Growing up in India’s financial capital Mumbai, 15-year-old Saniya Mistri often wondered why her life was so different from those of those living in the glitzy, affluent parts of the city.
Saniya – whose rapper name is Saniya MQ – grew up in a crowded neighborhood in east Mumbai.
She began turning her thoughts into poetry after her friends introduced her to rapping. They also help her shoot and record songs.
Saniya currently has about 10,000 subscribers on YouTube. Her songs – expressing frustration and anger at systemic inequalities and poverty – have won her much praise and admiration.
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