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Akash Khandelwal, born in New Delhi, better known by his stage name Aeke, is an Indian hip-hop artist, lyricist, rapper, film maker and music producer.He is an alumnus of National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.
Aeke's initial recognition came from active participation in "text battles" on Orkut, a social media network operated by Google. Later in 2008, Aeke started a bboying crew called D2BX along with his college batchmates. In 2010 Aeke as a bboy featured in the UTV Bindass Street Dance.
As an active emcee in the bboying scene really pushed him to explore his side of a rapper. In 2012, Aeke organised the Bboying and Popping championship called Crank Dat in New Delhi. He also continued to support various bboy and popping battles such as Keep it Raw and From the Roots in New Delhi. For next 3 years Aeke continued to host and perform at various HipHop battles all over India and Nepal. Aeke was praised when he as an emcee along with a few bboys showcased at the Snoop Dogg New Delhi concert in 2013.In 2014, Aeke was also the official emcee at DMC World DJ Championships India Finals in Mumbai and Reebok IDA World DJ Championships India Finals in New Delhi. As an emcee, Aeke also developed freestyle skills and was the first emcee from New Delhi to win the Rap Wars.
For over 4 years from 2012 to 2016, Aeke performed at various jams and cyphers sharing the artist credentials with eminent bboys and poppers from all over the world like Salah (dancer) Salah (France), Hoan (South Korea), Bgirl Shie Chan (Japan), Bboy Differ (South Korea), Boogie Frantick (USA), Greentek (Canada) etc. By 2015, Aeke became one of New Delhi's most prominent underground hiphop artists. As a recording artist, Aeke started making songs that were for his underground bboy audience. His song ''Cyphers is where hiphop grows" was praised amongst the bboy community all over the country where he criticized the ill practices of television dance shows.
Aeke's initial recognition came from active participation in "text battles" on Orkut, a social media network operated by Google. Later in 2008, Aeke started a bboying crew called D2BX along with his college batchmates. In 2010 Aeke as a bboy featured in the UTV Bindass Street Dance.
As an active emcee in the bboying scene really pushed him to explore his side of a rapper. In 2012, Aeke organised the Bboying and Popping championship called Crank Dat in New Delhi. He also continued to support various bboy and popping battles such as Keep it Raw and From the Roots in New Delhi. For next 3 years Aeke continued to host and perform at various HipHop battles all over India and Nepal. Aeke was praised when he as an emcee along with a few bboys showcased at the Snoop Dogg New Delhi concert in 2013.In 2014, Aeke was also the official emcee at DMC World DJ Championships India Finals in Mumbai and Reebok IDA World DJ Championships India Finals in New Delhi. As an emcee, Aeke also developed freestyle skills and was the first emcee from New Delhi to win the Rap Wars.
For over 4 years from 2012 to 2016, Aeke performed at various jams and cyphers sharing the artist credentials with eminent bboys and poppers from all over the world like Salah (dancer) Salah (France), Hoan (South Korea), Bgirl Shie Chan (Japan), Bboy Differ (South Korea), Boogie Frantick (USA), Greentek (Canada) etc. By 2015, Aeke became one of New Delhi's most prominent underground hiphop artists. As a recording artist, Aeke started making songs that were for his underground bboy audience. His song ''Cyphers is where hiphop grows" was praised amongst the bboy community all over the country where he criticized the ill practices of television dance shows.
