Updated On: 05 May, 2019 08:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Anju Maskeri
Delivery boys in the day and rappers by night. Here's how an emerging hip hop collective from Dharavi is finding its voice on YouTube

The M-Town Boys practice either at Dharavi or Shivaji Park. Pic/Ashish Raje
Dharavi resident Prathamesh Sanjay Ghode's mornings are usually spent helming a tiffin service that he runs with his mother, Pranali. Once he has wrapped up packing off the day's dabbas, he caters to MC Pat, his alter ego. Ghode is a rapper and songwriter with M-Town Boys, a hip-hop collective, whose members include b-boys, beat boxers and dancers from Dharavi. Most of the nine members in the team have day jobs as delivery boys, but make time for their passion when there's no call of duty.
Formed in 2016, it's one of the many collectives that the neighbourhood has spawned over the years. But the M-Town Boys (acronym for Matunga Labour Camp) hadn't really known fame until now.