{"id":86830,"date":"2021-02-19T19:58:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T14:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=86830"},"modified":"2021-02-19T19:58:47","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T14:28:47","slug":"video-from-2019-falsely-viral-as-rap-song-on-farmers-protest-aired-on-mtv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-from-2019-falsely-viral-as-rap-song-on-farmers-protest-aired-on-mtv\/","title":{"rendered":"Video from 2019 falsely viral as rap song on farmers&#8217; protest aired on MTV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On February 18, several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/posts?q=%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%20%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%20%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%95%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%20MTV%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0&amp;f=AbphxGrtLfD_sE4nnD7xOMgrTdHjK6BI2RSRcc3whV_A2dIlaUH6-voK7AokVX3Kd161UoDbgMw1mD-u3AxnXVYEjOLh5hBLi1njRAxSE1W8P0w1tIZsUh6RQJvccWvXsoQxsvXiFYACkHl6fn8BA43RrmqApxNcnfoHwyEvU6yinvR2VSbr1ztn6_grwZPMBTOsEbP47yojO6yr3ixftDmMhN9uoGdKaXjF4gvh8Xjb0yWwdspLb_I76If5vLHteeWBe2szOGPIb9o8WOlMm_yH6ZT4og3SvoEcFqijJZiTzVLnZ8kStWbLIn9vnIsQZJm3eVoW457m6p4Sum-bQ9tljPeKbTD4pHiHwgLw2_Y40xpeUzK8x0gbgBS-TlbT_bbhnIDEf80WRWUutQIhxNjQaQtjJM_oQzSxApVmljp3QDkVl9WFvnJJ03a-90o9Rv36pE-93_YbGzdip95PNUDvA2NdYxNsAJ6uolxDuCQANugZXlK5lEr3f3LLz5g4Ki8_dkqpLdqDi3GHvAo5C21BSMz-iBi_hHQ7k0A5aHLbwKQg74pNUrTzR-p7Z0XwMKvvl0AbKWJ6zeTPaIvRtYEoBLhgYenURp7e4tNLE6YvsXo-KPc64qVGWy9j8N66xtmRnVuTtl19-GKLTvTBXoUvihJZyPDzfKdpurIkNLc-Gf_V5EPRt4BK3-QhKV6cVDNDxfD6YOB0z3x8w5TQjDeVQF2bsvvyA4vWBehkNSShcTUafHavLZ21FORgbaXoQVLCV39Go5L9XCCppgjUZIIAzvVLR0m_rMALOxtCSz2FijG5xNrOkoqxAdviwI_qk6smmV2M_xXFPEATfgj8flAY&amp;filters=eyJycF9hdXRob3I6MCI6IntcIm5hbWVcIjpcIm1lcmdlZF9wdWJsaWNfcG9zdHNcIixcImFyZ3NcIjpcIlwifSIsInJwX2NyZWF0aW9uX3RpbWU6MCI6IntcIm5hbWVcIjpcImNyZWF0aW9uX3RpbWVcIixcImFyZ3NcIjpcIntcXFwic3RhcnRfeWVhclxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMjFcXFwiLFxcXCJzdGFydF9tb250aFxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMjEtMVxcXCIsXFxcImVuZF95ZWFyXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMVxcXCIsXFxcImVuZF9tb250aFxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMjEtMTJcXFwiLFxcXCJzdGFydF9kYXlcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIxLTEtMVxcXCIsXFxcImVuZF9kYXlcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIxLTEyLTMxXFxcIn1cIn0ifQ%3D%3D\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%20%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%20%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%95%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%20MTV%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\">Twitter<\/a> users shared a video of a rap performance and claimed that the issue of farmers&#8217; protest was raised after the Miss India pageant aired on MTV. The winners of Miss India 2020 were announced on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CLRUR1TsmOy\/\">February 15<\/a>. The song talks about the plight of farmers in India. It ends with the artist saying, &#8220;Farmers of our country unite for we have nothing to lose but our chains.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(The video has been shared with the Hindi text: \u092e\u093f\u0938 \u0907\u0902\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0949\u0928\u094d\u091f\u0947\u0938\u094d\u091f \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0926 \u090f\u0915 \u092c\u093e\u0930 \u092b\u093f\u0930 \u0938\u0947 \u0917\u0942\u0902\u091c\u093e \u0915\u093f\u0938\u093e\u0928 \u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928 \u0915\u093e \u092e\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0926\u093e MTV \u092a\u0930,\u091c\u091c\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u094d\u091f\u0948\u0902\u0921\u093f\u0917 \u0913\u092c\u093f\u090f\u0936\u0928 \u0926\u0940 \u0939\u0948&#8230;. \u092c\u093e\u0924 \u0928\u093f\u0915\u0932\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0924\u094b \u0926\u0942\u0930 \u0924\u0932\u0915 \u091c\u093e\u090f\u0917\u0940&#8230;.)<\/p>\n<p>Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/5BVXH\">@vandana_21gupta<\/a> posted the video on February 18. Since then it has been viewed over one lakh times.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092e\u093f\u0938 \u0907\u0902\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0949\u0928\u094d\u091f\u0947\u0938\u094d\u091f \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0926 \u090f\u0915 \u092c\u093e\u0930 \u092b\u093f\u0930 \u0938\u0947 \u0917\u0942\u0902\u091c\u093e \u0915\u093f\u0938\u093e\u0928 \u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928 \u0915\u093e \u092e\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0926\u093e MTV \u092a\u0930,<\/p>\n<p>\u091c\u091c\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u094d\u091f\u0948\u0902\u0921\u093f\u0917 \u0913\u092c\u093f\u090f\u0936\u0928 \u0926\u0940 \u0939\u0948&#8230;.<br \/>\n\u092c\u093e\u0924 \u0928\u093f\u0915\u0932\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0924\u094b \u0926\u0942\u0930 \u0924\u0932\u0915 \u091c\u093e\u090f\u0917\u0940&#8230;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FriUDH9yLo\">pic.twitter.com\/FriUDH9yLo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 #Andolanjeevi Vandana Gupta (@vandana_21gupta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vandana_21gupta\/status\/1362354488649121794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This tweet was quote-tweeted by actor <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/kh8YQ\">Sushant Singh<\/a>, INC member <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/jftX9\">Alka Lamba<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/NJRqq\">Om Thanvi<\/a>, vice-chancellor at the Haridev Joshi University of Journalism and Mass Communication in Rajasthan. Between these three accounts, the video gained over 2,000 retweets.