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Bold and beautiful Hard Kaur raps about her life
Her voice sounds like warm honey. Her remarks are sure to fry the telephone lines back and forth between here and the U.K. But Hard Kaur has lived down that narrative many times.
She is a genuine one-off. It’s not that she’s just young or that she talks rowdy. It’s more the whole package. Taran Kaur Dhillon became Hard Kaur, the first Asian female rap artiste, because of her grit and robust Punjabi optimism.
Born in India, she arrived in the U.K. in 1991, following a life that closely resembles a Sikh saga and chasing her dream that was meant to make her do more than cook, clean and run corner shops.
She says, “Rap is so ‘me’. It gives you creative freedom to say what you want and get away with it. I sing about my experiences.
Having sold all 3,000 copies of her first album Voodoo, Kaur has brought rap to Bollywood when she sang for the recently released “Johnny Gaddaar”.
And many hip hop heads will recognise her club classic, Ek Glassy. Also lined up is a project for victims of HIV/ AIDS and domestic violence with Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. “I draw my inspiration from my support group, the Asian community,” she says. Then how come she’s the only female rapper around?
“O, you know the subcontinent thing. Parents see girls as too delicate,” she says lapsing into a nasal Punjabi twang.
The irrepressible Miss Kaur lets out one last, throaty guffaw. And this time the line goes dead.
DEEPA ALEXANDER
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