LONDON — The sounds of UK Urban-Bhangra and American Hip-Hop came together in spectacular style in the city of Mumbai, as two giants of the musical world – RDB and T-Pain – performed their new single exclusively at the first ever Indian MTV Video Music Awards on the March 21.



RDB brothers Surj and Manj enjoyed a whirlwind trip to Mumbai, as the pair also earlier unveiled, at a specially convened press conference, the new single called “Daddy da Cash,” which they have collaborated on with the Grammy award-winning American Hip-Hop and Rap superstar, T-Pain.



RDB has brought their unique brand of traditional Bhangra beats fused with mainstream Hip-Hop and Dance to a global audience with a catalogue of big-name collaborations with the likes of Snoop Dogg, Ludacris and Public Enemy.



Now, the latest addition to the RDB repertoire is T-Pain, whose long list of hits includes ‘Buy U A Drink’ and ‘5 ‘O Clock’ with British pop star Lilly Allen.



“We are lucky to collaborate with such great artists and are looking forward to many more associations. It provides new opportunities and a globalized perspective to our music and helps us to experiment with our music further more,” he said.



T-Pain said: “RDB are the coolest Indian guys and it was great working with them. I was looking forward to this collaboration and it was great performing for Indian fans. I have performed in India before, so I was excited to do it all over again.” — SG