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Sooraj Cherukat , also known as Hanumankind , is a rising star in India 's burgeoning hip-hop scene.
His track Big Dawgs topped global charts and briefly outpaced Kendrick Lamar's diss track Not Like Us .
The 31-year-old has faced a barrage of racist comments for his unique style of music.
Some international listeners struggle to accept that he is from India because he doesn't "look or sound" like their expectations.
Meanwhile, his Indian audience pillories him for the same reasons, wishing he conformed more to their image of Indian identity.
To them, he is a genre-hopping street poet who took the old hip hop traditions he grew up with and injected it with fresh social commentary.
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