Pratika

Samarth Shirke

MP PEP a.k.a Pratika is a musician and singer. Formerly bass guitarist and vocalist in Mumbai metal band Chronic Phobia since the age of 13, she released her solo debut hip hop single ‘Burn’ produced by Calm from Delhi duo Seedhe Maut in April 2020. Since April, she has released and featured on five songs across genres of hip hop, electronica and metal. She also works at Azadi Records and Ticket Fairy India.

News

Pratika, Krantinaari, JQueen & More Come Together For All-Female Hip-Hop Collective Wild Wild Women

JQueen (Jacqulin M Lucas), Hashtagpretty (Preeti N Sutar), Pratika (Pratika E Prabhune), MC Mahila (Shruti Raut) and Krantinaari (Ashwini Hiremath) have banded together to form the all-female...

Pratika, Krantinaari and Prabhu Neigh Highlight Discrimination On ‘Labels’

Pratika E Prabhune aka MC Pep and Ashwini Hiremath aka Krantinaari made their debut earlier this year with ‘Burn’ and ‘Krantinaari’ respectively – joining a scattering of other...

Features

2020 In Review

To fully grasp all that the year 2020 entailed, it’s important to briefly reflect on how things were at the start of it. India was seething with massive protests against its lawmakers, U.S....