Uniq poet is a household name in Nepalese hip-hop industry today. But I have always known him by UTSAHA JOSHI. He is my neighbor and his house is one block away from mine. He was born in Kathmandu but spent two years of kindergarten and a year of primary year in Switzerland. He was a sharp kid from childhood and was introduced early in the world of programming. That is to say that he used to build pc games when in middle school. We kids of our neighborhood used to watch him try different games modules and he would always promise us of making main character in his games.
He has an older brother, Uchit dai who is one of the few people that I admire. He was brilliant in the ways of life and philosophy. He was very interested in the spirit of mind and use to guide us in the ways of meditation, breathing technique, concentration power, third eye and what not. Me and my neighborhood friends of four used to visit his house during weekends as we loved him. It was through that period that we got familiar with Utsaha dai. He didn't mingled with us as much as his big brother but he would allow us to play playstation sometimes but watching him play was more fun for me. Uniq poet was into computer much more than his brother. As years passed, we could hear him free styling something every time we visited his house in his new golden-colored mike. It was sometime after those times that we heard his famous raw-barz battles with other rappers of his generation. It was moment of glory for us that he became famous. He was chasing his dreams, busy with schedules and music. As time passed, I and my friends were focusing on schools and Uchit dai was not as available as few years ago as he was focusing on his studies. So our visit were not frequent but we talk whenever we meet. Uniq poet was facing difficult career choices after +2 and was pressured by family to first complete his degree and then pursue music afterwards. So he went to Australia for his bachelors and we heard from him less in music industry. But he came back after two years from abroad after an accident with his friend in Australia and could no longer study there. So he joined bachelors in Nepal and kept on making music side by side. As he was already a skillful programmer he was not pressured on bachelors and kept releasing his greatest hit albums and collaboration song with famous singer and rappers.
He writes his own song and is an amazingly skillful free styler. His songs mostly depicts the society and its dark sides and focuses on influencing youths to make a better of themselves so that they can rebuild society to help nation. His other songs are based on social boycott of Nepalese system, himself and for entertainment. Seeing him never giving on his dream of becoming an iconic rapper land chasing his dreams inspires me a lot. He is now focusing on both his career as a musician and programmer side by side so that he doesn't loose on his passion. His story of struggle and his advice has helped a lot of new generation rappers and musicians who are confused about their life choices. He is influencer and role model to all those people who believe that dreams can come true if you persist hard for them.
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