BONUS: Mano Sundaresan
South Asians Love Rap
English - January 18, 2022 12:00 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBMusic Commentary Music Music Interviews hip-hop rap identity south asians Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
We're back with a bonus episode featuring Mano Sundaresan, a freelance writer and an audio producer at NPR. We discuss the influence of LA rapper Drakeo the Ruler (RIP), links between South Indian film music and rap, and the blog Mano founded last year called No Bells. Below the timestamps, you will find some of Mano's work and some of Akash's work (including a piece for No Bells).
(3:08) Remembering Drakeo the Ruler
(7:36) Early days in Massachusetts
(9:52) Filmi music / 808s & Heartbreaks
(14:08) Identity / Mano's work
(23:07) College days / early career
(30:17) Massachusetts rap / No Bells
Mano's work
Kanye comes up empty-handed for NPR
Patriot Act wasn't perfect, but it was ours for Vulture
No Bells blog
Akash's work
A homegrown thing for No Bells
The search for Darondo for KALW
Summer games return to Rucker for WNYC