Spitfire

The 'Asli Hip Hop' hook from the Gully Boy was created by Nitin Mishra, aka Spitfire. Mishra is a 20-year-old songwriter and rapper from small-town Madhya Pradesh. He went on to become the lead writer in the Ranveer Singh-starrer Gullyboy. The song is a collaboration between rapper Spitfire and Bollywood heartthrob Singh.

Spitfire - Mishra's hip-hop style is confessional. Like the majority of Indians in small towns, Mishra lived a lower-middle-class existence in an environment that is slow to modernise. In the world that the Mishras occupy, people "don't understand any art", he says. He knew early on, he knew if he were to dive into an unconventional career, he'd have to support himself.