Back in 2016, 16-year-old student Joshua Joseph from Dharavi found a few people singing verses that ended in rhymes on his way back home. Without much knowledge, Joseph joined them. It took him a few moments to get in sync, and soon, he was making rhyming sentences by himself to go along with the beats. He had no clue that what he was doing back then was called freestyling. “I didn’t even know I was rapping!” Joseph laughs. The now 24-year-old, who goes by the name MC Josh, has over 24 released tracks and will soon release his next EP called Boys Do Cry. 

Several such stories will come together at an evening dedicated to hip-hop at a concert called Underground Revolution at a suburban venue. Here, young talents from hip-hop school The Dharavi Dream Project (TDDP) will showcase raps or beat-boxing. “I will be performing three of my unreleased songs [from the EP Boys Do Cry], along with one released one, Anxiety,” MC Josh shares.