Dee MC is an Indian rapper, singer, songwriter and hip-hop artist. He represented India internationally at Alchemy Festival in the UK in 2017, La Belle Hip Hop Festival in Belgium in 2018, and DesiFest in Canada in 2019. He appeared in a cameo role in the 2019 Bollywood film “Gully Boy.”
Wiki/Biography
Dee MC was born Deepa Unnikrishnan on Monday, February 14, 1994 (age 28 years; in 2022) in Mumbai. His zodiac sign is Aquarius. He went to Lok Kalyan Public School in Kalyan, Maharashtra, where he participated in poetry writing, elocution and debate competitions.
Deepa’s childhood photo with her sister
At the age of 5, he started learning Bharatanatyam. He started listening to hip-hop when he was in sixth standard. His parents wanted him to pursue a chartered accountancy and get a decent job. In an interview, he revealed that he took the CA entrance test twice; however, he did not qualify for the test. In an interview, he spoke about his failure in the CA exam and said,
I told them the institute (Institute of Chartered Accountants of India) is deliberately failing students for some marks. It is very sad. I failed for two and three marks. My parents don’t want to understand that it can’t be my fault all the time.”
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 2″
Weight (approx): 45 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black
Family
Dee MC belongs to a Malayali family in Mumbai.
Parents & Siblings
His father, Unnikrishnan Pisharody, works in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. He is an NRI, who was born in Kerala but brought up in Mumbai. His mother, Jayasree, is a housewife. He has a sister named Divya.
Deepa with her parents and sister, Divya
Relationships/Affairs
In an interview, when she was asked if she had ever tried online dating, she talked about her long-term relationships and said,
I’ve been in a relationship for the longest time so I personally haven’t used it yet but I know people around me, my friends and family members, who have and have had some amazing relationships through online dating but I personally, haven’t again. . But maybe, never say never.”
Career
Rappers
At the age of 18, he wrote his first song when he was in his first year of college. In 2011, she uploaded a cover video of a Nicki Minaj song; someone replied to him after watching his cover video and advised him that if he is serious about rapping, he should get out of Kalyan and connect with the hip-hop scene in Mumbai.
Dee MC performed at events in the early years of his rap career
Single
He debuted with the song “Talk My Way” on October 30, 2013, which was the first video released on his YouTube channel. After a year, on October 30, 2014, he released his second single “Greenhouse Effect.” In the same year, he released a song titled “Kal” where he rapped in both Hindi and English. She appeared with the song “Chaar Logo Ki Baatein” in 2015. In 2017, Deepa rapped in the song “Taking My Time” produced by Kru172. In 2021, Dee MC released the song “PRETTY EYES,” and it got more than 400k views on YouTube in one year. He released the song “Haath Hi Mera Saathi” in 2022, which was written, conceptualized and performed by him.
‘Haath Hi Mera Saathi’ song poster
Album
In 2019, he released his debut album “Dee=MC2.” The album contains seven tracks and features artists including MC Altaf, D’Evil, Poetik Justis, and more. The entire album was produced by Sunit Music.
Cover of Dee MC’s debut album ‘DEE=MC2’
Cooperation
In 2018, he released the song “DEKH,” featuring Yungsta and Seedhe Maut. In 2019, he wrote and performed the song “AADATEIN,” which is the single from Aakash Ravikrishnan’s album ‘Overseas.’ In 2020, he came out with the song “REWIND,” featuring the rapper duo, Full Power. On June 21, 2021, Raja Kumari released the song “Rani Cypher” on her YouTube Channel; the song features three other female rappers including SIRI, Meba Ofilia, and Dee MC; the music video has more than 2 million views on YouTube. In 2022, Dee MC, Wild Wild Women and Instine got together and released the song “Doing Okay.”
2022 song poster ‘Doing Okay’
Award
- Won a Shorty Award for “No More Limits” at the 3rd Annual Shorty Social Good Awards in 2018
- Won the Best Electronic Jury’s Choice Award for “Tu Bas Naach” at the 6th Radio City India Freedom Awards 2019
- Won Best Indie Collaboration- Jury’s Choice Award for “Tu Bas Naach” at the 6th Radio City India Freedom Awards 2019
Photo of the Freedom Award won by Dee MC in 2019
Favourite
- Rappers: Nicki Minaj, Mike Shinoda, Jay Z, Eminem, D’Evil, Poetic Justice, Encore, Divine
Car Collection
Deepa bought a Renault KWID in July 2021.
Deepa with her car, Renault KWID
Facts/Trivia
- Earlier, she decided her stage name as “Aura”, but later, she changed it to Dee MC where Dee is an abbreviation of her name Deepa, and MC stands for microphone controller.
- According to Dee MC, in his early years of rapping, his parents were skeptical about him attending rap events at night.
- On October 31, 2018, she released the song, “No More Limits,” in collaboration with WASH United, a non-profit organization, to spread awareness about intimate hygiene on Menstrual Hygiene Day.
- In 2020, Glow & Lovely, which is a cosmetics brand, collaborated with Dee MC and released a song titled “Glow Ko Na Roko” to encourage women to follow their dreams and break the stereotypical norms of society.
- Dee MC was featured in the music video of the song “Swipe Right Material” with Guru Randhawa and Anirudh. The song was made in collaboration with the online dating app Tinder.
- He has been one of the judges on Red Bull Spotlight, which is a nationwide competition for aspiring rappers.
- According to Dee MC, he never had professional training in rap, and he learned everything himself with the help of the internet. In an interview, he said,
Since my Dad worked abroad (Saudi), I was one of the lucky teenagers to have the luxury of the Internet early in life. I was in sixth grade when I would download music from the Internet; some of those sites don’t exist now.”
- At the age of 17, he started learning B-boying, an athletic style of street dance in the United States.
- In an interview, he shared that he missed the qualifying test for CA twice. He blamed the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and tried to convince his parents that it was not his fault that he failed twice. He said,
- In an interview, he revealed that from 2014 to 2016, he did part-time work as a writer for various websites to earn money. He said,
I will travel from Kalyan to Grant Road (Mumbai south) for the job. Kalyan is so far, you know? I hate. And then I had to write about how much money Hollywood or Malayalam movies make. It’s not interesting at all; I did it just for the money.”
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