Citing influences as diverse as Eminem, Linkin Park and Sean Paul, New Delhi native Raftaar is an unabashed outlier in the rapidly mushrooming Indian hip-hop scene. Born Dilin Nair, he's candid about having had to trump debilitating financial hardships on his journey to becoming a household name countrywide, and his fiery talent remains consistent evidence of why the fiercely determined rapper made the big leagues. He's spit bars on hit Bollywood collabs ("Teen Kabootar") and feuded on cheeky diss tracks ("Sheikh Chilli") alike, always with his trademark panache intact.