Being on stage gives me the greatest high that I can ever get: Divine

At 14, Vivian Fernandes first discovered hip-hop when his friend gave him a CD with 300 songs in it. By the next decade, he became a well-known rapper with the moniker Divine. In 2019, Zoya Akhtar made a film based on his life, Gully Boy (2019). In the last few years, Divine has had multiple concerts and shows, and he loves it. He says, “I really have fun on stage. That is one of my biggest strengths. One of the most important things I have done in life is that I have played in some really big shows. Being on stage gives me the greatest high I can ever get. For me, it is like going to a game and playing for one and a half hours. When I am performing, I express what I feel on that day. I really love playing live,” he says.

Divine, who is known for songs Chorni, Kaam 25, Baazigar, Mirchi and others, adds, “My music is such that it goes really well when I’m on stage.” The hip-hop artiste has been with the same group for years and he believes that works in his favour. “I’ve worked with the same band for the last six-seven years now and it’s been great. We have fun on stage. I just want to tell people that hip-hop is a beautiful genre, and everybody should try to listen to it.”