Rapper, lyricist, Co-founder of Dakhnistan Studios
Mohammed Marwan / Marwan.Psychic
Dakhni / Hindi / English
Founding profile documented in the project dossier.
- — rent is due. (2024)
- — Khwahishein (2022)
- — Khuda Gawah
Elite battle rapper, structural architect, adjudicator
Loud Silence (Shubhankar Das)
English / Hindi / Kannada / Bengali / Dakhini
Battle-rap and structural profile documented in the project dossier.
- — Wanandaf (2022)
- — Hashtag (2021)
Frontman of Clan Bokka Phod (CBP), lyricist, visionary
Pasha Bhai (Mohammed Affan Pasha)
Dakhni
Dossier profile associated with Neelasandra and Dakhnistan Studios.
- — Bangalore Ka Potta (Album, 2022)
- — Tumhare Bawa Part I
- — rent is due. (2024)
- — Ye Hai Baghawat (2020)
Conscious rapper, core founder
AKX (Akash Rawat)
Hindi
Dossier profile identifies a Hindi-language conscious-rap role.
- — Doom
- — 56: A Song for the City (2020)
- — Hashtag (2021)
- — Ye Hai Baghawat (2020)
Rapper, conceptualist, outspoken feminist
Agaahi Raahi (Farhan Ahmed)
Hindi / English
Bilingual rapper profile documented in the dossier.
- — Krodh
- — 56: A Song for the City (2020)
- — Ye Hai Baghawat (2020)
Dakhni rapper, pioneer, activist
NEX (Mohammed Affan)
Dakhni
Dossier profile connects NEX with the Lal Bagh cypher and protest-oriented rap.
- — Siyasat
- — 56: A Song for the City (2020)
Videographer, visual director
Karim Poocha (Vyshnav Vinod)
Dossier credits Karim Poocha with naming the collective and documenting live cypher activity.
- — Directed: Lal Bagh Cypher Video
- — Directed: Bengalore Ki Daastan
Mentor, veteran emcee, ecosystem guide
Smokey the Ghost (Sumukh Mysore)
English / Hindi
Veteran Bengaluru hip-hop ecosystem profile documented in the dossier.