Haze Kay

As 22-year-old rapper Haze Kay hits the stage to perform at

a concert,the crowd applauds and screams. As his words get

stronger, the screams soften, the cheer turns into concern

and there is absolute silence when he sings the following lines:

“Justice to the girls who were so innocent /

Justice so our sisters can be roaming free /

Justice to Aasiya and Neelofar /

Justice to the girl from Delhi.”

The above lines from a song by Zubair Magray, who is

known by his stage name Haze Kay, talk about atrocities on

women in India.

Kay was born in the troubled valley of Kashmir and was

inspired by Lowkey, an English musician and political

activist of English and Iraqi descent, who sang about Gaza

and Palestine. In 2009, Kay started rapping about the

socio-political issues in India, particularly in Kashmir

and became the first rapper from the state.

He has written about social activism , massacres , revolution

, love etc.
Kay has been interviewed for three hours on a radio show.

He was also invited to judge Rap Impact, Kashmir’s

first-ever rap contest. But he walked out when the

organizers said that he would not be allowed to rap about

political issues , besides that he was one of the judges in an

event in K.C.college mumbai .

Labelled as the "Rapping Rebel" by HalaBol Voices which

is an online platform for social activism and change in India,

Twenty three-year-old Haze Kay is the first rapper from

Kashmir .as reported by Vox Kashmir and many others

"He is the first rapper from Kashmir and an inspiration to

the likes of many MC’s from Kashmir " writes Sheikh Saaliq

the Editor of “The Vox Kashmir”

http://thevoxkashmir.com/2011/11/16/kashmrs-first-ever-rapper-haze-kay/

Haze Kay went on to be featured on The Hindu , Aljazeera ,

BBC , Kashmir monitor , Greater Kashmir , Raptivism ,

Asia Calling , and many other media outlets .

Due to the lack of resources in Kashmir Haze Kay was

unable to record his tracks in the studios and so went on to

open up his own mini studio consisting of his laptop a

keyboard and a mic , he named this setup as

"One Crib Productions" and made and recorded songs

under this label .