People were just listening to the song and making their own versions of it and celebrating it.”ĭescribing the popularity of 'Madai Thiranthu', he says, “That song was ‘viral’ before viral was even used as a word to describe a video’s popularity. However, without any deep regrets about it, he adds, “I did not see it as something ethically wrong. I did not understand YouTube back then or grasp its potential, so we did not release it on that platform. “A fan, out of love, had shared it on YouTube. His family has been living in Malaysia for more than two generations now. Speaking to TNM, he says that he does not know when his family migrated to Malaysia, and which part of Tamil Nadu they originally belong to. Yogi B is a Malaysian citizen of Tamil ethnicity. It earned Yogi B the crown of being the first Tamil hip hop artist. The song, a lovely fusion of the classic Ilaiyaraaja number with the unassuming rap music, made Yogi B and his unit Natchatra (comprising Dr Burn and Emcee Jesz), a sensation. The 2006 ‘Madai Thiranthu’ song from the Vallavan album, for which Yogi B was the executive producer too, resonated with the diaspora as well as the Tamil community in India. A conflict between the western and Tamil culture led to Hip Hop). I was a chubby kid, darling to my parents.
Angilamum Tamilum kalacharangal modha, Kandu pudichenada indha hip hop” (When I was just little. Pattanam maari ponom ennai malai vandha vellum. With total swag, he revealed the gist of his journey in the rap portion from the song ‘Madai Thiranthu Yogi B and Natchatra’: “When I was just little.