India has been put on the world map of hip hop with a brand new song by Indian rapper Hanumankind. “Big Dawgs” has been a worldwide sensation taking over YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, and ‘big steppers’ and ‘big dawgs’ and ‘trend setters’ uniting over this song.
Sooraj Cherukat is an Indian-born and raised rapper from Kerala. He spent his early years in Houston, Texas, and began his music career in 2019 with his debut EP ‘Kalari.’ Although ‘Hanuman’ is a Hindu deity in the form of a monkey, Cherukat confirms that his stage name has no affiliation to any religion.
“Big Dawgs” by Hanumankind aims to push the Indian/Kerala culture to the world. The music video features a popular carnival stunt known as the ‘well of death’ where motorcyclists and small cars perform gravity-defying acts inside a wooden well. The energy of the song and the video are through the roof, which has definitely contributed to its popularity around the world.
The music video for “Big Dawgs” was released on July 10, 2024, accumulated over 30 million views in a month, and has been trending at #22. The audio has also garnered over 10 million views on TikTok by reels created by different creators. The song also earned Hanumankind their first Billboard Hot 100 entry at #57.
“Big Dawgs” is written and performed by Hanumankind.
Listen to “Big Dawgs” by Hanumankind
Hanumankind “Big Dawgs” Lyrics Review and Song Meaning
The lyrics of the song are pure adrenaline. Hanumankind talks about pushing his culture to the world while stepping on his business with all ten toes locked in the ground.
His product is his music and he pushed this one so hard that it traveled all over the world.
Pushing culture, baby, got that product you can’t measure
He is a trend-setter surrounded by his big dogs. He could care less for the laws because he got the lawyers with him.
Burn my body, pour my ashes in a river, y’all
That’s how we knowin’ that the flow about to carry on
In Indian culture, it is tradition to scatter the ashes of the dead in rivers as it symbolizes the journey from the living to the afterlife. Hanumanking gives props to this tradition while also alluding this to his musical flow being carried on after he is gone.
Hanumankind also shouts out to his southern family–the south of India, where he is from.
In the second verse of the song, Hanumankind also talks about the racial discrimination faced by brown-skinned communities around the world. The skin color is bourbon but it also means that some doors shut right in your face in some parts of the world.
Prophesise a profit when you know what’s comin’ next like ooh
If you know what’s going to happen next, you can always find a way to make the best out of that situation. This is foresight or luck for some. But some people create their own future through hard work and determination.
Let us know what you think about this song in the comments below. Read the complete lyrics to the song on Genius.