The 5th edition of Spotify India’s flagship hip-hop display will combine artists from various areas, consisting of Hammy Muzic, Bhadrankar, VENGAYO, Saniya MQ, Jelo and Arinar Black, carrying out throughout 9 languages.
(From delegated right): Divine, Arivu and Panther. All images thanks to the artists
Spotify RAP91 Live is set to go back to Mumbai on Oct. 24, 2026, with a lineup that makes an even larger case for the breadth of India’s local hip-hop scene. The 5th edition of Spotify India’s flagship hip-hop display will include DIVINE, Arivu, Panther, Real Boss, Hammy Muzic, Rocksun and more than 20 artists carrying out throughout 9 languages.
Leading the lineup is DIVINE, who has actually been main to the increase of Mumbai’s gully rap scene and its crossover into the mainstream. Another standout name on the list is rap artist and songwriter Arivu, whose music draws from Tamil folk and Dalit customs, taking on styles of caste, identity and resistance. There’s likewise Panther, part of a more recent wave of Hindi rap artists to emerge from the nation’s independent circuit.
The larger lineup is where RAP91 LIVE makes its local aspirations clearest. The expense crosses India’s local rap map, with Hammy Muzic and Rawme Hooda representing Haryanvi rap, Bhadrankar bringing Gujarati hip-hop, VENGAYO putting his spin on Tamil hip-hop, and Anohnymouss and STIC repping Kerala’s underground scene. Jelo brings Mizoram into the mix, Saniya MQ represents Mumbai’s grassroots rap scene, and Arinar Black includes a local viewpoint from Bihar.
The lineup likewise consists of Iqbal, OtaaL, Hardbone kid, Bhaktaaa, Prathamesh, Siroyi, Gamak Sinha, ARUN YDV and JaiKishan, contributing to a costs that unites artists from throughout India’s hip-hop environment.
This local spread shows the bigger development of Spotify’s RAP 91 playlist, which has actually seen substantial growth throughout languages.
According to information shared by Spotify India in a press declaration, the RAP 91 Marathi playlist has actually grown by more than 155 percent, RAP 91 Bhojpuri by more than 52 percent, and RAP 91 Haryanvi by more than 23 percent, with the RAP 91 playlists jointly tallying more than 1.5 million fans. That makes the 5th edition of RAP91 Live more of a picture of how scattered, language-specific scenes are progressively entering into the exact same nationwide hip-hop discussion.
Registration for the occasion is now open through Spotify Premium Rewards.