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who started the first Independent Artist

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Channel and Released two Official songs before the start up of YouTube Channels like

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, T series,etc..Rap Rakesh, is an entrepreneur, composer, lyricist, rapper, singer, and performer. He is one of the Pioneers of Tamil Hip-hop in India(Among 3) who took interest in rapping ever since he was in school.

Career

Rakesh popularised rap when it still was not big in Tamil music. Inspired by ‘Pettai Rap’, he composed his own song in 2009, performed it at IIT Saarang and won the first prize. Since then, he has been known as Rap Rakesh to his friends, and now, to his Facebook fans as well. He shot to fame with 'Munne Vaada' song which is centered on physically challenged people in 2014. Later in 2016, Rakesh launched his next music video titled '12 AM'. The video is said to be an ode to woman, who were killed brutally by anti-social elements. Rakesh studied at Our Lady of Lourdes School,

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& P.K.D School,

. Later he joined in Diploma (INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY) at Nachimuthu Polytechnic College,

and Engineering (

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) at

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in the Erode district. Later Worked for a Software Company in

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and Coimbatore as ASP.NET Developer and He is also a graduate in

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(MBA).

Independent projects

As actor

References

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