CAPTIVE – RAPPER AND A SONGWRITER

Sumit Prakash Kataria (Born April 1st, 1992) aka Captive is a rapper and songwriter. In the past few years, Captive has projected from being a Karaoke performer to the prime mover of “Sabali The Band”. The captive was brought up in Pune, a Good Samaritan School student and a graduate of Indira College. A National level snooker player was lured into learning guitar after the release of ‘Rock On’ back in 2008. Mike Shinoda, Eminem,2 Pac, and G-EAZY were his everyday loop.

In 2015, Captive started his career as a Rapper. Fast forward to 2016, he met Shubham Divakar who was performing at a fashion event. Due to their instant connection, Captive’s dream of having a band came back to life again. In 2017, his daydream ‘Sabali the band’ (Sabali, an African phrase from Damien Marley’s song meaning Patience) was forged into reality with Shubham Divakar and Tejandra Badbade. From their first show at Sin Envy Pride, Pune the band hasn’t looked back. The band’s journey from one show every month in Pune to twenty shows each month across the country is nothing but spectacular. Performing covers fused with Rap art is their rare factor.

Here is Captive in a conversation with GOGO Magazine.

1) When did your journey as a rapper and songwriter begin?

Captive started his journey as a rapper in 2015.

2) Which has been your first rapping gig?

From his first show at Sin Envy Pride ,Pune , Captive hasn’t looked back.

3) Who has been your inspiration?

Mike Shinoda, Eminem, 2 Pac and G-EAZY.

4) Where do you see yourself in the next 5 years?

Captive sees himself evolving from a local Hip Hop patch to becoming a national Hip Hop pulse in next 5 years.

5) Which has been your most memorable performance?

Dy Patil college, navi Mumbai for Rait college with the crowd of more than 8k+.

6) Tell us about your band. “Sabali the Band.”

In 2015 ,Captive started his career as a Rapper. Fast forward in 2016, he met Shubham Divakar who was performing at a fashion event. Due to their instant connect ,Captive’s dream of having a band came back to life again. In 2017,his day dream ‘Sabali the band’ (Sabali, an African phrase from Damien Marley’s song meaning Patience) was forged into reality with Shubham Divakar and Tejandra Badbade. From their first show at Sin Envy Pride, Pune the band hasn’t looked back. The band’s journey from one show every month in Pune to twenty shows each month across the country is nothing but spectacular. Performing covers fused with Rap art is their rare factor.

7) Share some of your achievements with the magazine.

In 2017,Captive started writing songs. His first collaboration ‘Aukha Time’ with T-Jay was released by ZEE Music Company .In 2019, Captive was talked about after the release of his big hit ‘Launda Bada Sakht Hai’ with Kryso, around again labelled by ZEE Music Company. Because of its acoustic fused Hip Hop style Sabali is a band of its own kind. Times of India awarded Sabali The Band as the Most Iconic Band of the year 2019.He has shared stage with Divine, Raja Kumari, Hardy Sandhu, Mohit Chauhan, Nikhil D’souza and many more.

8) How was life in quarantine?

Quarantine gave a lot of free time to work on new music and become a better artist. Also got to spend a lot of time with the family which usually isn’t possible due to the show business.

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