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Northeast mere gully mein: Listen to these artists perform in Mumbai this week
Updated On: 05 August, 2025 09:31 AM IST | Mumbai | Devashish Kamble
Up and coming hip-hop and pop talent from three Northeastern states of India will converge under one roof in the city this week
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Rapper Karma Longthen and his crew in the music video, Chota Sa Gaon. PIC COURTESY/DHH ON YOUTUBE
They call me Arunachal ka Divine,” rapper Karma Longthen’s curt introduction over our call quashes the idea that Northeast India is all rockers and metalheads. We should’ve known; his newest music video Chota Sa Gaon is a spitting image of Andheri -based rap veteran Vivian Fernandes aka Divine’s music videos — hoodie-clad crewmates, bright bandanas, bikes doing burnouts — all that, just set far away in the picture-perfect hills of Arunachal Pradesh’s Nafra village in the Lower Dzang. This Thursday, the 25-year-old will look down at the hills from his first flight to Mumbai for a performance.
Longthen, aka Reemboo will be one of the five hip-hop and pop talent from the Northeast to arrive in the city for The Biggest Northeast Night organised by Assam-based collective, Hanghatik (Assamese: grand, gigantic). “I remember we organised one of the first showcases for our Northeastern brothers and sisters in Gorai in 2016. It drew in some 60-odd people. It was a big number for us,” recalls co-founder Raktim Roy, a media professional and longtime Mumbai resident.
AJ Maisnam. PIC COURTESY/JN SAPAMCHA, Rjay Mangkhom. PIC COURTESY/@rajikant, Jelo and Kimkima Ralte. PIC COURTESY/@kimkimaralte_S
Raktim Roy
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