MC Stan

MC Stan born as Altaf Shaikh Altaf Shaikh is an Indian film director. Also, kno >> Read More... or Altaf Tadavi, is an acclaimed rapper. He was born on 30 August 1999 in Pune, Maharashtra. His elder brother played a significant role in his journey, as he introduced him to rapping. He was born in a very poor family, who lived in a slum and faced a lot of struggles. When he was just 12 years old he became a Qawwali performer and before beginning into rapping, he used to do Beatboxing and B-boying. He really used to admire the International Rapper Eminem and 2Pac, while he was in 6th grade. He was greatly inspired by them and their works, so he started to listen to their songs regularly.

As he was studying in a Hindi medium school, he joined English classes in order to understand the meaning of the lyrics of the songs effectively. Also, he chose his stage name as “MC Stan” because he was a great fan of popular American Rapper Eminem and his followers are known as “Stans”. He wrote his first rap song when he was studying in the 8th grade. In 2018, when people started to recognize him for his song “Wata,” he released a new diss track for Emiway Bantai Bilal Sheikh is highly known by his stage name Emi >> Read More... “Khuja Mat,” which gained wide recognition of over 35 million views on Youtube. He has a very unique style for rapping and only uses Hindi language. Though he faced a lot of controversies but all this didn’t stop him. He made many more rap songs, which gained him wide recognition and a huge fanbase.

Some of his other best rap songs are “Lowkey,” “Khajwe Vichaar,” “Dil pe Mat Le,” “Yede Ki Chadar,” “Hosh Mai Aa,” “307,” “Numberkari.” His art reflects the presence of new school hip-hop or mumble, he has once again introduced the Mumble Rap to Indian listeners. The rap song “Astaghfirullah” was the song which changed many people’s mindset towards him and helped him to gain more supporters. Other than rapper he is also a music producer, composer, lyricist,, and Hip-Hop artist. He succeeded with his hard work and dedication, and became the only independent artist from India to make his debut on Spotify Global Album Charts. He is very much proud of his own mother tongue “Hindi” and desires to spread it worldwide until it is taught in Western education curriculum. He has also founded a record label named as “Hindi Records.”

He has collaborated with renowned artists like Raftaar, Seedhe Maut and many more. He has earned all this love and success in just a few years only. His most trending superhits are “Khuja Mat” (2019), “Broke is a Joke” (2021), “Snake” (2021), “Ek Din Pyaar” (2021), “Basti ka Hasti” (2022). He released his second album “Insaan” in 2022. In 2022, he appeared in the famous television reality show “Bigg Boss 16” as a contestant, hosted by renowned actor Salman Khan Salman Khan is a very famous Indian actor and a pr >> Read More... . On 12 February 2023 he won the show with people’s love and support, where he won the winner’s trophy, a car, and a huge cash prize. This win was again a great boost for his career. He won “Best Hip-Hop Song” for his song “Basti ka Hasti” at the Indian Independent Music Awards 2nd Edition. He also received the “Lokmat Digital Creator Award 2023.” Also, he was nominated for “India’s Most Favorite Rap Artist” at CLEF Music Awards 2023.