Lady Kash | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Singapore |
Genres | Rap, Hip Hop, Pop, Urban & World Music |
Occupation(s) | Rapper |
Instruments | Rap |
Years active | 2007–Present |
Labels | AKASHIK |
Associated acts | A. R. Rahman |
Lady Kash (born Kalaivani Nagaraj) is an award-winning rapper / songwriter from Singapore. She started her solo career in 2007. Lady Kash has worked with several notable music composers including the Oscar and Grammy Winning A. R. Rahman, Harris Jayaraj, Anirudh Ravichander and Joshua Sridhar.
She was born Kalaivani Nagaraj and but she took the name Lady Kash for her musical journey. In 2008, she invited Krissy a singer from Singapore to join her, and they formed the duo better known as Lady Kash and Krissy. In late 2012, Lady Kash decided to break away from the duo on mutual consent and returned to being a solo act as she began in 2007.
Lady Kash has worked with several notable music composers including the Oscar and Grammy Winning A. R. Rahman, Harris Jayaraj, Anirudh Ravichander and Joshua Sridhar.
She also worked with Rahman for the track "Semmozhiyaana Thamizh Mozhiyaam", the Official Theme Song for The World Classical Tamil Conference 2010. When she became the youngest and the only rapper to record for what became the modern-day anthem of the Tamil Language.
In conjunction with International Women’s Day 2013, Raindropss organization recognized women achievers across genres and Lady Kash was bestowed the International Female Rapper (Tamil & English) Award. She also received the Social Media Music Champion award at Voice International Music Awards (VIMA) 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia earlier in 2013. Kash has also been awarded the best genre bender award for VIMA 2014 for her track Oh Pennae with Aniruth.
She has performed in various concerts around the globe. During her latest concert in 2014 she set the stage ablaze in both Singapore and Malaysia with her rendition of all time people's favorite "Petta Rap" and also performed the cult hit "Irumbile" with A R Rahman himself during the Infinite Love concert tour by the Oscar Winner. The highlights of her other recent concerts include KLIMF with Yuvan Shankar Raja in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and a charity concert "SANGARSH" in Chennai, India which she rocked the stage.