Rapper Raja Kumari turns into first Indian origin musician to win AMA award

Indian origin singer-songwriter and rapper Raja Kumari wins an American Music Award (AMA) on Tuesday. She was nominated for ‘Arcane League of Legends: Season 2’ on the 51st AMA held in Los Angeles on Monday night time.

In an interview, Kumari had mentioned she was the primary Indian origin musician to be nominated for an AMA.

‘Renegade (We Never Run)’ from ‘Arcane League of Legends’, a collaboration between Kumari, UK hip-hop artist Stefflon Don and Dominican-Brazilian artist Jarina de Marco, was nominated underneath the Favourite Soundtrack class.

Kumari mentioned that the track was actually particular for her.

“Stefflon (Don) and I kind of share the Sidhu (Moose Wala) connection. She has a song with Sidhu, too. And when I was meeting Sidhu during the time that we were collaborating, he had played me the song.  So, I’ve always had this soft spot in my heart for her because we both kind of share this gentle giant,” Kumari mentioned.

She mentioned she was approached for the track as a result of the character within the movie is Indian.

“They (Arcane team) had heard about me as being representative of our culture and being able to make aggressive music as a woman,” added Kumari.

She mentioned she by no means actually anticipated the track to grow to be such a giant hit.

“The song actually went top 10 in the world on the ‘Viral 50’ charts on Spotify. It was something that kind of came out of nowhere. I just did a song for a film. I didn’t have many expectations for it. It ended up really impacting people,” mentioned Kumari.

The AMA nomination, added the rapper, got here at a time when she was starting to imagine that maybe one has to deal with one style to make it huge.

“And I’ve always been a global artist, so an AMA award is a great reminder that there’s still much more work for me to do, and still much more for me to impact and grow,” she added.