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	\| alias = Turuk, Da-Lit boy<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.inuth.com/india/they-called-him-a-dalit-rapper-now-he-is-owning-the-tag-2/\|title=They Called Him A 'Dalit Rapper', Now He Is Owning The Tag\|website=www.inuth.com\|access-date=2018-12-16}}</ref>		\| alias = Turuk, Da-Lit boy<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.inuth.com/india/they-called-him-a-dalit-rapper-now-he-is-owning-the-tag-2/\|title=They Called Him A 'Dalit Rapper', Now He Is Owning The Tag\|website=www.inuth.com\|date=15 August 2018 \|access-date=2018-12-16}}</ref>
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|df=yes\|1993\|10\|19}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|df=yes\|1993\|10\|19}}
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	\| label = Qweed Media		\| label = Qweed Media
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	\| website = {{URL\|https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBg0FZaCtFj1BLfD5rR8aPA/}}		\| website = {{URL\|https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBg0FZaCtFj1BLfD5rR8aPA/}}
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	'''Sumeet Samos''' is an ~~[[India]]n~~ anti-caste scholar and [[Rapping\|rapper]] from [[Odisha]], India.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3021171/untouchable-caste-dalits-india-stand-their-rights-through\|title='A world without sorrow': Dalit musicians in India fight bias\|date=2019-08-05\|website=South China Morning Post\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-08}}</ref> He writes and sings in English, [[Hindi]] and [[Odia language\|Odia]]. His first hip-hop single "Ladai Seekh Le" (Learn to Resist) was released in 2018.		'''Sumeet Samos''' is an Indian anti-caste scholar and [[Rapping\|rapper]] from [[Odisha]], India.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3021171/untouchable-caste-dalits-india-stand-their-rights-through\|title='A world without sorrow': Dalit musicians in India fight bias\|date=2019-08-05\|website=South China Morning Post\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-08}}</ref> He writes and sings in English, [[Hindi]] and [[Odia language\|Odia]]. His first hip-hop single "Ladai Seekh Le" (Learn to Resist) was released in 2018.

	Samos addresses [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes\|SC/ST]] students,<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.edexlive.com/people/2018/aug/03/dalit-rapper-sumeet-samos-on-casteism-at-jnu-you-just-cant-escape-it--%E2%80%8B-3567.html\|title=Dalit rapper Sumeet Samos on casteism at JNU: You just can't escape it\|work=The New Indian Express\|access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref> [[Forward caste\|Savarna oppression]], [[B. R. Ambedkar\|Ambedkar]]-[[Jyotirao Phule\|Phule]] ideology,<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://feminisminindia.com/2018/08/07/ladai-seekhle-sumeet-samos/\|title=Ladai Seekh Le! Ambedkarite Sumeet Samos Is Transforming Indian Hip-Hop\|date=7 August 2018\|work=Feminism In India\|access-date=2018-08-12\|language=en-US}}</ref> [[manual scavenging]],<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/watch-powerful-rap-about-inhuman-practice-manual-scavenging-60798\|title=Watch: This powerful rap about the inhuman practice of manual scavenging\|date=22 April 2017\|work=The News Minute\|access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref> [[Caste system in India\|caste discrimination]] and [[Caste-related violence in India\|atrocities against Dalits]]<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/04/30/watch-jnu-students-dalit-rap-takes-on-casteism_a_22062014/\|title=Watch: JNU Student's Dalit Rap Takes On Casteism\|date=30 April 2017\|work=HuffPost India\|access-date=2018-08-12\|language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last1=Xalxo \|first1=Jessica \|title=Sumeet Samos Deconstructs the Politics of Caste in India on 'Jaati' - \|url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/sumeet-samos-deconstructs-the-politics-of-caste-in-india-on-jaati/ \|access-date=24 July 2020 \|agency=Rolling Stone \|date=22 July 2020}}</ref> in his songs.		Samos addresses [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes\|SC/ST]] students,<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.edexlive.com/people/2018/aug/03/dalit-rapper-sumeet-samos-on-casteism-at-jnu-you-just-cant-escape-it--%E2%80%8B-3567.html\|title=Dalit rapper Sumeet Samos on casteism at JNU: You just can't escape it\|work=The New Indian Express\|access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref> [[Forward caste\|Savarna oppression]], [[B. R. Ambedkar\|Ambedkar]]-[[Jyotirao Phule\|Phule]] ideology,<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://feminisminindia.com/2018/08/07/ladai-seekhle-sumeet-samos/\|title=Ladai Seekh Le! Ambedkarite Sumeet Samos Is Transforming Indian Hip-Hop\|date=7 August 2018\|work=Feminism In India\|access-date=2018-08-12\|language=en-US}}</ref> [[manual scavenging]],<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/watch-powerful-rap-about-inhuman-practice-manual-scavenging-60798\|title=Watch: This powerful rap about the inhuman practice of manual scavenging\|date=22 April 2017\|work=The News Minute\|access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref> [[Caste system in India\|caste discrimination]] and [[Caste-related violence in India\|atrocities against Dalits]]<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/04/30/watch-jnu-students-dalit-rap-takes-on-casteism_a_22062014/\|title=Watch: JNU Student's Dalit Rap Takes On Casteism\|date=30 April 2017\|work=HuffPost India\|access-date=2018-08-12\|language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last1=Xalxo \|first1=Jessica \|title=Sumeet Samos Deconstructs the Politics of Caste in India on 'Jaati' - \|url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/sumeet-samos-deconstructs-the-politics-of-caste-in-india-on-jaati/ \|access-date=24 July 2020 \|agency=Rolling Stone \|date=22 July 2020}}</ref> in his songs.

