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Vighnesh Shivanand, better known by his stage name Brodha V, is an Indian hip-hop artist, lyricist, rapper and music producer. The Bangalore-based artist started rapping at the age of 18 and took part in online rap battles on Orkut.

As an independent artist, Brodha V released a mixtape called Deathpunch which had a limited release that garnered him some attention from the hip hop fraternity and the independent music circuit in South India. ScoopWhoop, Buzzfeed, Storypick and other pop culture websites have listed him as one of the top Indian rappers in the country, and Rolling Stone India considers him as part of 'hip hop's elite'. The popularity he garnered led him to be signed with Sony Music India in 2013, and he released his single 'Aigiri Nandini' under their banner. He has also collaborated with other artists in the Indian film industry such as Raghu Dixit, Vishal Dadlani, Benny Dayal and Anirudh Ravichander.

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