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-86830 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-from-2019-falsely-viral-as-rap-song-on-farmers-protest-aired-on-mtv\/screenshot-2021-02-19-at-15-36-58\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-19-at-15.36.58.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-19-at-15.36.58.jpg 594w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-19-at-15.36.58-254x300.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-from-2019-falsely-viral-as-rap-song-on-farmers-protest-aired-on-mtv\/screenshot-2021-02-19-at-15-36-12\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"592\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-19-at-15.36.12.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-19-at-15.36.12.jpg 592w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-19-at-15.36.12-254x300.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-from-2019-falsely-viral-as-rap-song-on-farmers-protest-aired-on-mtv\/screenshot-2021-02-19-at-15-35-46\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"588\" height=\"704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-19-at-15.35.46.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-19-at-15.35.46.jpg 588w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-19-at-15.35.46-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Parody Facebook page <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/JoX6V\">Rofl Gandhi<\/a> also shared the video along with the viral text.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86837 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-19-at-14.50.55.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-19-at-14.50.55.jpg 639w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-19-at-14.50.55-300x251.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News performed a reverse image search via video verification tool InVid and found a result that suggested the video is from MTV Hustle, a rap music reality show. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86839 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-19-at-15.11.31.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"871\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-19-at-15.11.31.png 871w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-19-at-15.11.31-300x84.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-19-at-15.11.31-768x214.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 871px) 100vw, 871px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next, we performed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=mtv+hustle+farmer+rap\">keyword search<\/a> on YouTube and found that the viral video was uploaded by a YouTube channel called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=squZ8rkQPuo\">Abstracted TV<\/a> in November 2019. As per the description, the video shows a performance by Santhanam Srinivasan Iyer, popularly known as EPR\u200b, of the song &#8216;Tobe Ekla Cholo Re&#8217;. The video has over five lakh views.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/music\/epr-iyer-rapper-activist-robert-frost-fan\/story-yCfxaLmsPTbhs3D1foxjDL.html\">Hindustan Times<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/kolkata\/kolkata-rapper-wins-big-on-national-reality-tv\/articleshow\/71633096.cms\">The Times of India<\/a> reported that the rapper performed this song on MTV Hustel&#8217;s finale in October 2019. EPR also posted this video on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B3oZs_rgKR_\/\">Instagram account<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[embedyt] https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=squZ8rkQPuo[\/embedyt]<\/p>\n<p>In a telephonic call with Alt News, EPR confirmed that the performance was from the MTV Hustle finale in October 2019. He added, &#8220;While the song was written prior to the introduction of farms bills and subsequent protests against it, I wouldn&#8217;t deny that it echoes the sentiments of the movement. I wrote this song in 2019 for MTV Hustle&#8217;s finale. I sought my inspiration from Rabindranath Tagore&#8217;s patriotic Bengali song &#8216;Ekla Cholo Re&#8217;. The song &#8216;Tobe Ekla Cholo Re&#8217; expresses my feelings about the plight of Indian farmers and my solidarity with the farmers&#8217; movement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Readers should note the farm bills that led to nationwide farmers&#8217; protests were introduced in Lok Sabha on <a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1654007\">September 14, 2020<\/a>. Therefore the claim the video is related to the current movement is false. The claim that the song was performed after Miss India 2020 pageant is also deemed false. Moreover, the contest&#8217;s finale is yet to air on television. It will be broadcast by Colors TV on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/entertainment\/telanganas-manasa-varanasi-crowned-vlcc-femina-miss-india-world-2020\/article33806699.ece\">February 28<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A video of Santhanam Srinivasan Iyer&#8217;s performance at MTV Hustle 2019 finale was shared with the false claim that the song was performed for the recent farmers&#8217; protest and was aired on MTV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 18, several Facebook and Twitter users shared a video of a rap performance and claimed that the issue of farmers&#8217; protest was raised after the Miss India pageant aired on MTV. The winners of Miss India 2020 were announced on February 15. The song talks about the plight of farmers in India. 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