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Straight outta Srinagar | Music

Ahmer, a 24-year-old rapper, is making sense of Kashmir's hard truths in his poetry

On August 7, two days after the government revoked Jammu & Kashmir's special status, Srinagar-based rapper Ahmer Javed was returning home from Delhi, where he had been invited by New Delhi-based hip-hop artist Prabh Deep to perform 'Elaan' on stage, the incendiary centrepiece of Ahmer's debut

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