The first time we saw him over a year ago, he got on stage during a jam session at a Delhi jazz club and caught our attention with his hard-hitting lyrics. Rapper Sumit Roy later moved to Mumbai, and is now making all the right noises with a series of brave and unapologetic songs like Chowkidari Toh Sahi Par Bolo Naukri Kahan, which released on Mumbai's polling day earlier this week. And this at a time when even the ruling dispensation is uploading rap songs laced with propaganda.

When Roy released his debut single, Hello Uncle Namaste, the satire in his wordplay was visible, which is something that's worked for him as a visual artist as well. His recent song, Poorna Swaraj, with his outfit RollsRoy's, was written during the turmoil of demonetisation. But it never got released since Roy feared that it sounded anti-government. It was only on stand-up arti­ste Kunal Kamra's insistence that the track saw the light of day.