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| Birth name | Yanchan Rajmohan |
| Born | March 8, 1995 Scarborough, Ontario, Canada |
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| Years active | 2016–present |
Yanchan Rajmohan (born March 8, 1995), known professionally as Yanchan, is a Tamil Canadian producer, songwriter, mixing engineer, and mridangist.[1][2] Known most for incorporating South Asian elements into his production work, Rajmohan creates carnatic-hip-hop fusion tracks.[3]
Rajmohan helped build Emtee Projects, an artist development and music education firm, as well as Dirty Elephant, a music conglomerate focused on bridging the gap between the North American and Indian music scenes.[4][5]
Rajmohan's first EP Yours Truly was released in November 2016 through his independent label Dirty Elephant Records, where Rajmohan is both the lead producer and founder. His music grew in popularity due to the blending of genres and styles such as Carnatic music, songs from Tamil and Hindi cinema, Alternative R&B, Hip-Hop, Pop, Soul, Trap, and a few sub-genres of Electronic. His song "Reminiscence" became track of the week in 2016 on Ashanti Omkar's radio show on the BBC Asian Network.[6]
Rajmohan released his debut album Sentimental Kids on November 15, 2019. On July 20, 2019, Rajmohan and Shan Vincent De Paul released the first episode of their Mrithangam Raps series where Rajmohan plays the mrithangam and De Paul raps.[7] The rap series has gained millions of views and brought Rajmohan to the forefront of the Indian music market. Rajmohan's music had been featured on Complex, Rolling Stone, and Star Vijay.[1][3]
- ^ a b Xalxo, Jessica. "Exclusive Premiere: Carnatic Meets Hip-Hop in Yanchan's 'I Know'". Rolling Stone India. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ "Yanchan drops a genre blending new single with "Yacht"". HipHop Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ a b Cruz, Josephine. "Yanchan Gives Us a Taste of the High Life with His Single "Yacht"". ComplexCa. Complex Canada. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ EmTee. "Emtee Education". Facebook. Emtee Education. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ Dirty Elephant Records. "Dirty Elephant Records". Facebook. Dirty Elephant Records. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ Thambithurai, Nivethika. "YOURS TRULY, YANCHAN RAJMOHAN, TORONTO'S LATEST HITMAKER". Tamil Culture.
- ^ Akundi, Sweata. "The mridangam rapper who is re-imagining hip-hop". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 April 2021.