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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 ...

You may not have heard of the word "bhangra" but, chances are, you might well have heard the sound. The infectious beat from India has made its way into clubs across the United States. Top rap stars ...

Suffice it to say, I don’t often make it out to Matrix, one of the dance clubs out at Pointe Orlando. One, it’s on International Drive, an area worth avoiding in the best of times, much less on a ...

I have chosen Meh Punjabi Boliyan by Jaz Dhami is my favourite Bhangra tune, because it’s a banger, it’s brilliant and it makes you wanaa dance. Bobby Friction: Mon-Fri, 17:30-21:00 ...

While a big name in increasingly rap-savvy India, most American hip-hop fans probably best know Panjabi MC from his international hit “Mundian To Bach Ke” (“Beware of the Boys”), to which Jay-Z ...

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 ...

Read the latest Central stories, DJ Jnr Dread, MC Intenso and singer D-Sarb on Birmingham's "bhangra hub" on ITV News, videos, stories and all the latest Central news ...

Bhangra music has gone from an obscure 1960s Birmingham import to an internationally recognised art-form - says the author of the first ever history of the genre. But according to Dr Rajinder Dudrah ...