virtual into an exploration of the reaction to Trump's travel, recipes, parenting, and cultural issues. "Climaxing a season of swelling anticipa- brought all those things out," she said. "It band Gorillaz, Damon Albarn had what shock victory. "Hallelujah Money," a trip-hop- Anna Wintour, Conde Nast artistic director and editor- tion, Ellen Morgan (the bookstore-manag- made me feel normal." So what made it the Che considered a dark, sci-fi vision- infused single with the powerful voice of in-chief of Vogue, said in the statement that "Goop and ing alter ego of Ellen DeGeneres) finally right time for DeGeneres? Well, nothing, Donald Trump as president of the United Mercury Prize-winning singer Benjamin Conde Nast are natural partners and I'm excited (Paltrow) is acknowledges her lesbianism tonight in an she said. "There was every indication that I States. Then it came true. "I wanted to make a Clementine, attacks the power of money bringing her point of view to the company. We all look for- 'Ellen' hour that represents television's should not do it. My publicist at the time kind of science fiction record. But more a without naming the president directly, ward to working with her and her team." Paltrow said in the most-hyped coming out since Little Ricky said, 'Don't do it.' The studio, the network, social fiction, sort of anticipation," said the although the video showed an elevator in a statement the tie-up is "an opportunity for us to push our came out of Lucy 44 years ago." The hype everyone said (it)," she recalled. "I said, 'You Britpop icon best known as the frontman of representation of his Trump Tower home. boundaries visually and deliver Goop's point of view to was real, fed by DeGeneres' personal desire know, look, you may lose a show but you Blur. "There were several options and I chose The song gives way to an antidote in the consumers in new, dynamic ways."— AFP to end her secret-keeping at age 38 and to have thousands of other shows revolving the worst case scenario," he told AFP over a album's final track, "We Got the Power," a call bring her TV character along for the ride. through this door that come to you and meal on a visit to Paris. "I wanted to make a to love and unity. "It's a simple answer, I The off-screen act came first in Time by you'll have another show. This is my career. social fiction record, but reality hit." know, but it is probably the truth, especially slightly more than two weeks, but "Puppy" If I'm willing to lose my career for this, you Gorillaz has been an outlet for Albarn's now," Albarn said of the closing song. "You was months in the making under lock and have to let me do this.'" more experimental side, breaking free from know I can't resent the people who made this key, something that failed to matter when The doing wasn't easy. The first draft of guitar pop to explore trippy, futuristic choice," he said, referring both to supporters the script leaked and the world then wait- "Puppy" was rejected by the show's Disney sounds. Created in 2001, Gorillaz is a virtual of Trump and, in his own country, the narrow ed. Why risk it all? Because DeGeneres, one point person. It took forever for script band with four fictional members -- 2D, majority that voted to pull Britain from the of America's sweethearts then and now, approval, with "Puppy" finally hitting air as Murdoc, Russel and Noodle.