In a genre that often defaults to hyper-masculinity, artists like RANJ, alongside others such as JQueen, are shifting the grammar of Indian rap, by reclaiming its subversive roots. For Satish, the political dimension of the video is inherent, not an added layer. In her view, art is shaped by the social hierarchies, and power dynamics that surround it. Its politics lie in what it chooses to show, who it chooses to centre, and which visual languages it chooses to disrupt. As Satish puts it, “I do believe art is political,” Satish says simply. “There’s no way of getting around it.”
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