Divine's music is about struggle and his love for Mumbai

RAP as a genre is also known as protest poetry. Rappers often express their frustration with smartly penned lines backed by a rhythm. The stories, in most cases, are original. Even Rap great, Eminem, faced legal hurdles for slandering his mother on The Slim Shady LP. Vivian Fernandes, Mumbai-based rapper who goes by the moniker Divine, is on the same track. The 25-year-old's music is inspired by a childhood of struggle in the slums of JB Nagar (Andheri) and his gradual rise to prominence. Divine will narrate snippets from his book of adolescence at tonight's gig.