Lady Kash and Krissy

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Lady Kash and Krissy
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Lady Kash (left) and Krissy (right)
Background information
Origin Singapore
Genres Pop, hip hop, R&B, rap, urban, soul & world
Years active 2008–2012
Labels Independent
Associated acts A. R. Rahman
Past members
  • Kalaivani "Lady Kash" Nagaraj
  • Saradha "Krissy" Vidianand Das

Lady Kash and Krissy were a Singaporean Indian rapper-singer duo that was formed in September 2008 by Kalaivani Nagaraj, known as Lady Kash, and Saradha Vidianand Das, known as Krissy. The duo disbanded in December 2012.

History

Kalaivani Nagaraj and Saradha Vidianand Das met each other during their mid-teens on a social networking website in 2006.[1][2] In 2007, Nagaraj began her musical career as a rapper, as Lady Kash. In September 2008, Nagaraj and Das formed Lady Kash and Krissy as a rapper-singer duo.[3]

Indian singer Benny Dayal, who had heard the duo's vocals after sound testing for a Kannada film, put the duo in contact with A. R. Rahman, who recorded with them the soundtrack "Irumbile Oru Irudhaiyam" in the 2010 film Enthiran.[4] The duo also wrote the English lyrics for the song.[3] Rahman later had them contribute to "Semmozhiyaana Thamizh Mozhiyaam",[2][5][6] the theme song of the World Classical Tamil Conference 2010.[2][7] Lady Kash and Krissy, along with Shreya Ghoshal, sang "Dochey", composed by Rahman for the Telugu film Puli.[8][9]

In March 2011, Lady Kash and Krissy performed at the charity concert Sangarsh in Chennai.[10][11][12] Later that year, they were nominated under several categories for the VIMA Music Awards 2011,[13] and won second place in the Best Music Video category for their charity single "One".[14][15]

The duo performed at MediaCorp's Hello 2012 event in Singapore.[16] In December 2012, they performed at the Kuala Lumpur International Indian Music Festival in Malaysia.[17]

In December 2012, the duo disbanded on good terms, to concentrate on their individual careers.[3]

The duo won the VIMA 2013 award for Social Media Champion of Southeast Asia.[18][19]

In 2014, Lady Kash and Krissy reunited temporarily to perform "Wanna Mash Up" for the soundtrack for the Hindi film Highway.[3][20][21]

Discography

Singles

Song Released Lyrics Music Producer Notes
"Friction" 2008 Lady Kash and Krissy Charles Bosco
"It's Your Time" 2009 Lady Kash and Krissy Kausikan S.
"Wherever You Are" 2009 Lady Kash and Krissy Kausikan S.
"Still You" 2010 Lady Kash and Krissy Lohit Seven
"One" (charity single) 2010 Lady Kash and Krissy Lohit Seven

Soundtracks

Song Released Album Composer Co-singers Notes
"Semmozhiyaana Thamizh Mozhiyaam" 2010 Non-album A. R. Rahman Various artists[22] World Classical Tamil Conference 2010 theme song
"Dochey" 2010 Komaram Puli A. R. Rahman Shreya Ghoshal Also wrote the rap lyrics
"Irumbile oru Irudhaiyam" 2010 Enthiran A. R. Rahman A. R. Rahman Also wrote the English lyrics
"Bathing at Cannes" 2010 Engeyum Kaadhal Harris Jayaraj Emcee Jesz, Ranina Reddy Also wrote their respective lyrics
"Gaana Bajaana" 2010 Gaana Bajaana (Kannada) Joshua Sridhar Joshua Sridhar, Sayanora Philip Also wrote the English rap verse
"Naina Miley" 2010 Robot (Hindi) A. R. Rahman A. R. Rahman, Suzanne D'Mello
"Wanna Mash Up" 2014 Highway (Hindi) A. R. Rahman SuVi Also wtote the lyrics

Albums

  • Unlocked (Promotional album) (to be released)
  • Untitled Debut album (pre-production stages)

Other

  • "Trash" (also titled "Cheththa", "Kachra", "Kuppa" and "Kuppai") by Rahul Nambiar, featuring Lady Kash and Krissy (who also wrote the English lyrics), released in March 2014.[23]

References

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