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Known worldwide as a pioneer in the global popularization of traditional Punjabi music merged with hip hop, R & B, and dance, Panjabi MC was one of the first Asian artists to take Bhangra to the next ...

From Mumbai to Mount Pleasant, hip-hop MCs often shout out the names of their home towns, neighborhoods or other signifiers of regional identity. Most of the cries have more street cred than one heard ...

Bhangra is the folk music and dance of the Punjab region of India, but it's become hugely popular in dance clubs around the world. Rekha Malhotra, who performs and records under the name DJ Rekha, is ...

Growing up in California, Manpreet Toor remembers being exposed to bhangra — a lively Punjabi dance genre that is performed widely in the Indian diaspora — in her parents’ garage. “In Punjabi ...