Blaze is an Indian rapper, singer, songwriter, composer and music producer. He predominantly sings in Tamil language. He is considered one of the pioneers of the Indian rap scene and played a major role in introducing hip-hop to South India. Some of his famous songs include “The Boss” and “Style” from the movie “Shivaji: The Boss”, “CEO in the House” from the movie “Sarkar”, “Gangsta Blues” from the movie “Slumdog Millionaire”. Rajali” from the film 2.0, and more.
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Wiki/Biography
Lakshmi Narasimha Vijaya Rajagopal Sheshadri Sharma Rajesh Raman was born as Blaze on Wednesday, 15 October 1975 (age 46 years; as in 2022) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The name “Vijaya” was added to his name because he was born on the occasion of Vijayadashami. He was born in India but brought up in Kitwe, Zambia. From 1980 to 1983, he went to Luanshya Trust School, Luanshya, Zambia and then he went to Belvedere School in Harare, Zimbabwe. He went to Nkana Trust School, Kitwe, Zambia in 1985. In 1987, he joined Mpelembe Secondary School in Kitwe, Zambia. At the age of 14, he went to England to study GCSE ‘O’ Levels at St. George’s School, a boarding school in Finborough – Suffolk, UK. In 1995, he graduated from St. Xavier’s College with a Diploma in Film and TV Production, Film/Cinema/Video Studies. In 1997, he earned a bachelor’s degree in Film/Cinema/Video Studies from Columbia College in Hollywood, United States. His father was an architect who designed stages for various events. When Blaze was 9 years old, he would accompany his family to perform breakdance on a set designed by his father, during which he became more interested in hip-hop and decided to become a rapper.
Childhood photo of Blaze with his mother and sister
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 9″
Weight (Approx): 65 kg
Hair Color: N/A (Bald)
Eye colour: black
Family
Blaze belongs to a Brahmin family in Mylapore, Chennai.
parents and siblings
His father R Venkataraman was an architect and his mother’s name is Satya Bhama. She has an elder sister named Rekha Srinivasan who is the founder of Bharat Nritya Academy in New Jersey.
Blaze with his parents and elder sister
wife and children
Blaise married Nandini Raman on 21 June 2000. He is a columnist and consultant. He has two children. Their daughter’s name is Mrishti Vaishnavi Raman and son’s name is Mrishal Neelakantan Raman.
Blaze and Nandini’s wedding photo
Blaze with his wife Nandini
Blaze’s children, Mrishti and Mrishal
signature/autograph
Blaze’s signature
livelihood
rapper
At the age of 16, he began his rap career by performing for Zambian President Chiluba during one of his election campaigns in October 1991. In 1992, he produced and performed with the National Broadcasting Corporation of Zambia in the music video for “Advice 4 Livin'”, Zambia’s first music video.
movies
In 2002, he made his debut in the Indian film industry with the song “Baba Rap” from Rajinikanth’s Tamil film “Baba”. AR Rahman gave him his first opportunity to sing in Tamil cinema. After this he worked in many films with AR Rahman. In the 2003 Tamil language film “Boys”, Blaze rapped in two songs, “Dating” and “Secret of Success”. He rapped in the song “Aaha Thamizamma” from the 2004 Tamil language film “Kangaalal Kaidu Sei”. After working in a few more films with Rahman, she received offers from other music directors in the film industry. Apart from rapping, she also appeared in the music videos of several songs including “Yennadi Muniyamma” from the 2006 film Vaathiyar, “Taxi Taxi” from the 2008 film Sakkarakatti, “Vaanam Alai” and “Padpadakkudhu” from the 2009 film Unnaipol Oruvan. Given. Maname” from the movie “Moondru Par Moondru Kadal” in 2013.
TV
Blaze rapped and wrote the lyrics for the title track of the 2004 teen drama show “Remix”.
album
In September 2011, Blaze released his debut and India’s first true hip hop ‘protest’ album ‘Time for Gandhi’. In 2017, Blaze collaborated with music director Paul Jacob and released the world’s first Sanskrit hip-hop album titled “Rap Bhakti Mala”.
Cover of the 2017 album ‘Rap Bhakti Mala’
band
Blaze and Sagar, a musician, composer, arranger and architect, together formed a band called “Zambezi Funke”. In 2004, he released his first song, “In My Father’s Words”. “funKalistiC syllaBleZ” was the first album released by the band in 2007.
A photo of the music band ‘Zambezi Funke’
lyricist
Blaze contributed to the writing of the song “Secret of Success” from the film “Boys”, released in 2003. He co-wrote the song “Dreams on Fire” for the 2008 British drama film Slumdog Millionaire; He also wrote the lyrics for the film’s song “Gangsta Blues”. In 2008, Blaze wrote the official United Nations anthem for poverty, “Pray for Me Brother”, with the help of AR Rahman. He rapped in the 2012 Malayalam film “Casanova” and he wrote the lyrics of two songs in the Vince Vaughn motion picture; He co-wrote “Couples Retreat” with AR Rahman and “Nana” with Vivian Chaix and AR Rahman.
music director
In 2008, he worked as the music director for the song “What’s Up India” from the film “Saas Bahu Aur Sensex”. In 2010, he directed the original soundtrack (OST) of the action drama film “Striker”.
award
He won the MTV Youth Icon of the Year award in 2008 for his contribution to socially relevant issues through his music, and for AR Rahman’s composition of “Pray for Me, Brother”, the official song of the United Nations on poverty alleviation. For your songs.
Favorite
- Location: Peter Park in Yelagiri, Zambia
Facts/General Knowledge
- His stage name Blaze means ‘do your own thing.’
- He is a morning host on 94.3 Radio One.
- He considers his father RV Raman, 2 Pack and Paul J as his idols.
- He was named Rajesh after the famous actor Rajesh Khanna.
- Blaze is the first Sanskrit rapper in the world to rap the entire poem of Shyamala Dandakkam, written by the great poet Kalidasa in the 4th century.
- In 2016, Blaze performed as an opening act for Shaggy and C&C Music Factory on their India tour. He has also performed in a concert paying tribute to Bob Dylan.
- He can rap in English, Tamil and Sanskrit.
- In 2020, Blaze started a series called ‘Rap Kitchen’ in which he cooked food and rapped about it together. He spread awareness about the goodness of healthy food and having fun while cooking it. In an interview he said,
I want to convey the message that food is important and if we all know how to cook, we will be self-reliant and less burden on our loved ones. Also, through these videos, I hope that kids (who love the hip-hop vibe) will go into the kitchen and have a whole new experience. I love rapping and I love cooking, so why not bring the two together?”
Blaze cooking roti in an episode of his series ‘Rap Kitchen’
- In an interview, Blaze revealed his songwriting process and said,
I believe it is important to always write your own songs. Especially, for a rap. Because it’s what’s on your mind, what you want to say. I think it’s more about trying to say what people want to hear as opposed to what you want to say. This is poetry. Rap is rhythm and poetry…rap.”
- In an interview, when he was asked why he liked rapping in English, and how AR Rahman helped him rapping in Tamil, he replied,
I think in English, so it’s more natural for me to rap in English. But AR Rahman definitely brought the Tamil angle to the fore. I have always understood and spoken Tamil but I never thought I could rap in it. So I’m lucky he took it away from me. Tamil is not an easy language but definitely one of the most phonetically hip-hop equivalent languages… Many times, when I talk in Tamil a lot of people criticize my pronunciation but at least At least I’m trying.’
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