From CA Aspirant to Rapper: Here’s Dee MC’s Story

"You can study but you need to get married." Find out how Deepa a.k.a Dee MC defied gender norms by pursuing a career in rap. #TalkingBold

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00:00Double standards in the heritage

00:02Women always suffocate

00:03In a cage from birth to death

00:04Never have all that

00:05Coming from a South Indian family

00:07I was set to study and work

00:18You can study and you can have a degree

00:20But you need to get married

00:21You need to be somebody's wife

00:23You need to be a mother

00:24I think I was just born a feminist

00:26I could see that the rules are different for me

00:28For me, following my gut feeling

00:31Is the most important thing

00:33So I think hip-hop gave me that space

00:35To truly speak my mind freely

00:38And I truly thank hip-hop

00:40For making me one of the most empowered women

00:42In this country

00:43And truly one in a billion