	==Life==		==Life==
	Sumeet Samos was born into a [[Dalit]] family of Tentulipadar village of [[Koraput district]], Odisha.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://odishasuntimes.com/odisha-boys-journey-from-jeevan-jyoti-to-jnu/\|title=Odisha boy's journey from Jeevan Jyoti to JNU {{!}} OdishaSunTimes.com\|last=Bureau\|first=Odisha Sun Times\|website=odishasuntimes.com\|language=en-US\|access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref> He completed his schooling from [[Bhubaneswar]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/watch/a-defiant-rap/article24287823.ece\|title=A defiant rap\|work=@businessline\|access-date=2018-08-12\|language=en}}</ref> He has a Masters in Latin American Literature (Spanish) from [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]], where he joined the [[Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students' Association]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/a-dalit-rapper-uses-his-verses-as-a-weapon-to-take-on-an-unequal-society-118081100767_1.html\|title=A dalit rapper uses his verses as a weapon to take on an unequal society\|last=Banerjea\|first=Aparna\|date=11 August 2018\|work=Business Standard India\|access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/india/jnu-s-dalit-rapper-seeks-to-make-a-difference-1496074597.html \|title=JNU's Dalit rapper seeks to make a difference \|last=Ashraf \|first=Asad \|work=The Statesman \|date=May 29, 2017 \|access-date=January 12, 2021}}</ref>		Sumeet Samos was born into a [[Dalit]] family of Tentulipadar village of [[Koraput district]], Odisha.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://odishasuntimes.com/odisha-boys-journey-from-jeevan-jyoti-to-jnu/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005132256/https://odishasuntimes.com/odisha-boys-journey-from-jeevan-jyoti-to-jnu/\|url-status=usurped\|archive-date=5 October 2018\|title=Odisha boy's journey from Jeevan Jyoti to JNU {{!}} OdishaSunTimes.com\|last=Bureau\|first=Odisha Sun Times\|website=odishasuntimes.com\|language=en-US\|access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref> He completed his schooling from [[Bhubaneswar]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/watch/a-defiant-rap/article24287823.ece\|title=A defiant rap\|work=@businessline\|access-date=2018-08-12\|language=en}}</ref> He has a Masters in Latin American Literature (Spanish) from [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]], where he joined the [[Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students' Association]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/a-dalit-rapper-uses-his-verses-as-a-weapon-to-take-on-an-unequal-society-118081100767_1.html\|title=A dalit rapper uses his verses as a weapon to take on an unequal society\|last=Banerjea\|first=Aparna\|date=11 August 2018\|work=Business Standard India\|access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/india/jnu-s-dalit-rapper-seeks-to-make-a-difference-1496074597.html \|title=JNU's Dalit rapper seeks to make a difference \|last=Ashraf \|first=Asad \|work=The Statesman \|date=May 29, 2017 \|access-date=January 12, 2021}}</ref> In 2021, he enrolled for the MSc Programme in Modern Asian Studies from the [[University of Oxford]]., and based on his experiences of caste in academics there he wrote an informative piece for Round Table India<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Samos \|first=Sumeet \|date=October 5, 2022 \|title=What an year at University of Oxford taught me about South Asians \|url=https://www.roundtableindia.co.in/what-an-year-at-university-of-oxford-taught-me-about-south-asians/ \|access-date=16 May 2023 \|website=Round Table India: For An Informed Ambedkar Age}}</ref> He also published his memoirs, ''Affairs of Caste: A Young Diary'' in July 2022. The book is a Panther's Paw publication.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Shailendra \|first=Soumya \|title=Anti-caste rapper Sumeet Samos's memoir explores an alternate politics of solidarity \|url=https://scroll.in/article/1028378/anti-caste-rapper-sumeet-samoss-memoir-explores-an-alternate-politics-of-solidarity \|access-date=2023-05-16 \|website=Scroll.in \|date=17 July 2022 \|language=en-US}}</ref>

