Kicking off our special month of August, we have hip hop artist from Toronto, Shan Vincent de Paul. Earlier this year, while touring in India, he came in for a chat along with Yanchan who accompanies on mridangam. Shan talks about his family’s immigrant story from Jaffna, Sri Lanka to Brampton, Ontario, his daughter’s beatboxing skills, being a Tamil in Canada, and the brown artist renaissance. Also, Shan and Yanchan perform their mridangam raps too.

Set List:

Mridangam Raps - Episode 1 (00:55 - 01:37)

Mridangam Raps - Episode 2 (14:48 - 15:23)

Mridangam Raps - Episode 4 (27:17 - 28:24)

Mridangam Raps - Episode 3 (46:42 - 48:29)

Die Iconic (53:45 - 55:37)

Musicians:

Shan Vincent de Paul - Vocals

Yanchan - Mridangam

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CREDITS:

Host: Mae

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maemariyam/

Recording Engineer: Varun Parikh

Audio Editor Post: Aravind

Producer: Jaanam Dewan

Video Directed/Edited: Jishnu 'Short Round' Guha

Studio: Bay Owl Studios