Yet music found a way to pull him back into it. Renting a studio as a 17-year-old is an expensive task,” he says. I didn’t want to burden my family financially. It was mainly because I was unsure of how to pursue it. “I never gave up completely, I would continue writing songs but didn’t perform them. However, when he joined college, Nigavithran briefly stopped making music.
Although, they did know that I used to write songs and sing,” he adds.įrom writing lines on his life, he then progressed to writing about love. “No, I haven’t gone back to school since I left. Has he performed them to his teachers, we ask. While at school, I would write rap lines on my life in school.” “Paadam enaku pudikala, paada enaku pudikudhu” (I don’t like lessons, I like to sing) is a line from one of his earliest songs, written while being punished to stand outside his classroom. I think a majority of rap listeners turn into writers themselves. Talking about his initial days, he says, “When you start listening to rap, you automatically begin writing. His journey, he shares, was influenced by his brothers and friends who at different points, changed his perspective. It was quite an interesting collaboration," he says.īut Nigavathiran was not always writing songs about protests. I wrote lines about my street Lock Nagar in Chennai, DBK and RAK sing about their areas. "When you listen to this song, it's like going on a trip on the streets we're talking about. Nigavithran had collaborated with artists like DBK from Sri Lanka, Tre Ess, RAK from Mumbai and DJ Uri. That's how ‘Excuse me Modi’ came out, with lyrics condemning the government that was splitting its people based on religion. This song went viral during the protests held earlier this year.Īnother interesting song is 'Namma Street' released as part of Azadi Records' 'Sound of Resistance Volume One'. I helped with designing posters and wanted to be a part of it in every way I could,” shares Nigavithran who presently works at Pothigai Channel in their computer graphics department. During the anti-CAA protests, I was there in person for most of them.
“I don’t usually sit at home and pen my songs about protests.
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