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Rekha Malhotra, better known as “DJ Rekha,” is one of the most successful South Asian musicians in America. She is also the most brazenly anti-status quo, straight-talking, no minced words kind of person you’ll ever meet. The queen of bhangra music, Rekha is a DJ with no equal in America. In her early thirties, Rekha has single-handedly carved a niche for herself and for South Asian music that has everyone throwing their hands in the air and swinging to bhangra.

Basement Bhangra is the cult party founded by Rekha that started it all. Called variously the “the must-dance destination for young South Asians,” “a Mecca for the rapidly growing number of Asian hip-hop fanatics,” and “New York’s most popular South Asian party,” Basement Bhangra has the kind of street credibility that DJs dream about. It has established one sure fact in the last six years: Rekha knows how to throw a party like no other. It is the only place where you’re likely to find Indian immigrants, American Sikhs, Connecticut gentry, and Pakistani preppy bankers, all dancing to the contagious beat of bhangra. Who would have thought that Punjabi folk music could be so popular in downtown Manhattan?

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Watch the DJ Rekha CNN Interview HERE.