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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}} | ||
| birth_place = Tentulipadar, [[Koraput district]], [[Odisha]] | | birth_place = Tentulipadar, [[Koraput district]], [[Odisha]] | ||
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| years_active = 2016––present | | years_active = 2016––present | ||
| label = Qweed Media | | label = Qweed Media | ||
| website = {{URL|https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBg0FZaCtFj1BLfD5rR8aPA/}} | | website = {{URL|https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBg0FZaCtFj1BLfD5rR8aPA/}} | ||
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'''Sumeet Samos''' is an | '''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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Latest revision as of 06:23, 16 December 2025
Sumeet Samos | |
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| Also known as | Turuk, Da-Lit boy[1] |
| Born | 19 October 1993 Tentulipadar, Koraput district, Odisha |
| Genres | Hip hop music |
| Occupation(s) | rapper, student activist, columnist, photographer[2] |
| Years active | 2016––present |
| Labels | Qweed Media |
| Website | www |
Sumeet Samos is an Indian anti-caste scholar and rapper from Odisha, India.[3] He writes and sings in English, Hindi and Odia. His first hip-hop single "Ladai Seekh Le" (Learn to Resist) was released in 2018.
Samos addresses SC/ST students,[4] Savarna oppression, Ambedkar-Phule ideology,[5] manual scavenging,[6] caste discrimination and atrocities against Dalits[7][8] in his songs.
Life[edit | edit source]
Sumeet Samos was born into a Dalit family of Tentulipadar village of Koraput district, Odisha.[9] He completed his schooling from Bhubaneswar.[10] He has a Masters in Latin American Literature (Spanish) from Jawaharlal Nehru University, where he joined the Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students' Association.[11][12] 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[13] He also published his memoirs, Affairs of Caste: A Young Diary in July 2022. The book is a Panther's Paw publication.[14]
Samos started rapping in 2016 and his inspiration is the rapper Tupac Shakur.[15]
Tracks[edit | edit source]
| Year | Track | Artist | Director |
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| 2018 | Ladai Seekh Le[16] | Sumeet Samos | Sanjay Singh Karki |
| 2018 | Desia Pila[17] | Sumeet Samos | Debojit Bora and Hans Abhishek |
| 2018 | All You know is Five words[18] | Sumeet Samos | Sumeet Samos |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "They Called Him A 'Dalit Rapper', Now He Is Owning The Tag". www.inuth.com. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ↑ "A space where there was none: Delhi Bahujan collective hosts art festival". CatchNews.com. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ↑ "'A world without sorrow': Dalit musicians in India fight bias". South China Morning Post. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ↑ "Dalit rapper Sumeet Samos on casteism at JNU: You just can't escape it". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ↑ "Ladai Seekh Le! Ambedkarite Sumeet Samos Is Transforming Indian Hip-Hop". Feminism In India. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ↑ "Watch: This powerful rap about the inhuman practice of manual scavenging". The News Minute. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ↑ "Watch: JNU Student's Dalit Rap Takes On Casteism". HuffPost India. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ↑ Xalxo, Jessica (22 July 2020). "Sumeet Samos Deconstructs the Politics of Caste in India on 'Jaati' -". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ↑ Bureau, Odisha Sun Times. "Odisha boy's journey from Jeevan Jyoti to JNU | OdishaSunTimes.com". odishasuntimes.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ "A defiant rap". @businessline. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ↑ Banerjea, Aparna (11 August 2018). "A dalit rapper uses his verses as a weapon to take on an unequal society". Business Standard India. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ↑ Ashraf, Asad (29 May 2017). "JNU's Dalit rapper seeks to make a difference". The Statesman. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ↑ Samos, Sumeet (5 October 2022). "What an year at University of Oxford taught me about South Asians". Round Table India: For An Informed Ambedkar Age. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ↑ Shailendra, Soumya (17 July 2022). "Anti-caste rapper Sumeet Samos's memoir explores an alternate politics of solidarity". Scroll.in. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ↑ Mishra, Sweta (31 July 2018). "Watch: Odisha Rapper's Take On Caste Discrimination - ODISHA BYTES". ODISHA BYTES. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ↑ "A hip-hop album takes on caste discrimination". Deccan Herald. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ↑ sumit samos (16 November 2018), Desia Pila II Sumeet Samos, retrieved 16 December 2018
- ↑ "Rapper Sumeet Samos Raps Against Caste Oppression In India". FOCUS magazine. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.