	Samos started rapping in 2016 and his inspiration is the rapper [[Tupac Shakur]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.odishabytes.com/odisha-rappers-take-caste-discrimination/\|title=Watch: Odisha Rapper's Take On Caste Discrimination - ODISHA BYTES\|last=Mishra\|first=Sweta\|date=31 July 2018\|work=ODISHA BYTES\|access-date=2018-08-12\|language=en-US}}</ref>		Samos started rapping in 2016 and his inspiration is the rapper [[Tupac Shakur]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.odishabytes.com/odisha-rappers-take-caste-discrimination/\|title=Watch: Odisha Rapper's Take On Caste Discrimination - ODISHA BYTES\|last=Mishra\|first=Sweta\|date=31 July 2018\|work=ODISHA BYTES\|access-date=2018-08-12\|language=en-US}}</ref>
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	\| Desia Pila<ref>{{Citation\|last=sumit samos\|title=Desia Pila II Sumeet Samos\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdyr9ibvp6E\|access-date=2018-12-16}}</ref>		\| Desia Pila<ref>{{Citation\|last=sumit samos\|title=Desia Pila II Sumeet Samos\|date=16 November 2018 \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdyr9ibvp6E\|access-date=2018-12-16}}</ref>
	\| Sumeet Samos		\| Sumeet Samos
	\| Debojit Bora and Hans Abhishek		\| Debojit Bora and Hans Abhishek
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	~~[[Category:Ambedkarites]]~~
	[[Category:Musicians from Odisha]]		[[Category:Musicians from Odisha]]
	[[Category:21st-century Indian singers]]		[[Category:21st-century Indian singers]]
	[[Category:Dalit activists]]		[[Category:Dalit activists]]
			[[Category:Dalit writers]]

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{{Infobox musical artist
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| name = Sumeet Samos
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| alias = Turuk, Da-Lit boy<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inuth.com/india/they-called-him-a-dalit-rapper-now-he-is-owning-the-tag-2/|title=They Called Him A 'Dalit Rapper', Now He Is Owning The Tag|website=www.inuth.com|access-date=2018-12-16}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1993|10|19}}
| birth_place = Tentulipadar, [[Koraput district]], [[Odisha]]
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| genre = [[Hip hop music]]
| occupation = [[Rapping|rapper]], student activist, columnist, photographer<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catchnews.com/culture-news/a-space-where-there-was-none-delhi-bahujan-collective-hosts-art-festival-103136.html|title=A space where there was none: Delhi Bahujan collective hosts art festival|website=CatchNews.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-16}}</ref>
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| label = Qweed Media
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| website = {{URL|https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBg0FZaCtFj1BLfD5rR8aPA/}}
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'''Sumeet Samos''' is an [[India]]n anti-caste scholar and [[Rapping|rapper]] from [[Odisha]], India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3021171/untouchable-caste-dalits-india-stand-their-rights-through|title='A world without sorrow': Dalit musicians in India fight bias|date=2019-08-05|website=South China Morning Post|language=en|access-date=2019-08-08}}</ref> He writes and sings in English, [[Hindi]] and [[Odia language|Odia]]. His first hip-hop single "Ladai Seekh Le" (Learn to Resist) was released in 2018.

