Jeeva, an engineering drop-out, is also an alumnus of Loyola College, Chennai. As of October 2014, he was doing a PhD course at Bharathiar University, which he completed in June 2015. He holds a state-level rank in Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test and is a graduate in Master of Business Administration from the Department of Management Studies, University of Madras. Īdhi studied at Chavara Vidya Bhavan and Electrical Engineering at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology. Jeeva adopted the moniker Jeeva Beatz sometime after the two met in 2005. Adhi told IndiaGlitz that this is due to his shyness, and compared his partner to the unseen lion in the emblem of India, which includes four lions, with only three visible. Īlthough Hiphop is a duo, Jeeva has seldom made public appearances, thus associating the name Hiphop Tamizha with Adhi more often. Adhi then moved to Chennai to 'try luck'. After realising that Adhi was 'trying to do some good work', he encouraged his son's musical interests. He wanted Adhi to pursue higher studies, but gave him a year to do what he wanted, with the only constraint being that Adhi should not expect any help from him. Adhi's father had initially opposed his choice to pursue music professionally. Adhi named his account on the video-sharing site YouTube 'Hiphop Tamizha', with a profile picture of the Tamil poet Subramania Bharati, to avoid being caught by his parents. His decision to rap in Tamil rather than English was made, in his words, to avoid looking like a 'wannabe'. He uploaded rap songs to the internet and got positive responses from people expressing interest in his music, who also encouraged him to start rapping in Tamil. His interest in hip hop music started developing in the tenth grade. Adhi's first exposure to rap came when his neighbour showed him Michael Jackson's 'Jam'. His father works at Bharathiar University while his mother comes from an agricultural background. He was born into a family with no knowledge of music or cinema.
Adhi's family is from Sathyamangalam in the Erode district. They have also launched a clothing brand.Īdhithya 'Aadhi' Ramachandran Venkatapathy was born on 20 February 1990, and R.
While the duo are primarily independent musicians, they have also contributed to numerous works outside independent music, such as composing and performing music for films. It was a major success with both the general public and critics. In 2012, Hiphop Tamizha released their debut album Hip Hop Tamizhan, which is India's first Tamilhip hop album. The international brand Remy Martin launched Hiphop Tamizha as an official brand after hearing the song. The group remained underground until the commercial success of their track, 'Club le Mabbu le' in 2011. Hiphop Tamizha are credited with being the pioneers of Tamil hip hop in India. The duo consists of Adhithya 'Aadhi' Venkatapathy and R. Hiphop Tamizha (pronounced Tamiḻā) is an Indian musical duo based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Independent musician, rapper, lyricist, singer, music director, director, actor ,writer, screenplay writer.
Jeeva (L) and Adhi (R) during Aambala 's audio launch