India, April 30 -- For rapper Chaar Diwaari aKa Garv Taneja, music isn't just a form of self-expression-it's survival in chaos. And there's no better training ground for that than Delhi, his hometown. "Delhi's chaos is a part of who I am. Its hustle, its attitude, the stories that unfold every night on the streets-I love it," says the rapper-producer. It's this unfiltered energy that has shaped not just his sound, but his inner conflict, an ongoing search for belonging and his way of seeing the world.

That theme of belonging-or the lack of it-cuts through his latest release Farebi, a gritty, cinematic track that plays like a fugitive's confession. "It's about a guy on the run, from heartbreak, from the law, from himself," he says.

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