Samos addresses [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|SC/ST]] students,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.edexlive.com/people/2018/aug/03/dalit-rapper-sumeet-samos-on-casteism-at-jnu-you-just-cant-escape-it--%E2%80%8B-3567.html|title=Dalit rapper Sumeet Samos on casteism at JNU: You just can't escape it|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref> [[Forward caste|Savarna oppression]], [[B. R. Ambedkar|Ambedkar]]-[[Jyotirao Phule|Phule]] ideology,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://feminisminindia.com/2018/08/07/ladai-seekhle-sumeet-samos/|title=Ladai Seekh Le! Ambedkarite Sumeet Samos Is Transforming Indian Hip-Hop|date=7 August 2018|work=Feminism In India|access-date=2018-08-12|language=en-US}}</ref> [[manual scavenging]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/watch-powerful-rap-about-inhuman-practice-manual-scavenging-60798|title=Watch: This powerful rap about the inhuman practice of manual scavenging|date=22 April 2017|work=The News Minute|access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref> [[Caste system in India|caste discrimination]] and [[Caste-related violence in India|atrocities against Dalits]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/04/30/watch-jnu-students-dalit-rap-takes-on-casteism_a_22062014/|title=Watch: JNU Student's Dalit Rap Takes On Casteism|date=30 April 2017|work=HuffPost India|access-date=2018-08-12|language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Xalxo |first1=Jessica |title=Sumeet Samos Deconstructs the Politics of Caste in India on 'Jaati' - |url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/sumeet-samos-deconstructs-the-politics-of-caste-in-india-on-jaati/ |access-date=24 July 2020 |agency=Rolling Stone |date=22 July 2020}}</ref> in his songs.

==Life==
Sumeet Samos was born into a [[Dalit]] family of Tentulipadar village of [[Koraput district]], Odisha.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://odishasuntimes.com/odisha-boys-journey-from-jeevan-jyoti-to-jnu/|title=Odisha boy's journey from Jeevan Jyoti to JNU {{!}} OdishaSunTimes.com|last=Bureau|first=Odisha Sun Times|website=odishasuntimes.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref> He completed his schooling from [[Bhubaneswar]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/watch/a-defiant-rap/article24287823.ece|title=A defiant rap|work=@businessline|access-date=2018-08-12|language=en}}</ref> He has a Masters in Latin American Literature (Spanish) from [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]], where he joined the [[Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students' Association]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/a-dalit-rapper-uses-his-verses-as-a-weapon-to-take-on-an-unequal-society-118081100767_1.html|title=A dalit rapper uses his verses as a weapon to take on an unequal society|last=Banerjea|first=Aparna|date=11 August 2018|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/india/jnu-s-dalit-rapper-seeks-to-make-a-difference-1496074597.html |title=JNU's Dalit rapper seeks to make a difference |last=Ashraf |first=Asad |work=The Statesman |date=May 29, 2017 |access-date=January 12, 2021}}</ref>

Samos started rapping in 2016 and his inspiration is the rapper [[Tupac Shakur]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.odishabytes.com/odisha-rappers-take-caste-discrimination/|title=Watch: Odisha Rapper's Take On Caste Discrimination - ODISHA BYTES|last=Mishra|first=Sweta|date=31 July 2018|work=ODISHA BYTES|access-date=2018-08-12|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Tracks==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Track
!Artist
!Director
|-
|2018
|Ladai Seekh Le<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/hip-hop-album-takes-caste-685900.html|title=A hip-hop album takes on caste discrimination|date=2018-08-06|website=Deccan Herald|language=en|access-date=2018-12-16}}</ref>
|Sumeet Samos
|Sanjay Singh Karki
|-
|2018
| Desia Pila<ref>{{Citation|last=sumit samos|title=Desia Pila II Sumeet Samos|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdyr9ibvp6E|access-date=2018-12-16}}</ref>
| Sumeet Samos
| Debojit Bora and Hans Abhishek
|-
|2018
| All You know is Five words<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.focusmagazine.in/rapper-sumeet-samos-raps-against-caste-oppression-in-india/|title=Rapper Sumeet Samos Raps Against Caste Oppression In India|date=2019-01-16|website=FOCUS magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-07}}</ref>
| Sumeet Samos
| Sumeet Samos
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website|https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBg0FZaCtFj1BLfD5rR8aPA/videos/}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Singers from Odisha]]
[[Category:Ambedkarites]]
[[Category:Musicians from Odisha]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian singers]]
[[Category:Dalit activists]]