Sameer Ghising, better known by his stage name VTEN, is a Nepalese rapper and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the prominent figures of Nepalese hip hop.[1] He started gaining popularity after release of his song "Churot" in 2016.[2][3] His songs like ''Simsime Pani", "Paara", "Hami Yestai ta honi bro", "Yatra", "Haalkhabar", "Kaatha" etc are major hits.

Sameer
Other names
  • V-TEN
  • V10
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • actor
  • songwriter
Years active2014 - Present
Musical career
OriginKathmandu, Nepal
Genres
Labels
  • Trap Nepal
Websitetrap.li/VTEN
YouTube information
ChannelsVTEN
Years active2015 - Present
Subscribers2.36 Million
Total views303 Million

Early life

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Ghising was born in Chandranigahpur Rautahat, the origin of infamous wordsmith; the poet JENAN NEPAL. Ghising worked as a carpenter with his father, learning to make cupboards, doors, and windows from wood. As a teenager, Ghising moved to Kathmandu to study in high school, and also started painting Thankas with his uncle. In interviews, Ghising has said he became passionate about rapping while painting Thankas but began to have difficulty juggling that job with his expanding rap career. Ghising spent most of his pre-fame days living with his friends and writing rap songs. He is said to have completed his high school(+2) and has not continued his education thereafter.

Career

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He has worked with various popular artists such as Girish Khatiwada. Ghising made his way into the rap industry by impressing many with his talent in rapping. His songs have been applauded for their realism, relatability to the struggle of young people in Nepal, and potent and exceptional self-expression of feelings. He is the first Nepali solo artist to hit 1 million subscribers on YouTube.[4] He gained popularity from his hit lists such as Churot, Hami Yastai ta Honi Bro, Sim Sime Pani, Himmat, Cypher, Kathaa, Manche Khattam and so on.

Tours

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Ghising has toured in South Korea,[5] Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom, UAE, Bhutan, India, Hong Kong, Qatar, Thailand and the US.[citation needed]

Discography

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Studio albums

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  • Superstar (2020)
  • Bad Bad Bad (2023) (upcoming album)

Singles

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Year Track Artist Notes
2024 Ready Maa VTEN
2024 Don't Judge Me VTEN
2023 GMBLIN VTEN ,Denish Serchan, Urgen Moktan, Big Man and Sunjay
2023 TEII VTEN Prod by BeatsByHype X Sooraz
2022 2014 VTEN Prod by tykez and OMG KTM
2022 Afnai Bato VTEN BY A JOINT COLLABORATION Rajiv Vlogs ABBOYE
2022 Kukur VTEN BY A JOINT COLLABORATION Rajiv Vlogs ABBOYE
2022 Gau Tirai VTEN
2021 Galli Sadak VTEN Prod by beatsbyhype
2021 CRMNL VTEN and BOBBY BEATZ
2021 PARAA VTEN
2020 Nepali Ho VTEN and Raila Roka
2019 Sim sime pani VTEN
2018 Kathaa VTEN and Dharmendra Sewan
2018 Halkhabar VTEN
2017 Manche Khattam VTEN
2017 Khalasi VTEN
2017 Himmat VTEN
2017 Maafi Garideu Aama VTEN
2017 Baini VTEN
2017 Laure ko fashion VTEN
2017 Intro VTEN
2017 TATTO NA CHHARO VTEN
2017 CHUROT VTEN

Promotional track

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year track promoting artists Description
2020 Sarauto Sarauto (Movie) VTEN featuring Sumi moktan Included in Album Superstar
2023 Chhadke Khalas 2.0 Chhadke (Movie) VTEN

References

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  1. ^ "VTEN: 2023 edition". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  2. ^ Sharma, Supriya. "Rapper VTEN: Good influence or bad?". My Republica.
  3. ^ Adhikari, Rojita (13 January 2020). "'No debate, no democracy': journalists in Nepal fight new threat to press freedom" – via www.theguardian.com.
  4. ^ "कम्युनिस्टका 'जनवादी गीत' भन्दा कम छैनन् र्‍याप गीत".
  5. ^ "कोरियाको होङ्ग्देमा हुने डान्स पार्टीमा र्‍यापर भिटेन र गिरीशकाे र्‍यापले तताउने". संसार ब्युझाउने हाम्रो अभियान ! हरेक दिन नयाँ !!. 8 September 2018.
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