4. Vidya Vox/Vidya Iyer
Chennai born Vidya Vox is a mashup queen, singer, a rapper and a youtube sensation. She has over 300 million views on her videos and over 3 million subscribers on YouTube. She moved to the US when she was 8 after having taken lessons in Carnatic music for a couple of years. She has been associated with a band organized by Shanker Tucker (American clarinetist and music composer). Till date, she has performed at the White House, National Centre for the performing arts (India), Webster Hall, Festivals Des Artes in Reunion Island, INK Women, Suriname, Dubai and Meru Concert Series in Netherlands. One of her most popular mashups is “Lean on” and “Jind Mahi” for which she collaborated with several other musicians, including Ricky Jatt, Raashi Kulkarni, and Roginder “Violinder” Momi. Her other mashups are a mix of popular English and Hindi songs like ‘Shape Of You’, ‘Cheez Badi Hai’, ‘Let Me Love You’, ‘Tum Hi Ho’, ‘All Of Me’ and Main Hoon Hero Tera’ .
