Vivian Fernandes

Mumbai based rapper, also known as Divine, is a household name now. Born on 2nd October 1990, Vivian Fernandes’ rap career debuted as a part of the rap crew named Mumbai’s Finest. He came into limelight after his song ‘Yeh Mera Bombay.’ ‘Meri Gully Mein’ was his breakout single with Naezy in 2015. He has been active since 2010 and has worked with many of his contemporaries.

One among them being DJ Nucleya on ‘Jungle Raja’ in the album Bass Rani, for which he even won Best EDM of the Year, GIMA Awards in 2015. His debut solo single named ‘Jungli Sher’ was released in 2016 became a chartbuster. His first commercial song ‘Daru Daru’ was released with Deep Jandu Deep Jandu is one of those personalities who has a >> Read More... and Gangis Khan in 2017. In 2018, Fernandes terminated his contract with Sony Music India to release ‘Gully Gang,’ which is a remix of Lil Pump’s ‘Gucci Gang.’

July of 2019 witnessed the documentary based on his life called Gully Life- The Story of DIVINE. The documentary film was first aired on Discovery Channel and later o Divine’s YouTube channel. His latest song was ‘NahiPata’ with Shah Rule Rahul Shahani, popularly known as Shah RuLe, is a >> Read More... , Frenzy, and Sammohit,and released in 2020. Earlier to this, his last album Kohinoor, was released in October 2019. Fernandes has contributed to many films starting with a song called ‘Paintra’ in Mukkabaaz. His other contributions include Irrfan Khan Irrfan Khan is a noted Bollywood actor who started >> Read More... starrer Blackmail, for which he sang ‘Badla’ in 2018.

The infamous Netflix series Sacred Games also features his songs ‘Jungli Sher’ and ‘Kaam 25’. In 2019 Zoya Akhtar Zoya Akhtar has now become a household name promin >> Read More... made a film inspired by Divine and Naezy called Gully Boy Click to look into! >> Read More... . The film also bears the soundtrack by Divine. Divine has won Rolling Stone India’s Best Video Award for ‘Yeh Mera Bombay’ in 2013, Outlook Social Media Award as Musician of the year in 2018, and Best Lyrics for ‘Apna time Aayega’ at 65th Filmfare Award in 2020. Now Divine has reached a level where he can provide a platform for other emerging talents like him called Gully Gang Entertainment. Inspired by Eminem, his favorite artists are Nas, Tupac, Big L, and Rakim.

He also listens to groups like Avrutti and 7 Bantaiz in the Indian rap scenes. He is known for his real representation of Mumbai slums in their authentic form. His attachment with Bombay is quite evident in his songs ‘Yeh Mera Bombay’ and ‘Meri Gully Mein.’ ‘Meri Gully Mein’ was remade by him for the movie Gully Boy where Ranveer Singh Ranveer Singh Bhavnani is an Indian movie actor wh >> Read More... performed Naezy’s lines.