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DJ Rekha
Musical artist
DJ Rekha (born Rekha Malhotra, 1971) is a London-born musician, DJ, producer, curator, activist. They have been credited with pioneering Bhangra music in North America.[1] Their first album, DJ Rekha Presents Basement Bhangra, released in October 2007 on Koch Records, fuses the Indian genre of bhangra music with international hip-hop and drum beats.
Early life
DJ Rekha spent the first year of their life in London, and the following three years in New Delhi, India.[2] They credit this time in India as critical for exposure to Punjabi, the primary language of bhangra.
They returned to London briefly until their family moved to Queens, New York. DJ Rekha spent most of their adolescence in Westbury, Long Island and currently lives in Jackson Heights, Queens.[3] They graduated from Queens College with a degree in Urban Studies while simultaneously experimenting and honing their craft on the turntables.[4]
