Spotify RAP91 LIVE is set to return for its fifth edition in Mumbai on October 24, marking five years of celebrating India’s hip hop scene through live performances. The event will be available as a Spotify Premium experience, exclusively for Spotify Premium subscribers.
RAP 91, Spotify’s flagship hip hop playlist in India, has become a platform for discovering artists and voices from across the country. Over the past five years, RAP91 LIVE has featured more than 130 artists from over 25 cities and regions across India, with performances in more than 15 languages.
This year’s edition will bring together artists from across the country, with performances spanning nine languages. The lineup includes DIVINE, Arivu, Panther, Real Boss, Hammy Muzic, Rocksun, Iqbal, OtaaL, Rawme Hooda, Hardbone boy, Bhaktaaa, Prathamesh, Anohnymouss, STIC, Siroyi, Bhadrankar, VENGAYO, Gamak Sinha, Jelo, Saniya MQ, ARUN YDV, Arinar Black and JaiKishan.
The live event reflects the wider growth of Spotify’s RAP 91 ecosystem, which focuses on hip hop across different Indian languages. The flagship RAP 91 playlist has grown by more than 36% over the past two years and now has over 470,000 followers.
Spotify’s hip hop ecosystem also includes seven language-specific RAP 91 playlists covering Hindi, Punjabi, Malayalam, Haryanvi, Tamil, Marathi and Bhojpuri. These playlists have recorded growth over the past year, with RAP 91 Marathi growing by more than 155%, RAP 91 Bhojpuri by over 52% and RAP 91 Haryanvi by more than 23%.
Together, the RAP 91 playlists on Spotify have more than 1.5 million followers, highlighting the growing presence of hip hop across India’s regional music markets.
With its fifth edition, RAP91 LIVE continues to bring artists from different parts of the country onto one stage while reflecting the expanding reach of Indian hip hop across languages and regions.
