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Anisha Dixit
Personal information
Born
Anisha Dixit

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India[1][2]
NationalityIndian[1]
EducationGeorge Washington University
Occupations
  • Musician
  • Actresss
  • Youtuber
  • Vlogger
  • Dancer
Websitewww.youtube.com/Rickshawali
YouTube information
Also known asHaiDaiyya
Channel
Years active2013–present
Genres
  • vlogs
  • Indian Youtuber
  • Comedian
  • classical
  • Social Worker and Public Speaker
  • Dancer
Subscribers1 million[3]
(August 20, 2018)
Total views460 million[3]
(July 15, 2018)
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers2018

Vidya Iyer, better known by her stage name Vidya Vox, is an

Indo-American YouTuber and singer.[2] She was born in Chennai and immigrated with her family to the USA at the age of eight years. Her music is a mix of Western pop, electronic dance music, and Indian classical music.[2] Since beginning her channel in April 2015, her videos have received over 450 million views, and her channel has accumulated over 4.7 million subscribers. Her mashup of Major Lazer's Lean On with a Punjabi folk song has 35 million views and "Be Free (Pallivaalu Bhadravattakam)" has 93 Million views on YouTube[2]
as of September 2018.

Personal life

Vidya Iyer was born in Chennai, India and was raised in Virginia in the United States. She spoke Tamil at home, learned Carnatic music from the age of 5, and also enjoyed listening to English music. She confessed to having an identity crisis, being bullied for being Indian, and hiding her culture while growing up, but now feels proud of her culture.[4][2] She was inspired by her grandmother to pursue Indian classical music. She became confident of her Indian roots in college, joined the Indian Student Association, and joined Indian folk dance teams. She studied psychology and biomedical sciences at George Washington University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in biological sciences. She moved to India for two years to learn music.[2]

Her sister is Vandana Iyer and her boyfriend is composer-director-musician Shankar Tucker, whom she met in college. All three collaborated in creating music.[2] In 2017 she promoted her music, rehearsing bhangra and hip hop dance.[2]

Career

Vidya Iyer regularly sings in a band organized by

Reunion Island, INK Women, Suriname, Dubai and the Meru Concert Series in the Netherlands.[5]

Her most popular mashup was "Closer / Kabira", which clocked in over 55 million views in 7 months. One of her mashups is "Lean On" and "Jind Mahi", for which she had a collaboration with several other musicians, including Ricky Jatt, Raashi Kulkarni, and Roginder "Violinder" Momi.[6] She released "Kuttanadan Punjayile", a famous Kerala boat song, as a fusion along with an English song written by Shankar Tucker and herself, which was shot in Kerala with Mohiniyattam performed by Sreenidhi and Sreedevi. In 2016, she released her EP, Kuthu Fire, which was produced by Shankar Tucker, and co-written by Shankar Tucker and Vidya Iyer.[7][8][9]

Discography

References

  1. ^ a b "About". Rickshawali. 9 December 2015. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Now, her music merges India and the United States: Vidya Vox's "Kuthu Fire" extended play features influences from both her Indian and American identities, NBC News, 17 Nov 2017.
  3. ^ a b "About Rickshawali". YouTube.
  4. ^ Vidya Vox proud to be Indian in America, IANS, 22 Nov 2017.
  5. ^ "The mashup star". The Hindu. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Singer Vidya Vox on Blending two Musical Worlds: East and West". India.com. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  7. ^ "The Famous Kerala Boat Song 'Kuttanadan Punjayile' Just Got A New Twist And It Sounds Awesome". The Huffington Post. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Vidya and Shankar Tucker gives Kerala's favourite boat song 'Kuttanadan Punjayile' a classic twist". India Today. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Stylish makeover for Malayalam folk song". Deccan Chronicle. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

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