{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}} {{Infobox musical artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Sumeet Samos | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_upright = | image_size = | landscape = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | alias = Turuk, Da-Lit boy<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inuth.com/india/they-called-him-a-dalit-rapper-now-he-is-owning-the-tag-2/|title=They Called Him A 'Dalit Rapper', Now He Is Owning The Tag|website=www.inuth.com|date=15 August 2018 |access-date=2018-12-16}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1993|10|19}} | birth_place = Tentulipadar, Koraput district, Odisha | origin = | genre = Hip hop music | occupation = rapper, student activist, columnist, photographer<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catchnews.com/culture-news/a-space-where-there-was-none-delhi-bahujan-collective-hosts-art-festival-103136.html|title=A space where there was none: Delhi Bahujan collective hosts art festival|website=CatchNews.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-16}}</ref> | instrument = | years_active = 2016––present | label = Qweed Media | website = {{URL|https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBg0FZaCtFj1BLfD5rR8aPA/}} }}
'''Sumeet Samos''' is an Indian anti-caste scholar and rapper from Odisha, India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3021171/untouchable-caste-dalits-india-stand-their-rights-through|title='A world without sorrow': Dalit musicians in India fight bias|date=2019-08-05|website=South China Morning Post|language=en|access-date=2019-08-08}}</ref> He writes and sings in English, Hindi and Odia. His first hip-hop single "Ladai Seekh Le" (Learn to Resist) was released in 2018.
Samos addresses SC/ST students,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.edexlive.com/people/2018/aug/03/dalit-rapper-sumeet-samos-on-casteism-at-jnu-you-just-cant-escape-it--%E2%80%8B-3567.html|title=Dalit rapper Sumeet Samos on casteism at JNU: You just can't escape it|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref> Savarna oppression, Ambedkar-Phule ideology,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://feminisminindia.com/2018/08/07/ladai-seekhle-sumeet-samos/|title=Ladai Seekh Le! Ambedkarite Sumeet Samos Is Transforming Indian Hip-Hop|date=7 August 2018|work=Feminism In India|access-date=2018-08-12|language=en-US}}</ref> manual scavenging,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/watch-powerful-rap-about-inhuman-practice-manual-scavenging-60798|title=Watch: This powerful rap about the inhuman practice of manual scavenging|date=22 April 2017|work=The News Minute|access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref> caste discrimination and atrocities against Dalits<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/04/30/watch-jnu-students-dalit-rap-takes-on-casteism_a_22062014/|title=Watch: JNU Student's Dalit Rap Takes On Casteism|date=30 April 2017|work=HuffPost India|access-date=2018-08-12|language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Xalxo |first1=Jessica |title=Sumeet Samos Deconstructs the Politics of Caste in India on 'Jaati' - |url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/sumeet-samos-deconstructs-the-politics-of-caste-in-india-on-jaati/ |access-date=24 July 2020 |agency=Rolling Stone |date=22 July 2020}}</ref> in his songs.
==Life== Sumeet Samos was born into a Dalit family of Tentulipadar village of Koraput district, Odisha.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://odishasuntimes.com/odisha-boys-journey-from-jeevan-jyoti-to-jnu/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005132256/https://odishasuntimes.com/odisha-boys-journey-from-jeevan-jyoti-to-jnu/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=5 October 2018|title=Odisha boy's journey from Jeevan Jyoti to JNU {{!}} OdishaSunTimes.com|last=Bureau|first=Odisha Sun Times|website=odishasuntimes.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref> He completed his schooling from Bhubaneswar.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/watch/a-defiant-rap/article24287823.ece|title=A defiant rap|work=@businessline|access-date=2018-08-12|language=en}}</ref> He has a Masters in Latin American Literature (Spanish) from Jawaharlal Nehru University, where he joined the Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students' Association.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/a-dalit-rapper-uses-his-verses-as-a-weapon-to-take-on-an-unequal-society-118081100767_1.html|title=A dalit rapper uses his verses as a weapon to take on an unequal society|last=Banerjea|first=Aparna|date=11 August 2018|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/india/jnu-s-dalit-rapper-seeks-to-make-a-difference-1496074597.html |title=JNU's Dalit rapper seeks to make a difference |last=Ashraf |first=Asad |work=The Statesman |date=May 29, 2017 |access-date=January 12, 2021}}</ref> In 2021, he enrolled for the MSc Programme in Modern Asian Studies from the University of Oxford., and based on his experiences of caste in academics there he wrote an informative piece for Round Table India<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samos |first=Sumeet |date=October 5, 2022 |title=What an year at University of Oxford taught me about South Asians |url=https://www.roundtableindia.co.in/what-an-year-at-university-of-oxford-taught-me-about-south-asians/ |access-date=16 May 2023 |website=Round Table India: For An Informed Ambedkar Age}}</ref> He also published his memoirs, ''Affairs of Caste: A Young Diary'' in July 2022. The book is a Panther's Paw publication.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shailendra |first=Soumya |title=Anti-caste rapper Sumeet Samos's memoir explores an alternate politics of solidarity |url=https://scroll.in/article/1028378/anti-caste-rapper-sumeet-samoss-memoir-explores-an-alternate-politics-of-solidarity |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Scroll.in |date=17 July 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>
Samos started rapping in 2016 and his inspiration is the rapper Tupac Shakur.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.odishabytes.com/odisha-rappers-take-caste-discrimination/|title=Watch: Odisha Rapper's Take On Caste Discrimination - ODISHA BYTES|last=Mishra|first=Sweta|date=31 July 2018|work=ODISHA BYTES|access-date=2018-08-12|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Tracks== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Year !Track !Artist !Director |- |2018 |Ladai Seekh Le<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/hip-hop-album-takes-caste-685900.html|title=A hip-hop album takes on caste discrimination|date=2018-08-06|website=Deccan Herald|language=en|access-date=2018-12-16}}</ref> |Sumeet Samos |Sanjay Singh Karki |- |2018 | Desia Pila<ref>{{Citation|last=sumit samos|title=Desia Pila II Sumeet Samos|date=16 November 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdyr9ibvp6E|access-date=2018-12-16}}</ref> | Sumeet Samos | Debojit Bora and Hans Abhishek |- |2018 | All You know is Five words<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.focusmagazine.in/rapper-sumeet-samos-raps-against-caste-oppression-in-india/|title=Rapper Sumeet Samos Raps Against Caste Oppression In India|date=2019-01-16|website=FOCUS magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-07}}</ref> | Sumeet Samos | Sumeet Samos |}
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==External links== * {{official website|https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBg0FZaCtFj1BLfD5rR8aPA/videos/}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Samos, Sumeet}} Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:Singers from Odisha Category:Musicians from Odisha Category:21st-century Indian singers Category:Dalit activists Category:Dalit writers