Indian origin American rapper KOAD recently got viral on social media with his song Deepika trending across the nation. The song touches upon the Indian diaspora’s identity in the West as well as the rapper’s crush over actor Deepika Padukone . The song reached to Padukone’s husband, actor Ranveer Singh , who used it on his Instagram stories to praise his wife and Koad is over the moon with that feat.
Ask him about it and he says, “That was insane and a wild thing. I was returning from the studio after an all-nighter when I got a text from a friend telling me to check Ranveer Singh’s story. I looked at it and I started freaking out.
It’s weird to explain to people how my dreams are coming true now. I saw that Deepika liked a post of a video about the song, but I would love to see her react to it. I like to think that Ranveer has sung this to her many times at the dinner table.
” A post shared by KOAD (@itskoad) The 21-year-old dropped out of school to pursue his musical career, and at the age of 18, was diagnosed with a series of concussions that kept him away from music for three years. However, it was during this challenging phase that Deepika was ideated. KOAD shares, “I put out my notebook and thought of writing a story about my life.
I did have a crush on Deepika when I was small, just like I am sure a lot of other people I now see also do. This was just my story and seeing so many brown people resonate with it, makes my inner child very happy.” The song.