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. He also directs and edits

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Career

2009–13: Early career

At age 13, Nehru began making jazz tracks and hip hop instrumentals under the name "Kelz Scott" soon being changed to the name Kile Kanvas at age 14. Nehru released his earlier works on the

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forum and other forums like Hypebeast, Lookbook.nu, and many more. In 2012,

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named Bishop Nehru the Youth Rap Talent of the Week for his 8-bar freestyle over

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's "

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." Nehru was featured on Hot97.com as part of their ''Who's Next'' section, which showcases rappers who are "next to blow up." He also had the song make its way to Power 105.1's ''New NY'' with Jovonn "The Don" in February 2013, and opened for

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on their 20th Anniversary European tour. When he was 16 years old, Bishop Nehru released his debut mixtape, ''Nehruvia'', a 13-song project that included production from

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, MF DOOM and more. He followed that up with ''strictlyFLOWz'' which was presented by New York radio host

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and the UK's DJ Semtex. In August 2013, it was announced that Bishop Nehru and MF DOOM would collaborate on a project set to be released via Lex Records.

2014–present: Mass Appeal Records, ''NehruvianDOOM''

On May 22, 2014, it was announced that Bishop Nehru, Boldy James and

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were the first signees to

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. On June 5, 2014,

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and Bishop Nehru released a free collaborative EP titled ''BrILLiant Youth EP''. On October 7, 2014, Bishop Nehru and MF DOOM released ''

NehruvianDOOM ''NehruvianDoom'' (subtitled ''Sound of the Son'') is the collaborative studio album by United States, American hip hop music, hip hop duo NehruvianDoom which consisted of MF DOOM and Bishop Nehru. The album was released on October 7, 2014, by L ...

,'' as a collaboration between the two, releasing it under the name "Nehruviandoom." On May 11, 2015, Bishop Nehru released his solo EP ''Nehruvia: The Nehruvian.'' Described by Nehru as more raw mixing approach rather than crystal clean mixing, stating: " his EPis me doing me normally. Making what I would make but getting really, really comfortable with it" in an interview with ''Billboard.'' Nas announced via

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that he will be the

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on Nehru's forthcoming album, which has yet to be released. In 2015, Nehru's single, "You Stressin", was featured on

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's ''

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''.

Influences

Nehru's influences include

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, Nas,

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, MF DOOM,

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and Wu-Tang Clan. Other influences include

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, and

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.Bishop Nehru Premieres 'Nehruvia: The Nehruvian' EP, Talks Stephen Curry & Advice from Nas
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'' May 11, 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2015. Nehru chose his stage name from a combination of Tupac's character in the movie ''

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'', noting that the character of Bishop inspires him "to go out and get mine, you've got to earn respect" and Nehru is taken from the first prime minister of

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, who worked closely with

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Discography

Solo

* ''J.A.Z.Z.'' (2011, as Kelz Scott) * ''Kanvas'' (2012, as Kile Kanvas) * ''Nehruvia'' (2012, rereleased 2013) * ''Nehruvia: StrictlyFLOWz'' (2013) * ''Nehruvia: The Nehruvian EP'' (2015) * ''Bishy's Birthday Playlist'' (2015) * ''MAGIC: 19'' (2016) * ''Emperor Nehru's New Groove'' (2017) * ''Nehruvia: Elevators (Act I & II)'' (2018) * ''Nehruvia: A Nehruvian Holidays EP'' (2018) * ''Nehruvian Tuesdays, Vol. 1'' (2020) * ''Nehruvia: My Disregarded Thoughts'' (2020) * ''Heroin Addiction'' (2022) * ''Nehruvian Tuesdays, Vol. 2'' (2022) * ''CHULO'' (2022) * ''Kult Life Chapter 1: From Pain To Paintings'' (2024)

Collaborations

* ''Brilliant Youth EP'' (with

and 9th Wonder) (2014) * ''

NehruvianDoom ''NehruvianDoom'' (subtitled ''Sound of the Son'') is the collaborative studio album by United States, American hip hop music, hip hop duo NehruvianDoom which consisted of MF DOOM and Bishop Nehru. The album was released on October 7, 2014, by L ...

'' (with MF Doom as NehruvianDoom) (2014) * ''The Real Book, Vol. 1'' (with Brady Watt) (2019)

References

External links

Bishop Nehru's biography on MTV.com
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