Hip-hop has always been the music of the comparatively lesser privileged. From Tupac Shakur to Eminem and Jay-Z, the genre has created heroes out of working-class individuals. This weekend’s Straight From The Underground show will feature a line-up of 15 new-generation hip-hop freestylers, rappers and emcees take the stage at a suburban five-star to express their own Mumbai hip-hop experience.

The line-up includes Akash Ahuja, Zehen, Yung Nos, J Killa, Poetik Justis, Sahir and Yeda Anna, among others. Rapper Sahir says, “Such events are needed as they shine a light on talented artistes who require all the possible support.”