Shanti Dope releases “Materyal” EP; Debut single “Nadarang” zooms to #1

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16-year-old rapper Shanti Dope releases “Materyal” EP; Debut single “Nadarang” zooms to #1 on Spotify PH’s Top 50 Viral Chart!

iTunes/Apple Music
https://itunes.apple.com/ph/album/materyal-ep/1317696219

Spotify
http://spoti.fi/2j4OHKp

Deezer
https://www.deezer.com/us/album/52385652

Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Materyal-Shanti-Dope/dp/B077RV8YPN

Spinnr
http://www.spinnr.ph/desktop/#albumdetail?albumCode=6019011096147


Shanti Dope is a 16-year-old rapper from Manila, who started writing verses in 2013 following the footsteps of local rappers who use songwriting as a way to tell stories. Influenced by the idea of storytelling through rap, his first long verse got him into rapper Smugglaz 2015 album Walking Distance. 2017 marks the year he comes out with his own EP with Universal Records.

Along with Smugglaz, he counts as influences Loonie, Ron Henley, and Gloc-9, whose wordplay, context, rhymes, and narratives he aspires for in his own work. The name Shanti Dope meanwhile is borne of the influence of his father, who was a practitioner of Krishna Consciousness. Shanti is the sanskrit word for “peace,” which, alongside “dope” could mean “Peace is my natural drug.” This call for peace, given songs that actually speak of injustice and inequality, that insists on discussing the state of the nation, is what sets him apart from many rappers his age.



In less than a week after “Materyal” EP release, the carrier single “Nadarang” shot straight to the NUMBER ONE spot on Spotify PH’s Top 50 Viral Chart. Not only that, three other songs from the EP entered the chart as well — Materyal (#10), Shantidope (#15) and Norem (#50).

Shanti Dope's “Materyal” EP is now available on all digital formats.

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