After announcing the launch of the iconic global hip-hop label, Def Jam India,Ankit Gudwani, a.k.a Fotty Seven, releases ‘Banjo’ his track with Def JamIndia.Labelledas one of the fastest rising rappers in the country, Fotty Seven is one of thefirst new artist signings on the label dedicated to supporting the best inIndian hip-hop talent and culture across the region.
Fotty Seven is a multi-talented artist who dons many hats from recording, editing,producing, and writing his own videos and music. His work that has reached farand wide gave him recognition and collaboration with Badshah that shot him to fame and opened many more opportunities. Since then, Fotty Seven has been trained and mentored by India’s hottest music sensation, Badshah. ‘Banjo’,released today, is about a character who everyone relates to in their circles.The character depicted in the song is a high headed guy who thinks he’s better than everyone without really achieving anything substantial in life. This Character in the video is what Fotty wanted to represent as his perception of himself. Producedby Quan, ‘Banjo’ features additional melody and programming by Aditya Dev with backing vocals by Badshah. Fotty and Badshah have worked together on the hook that evolved from high energy dropping down to a chilled and low scale version of itself. The harmonious melody played for a few seconds in the song given byAditya Dev makes it the highlight of the track. Excited on his debut Def Jam India release, Fotty Seven said, “I wrote‘Banjo’ on one of my beats, initially, to bring Delhi culture to the forefront. With Badshah by my side mentoring me, it sounded so good that we finally decided to keep it. It is a dream come true to be an artist of Def Jam Indiaand as ‘Banjo’ is Def Jam India’s debut release, this track will always remain close to my heart. Def Jam India is an exceptional team to work with, and I am looking forward to seeing everyone’s reaction to this song.” Ankit Gudwani, aka Fotty Seven, found his calling in rap music at the tender age of sixteen.
He concocted his stage name soon after, when he realized his initials (AG) gave way to the atomic number of silver — 47 (Fotty Seven). He began his journey through English rap and his first ever encounter with the industry was his audition for India’s Got Talent. There, he found teammates with whom he went on to form a band—Rap Kingz, but eventually they parted ways. Thereafter, he focused on his solo career and learnt music production professionally. He realised soon enough that Englishrap did not have as much scope in India as Hindi rap did, and thus made the transition to Hindi in 2017. He started gaining more traction and delivered some great hits like Pagal Hai Kya which till date, remains his most viewed video on his channel.
The same year that he hit 100 Subscribers, he also appeared on MTV Hustle. He was a one-man army—recording, editing, producing, and writing all his videos and music all by himself.His work reached far and wide, to the extent that even Badshah noticed and recognized his work, soon reaching out for collaboration in late 2019. The very next year, they dropped their first song together which shot to fame and opened a lot more doors for Ankit. He has since been working consistently on his music and has quickly taken a spot amongst the fastest rising rappers in India.
