Dhruva Balram

Oct 30, 2024 | djmag.com | Dhruva Balram

On 12th September 2021, Ahad Elley, better known as the DJ and producer Ahadadream, and I sat silently, hunched over our phones in the early morning. Our eyes were red, faces streaked with tears as we scrolled through social media, taking in an unprecedented outpouring of love and celebration. It was the morning after the inaugural Dialled In, a festival that wasn’t supposed to exist — at least not like that.

Oct 4, 2024 | i-d.co | Dhruva Balram |Nelta Kasparian

“Been in the scene for less than a year/And I’ve gone clear/I want thirty bags for a feature/Standard procedure/Don’t be a puppy,” Pozer spits with raw intensity in the opening bars of his latest single, “Puppies”. “You liked that, yeah?” he asks, smirking. “It felt right to say.”In front of me in Balham Soho House in late August, the rapper’s demeanour is far from the outsized personality that he possesses on his tracks.

May 16, 2024 | djmag.com | Dhruva Balram

“I’ve realised I’m bad at interviews,” says Lavurn Lee over a video call from Berlin. “I’m bad at all the stuff outside of making the music.

Mar 25, 2024 | crackmagazine.net | Dhruva Balram

26.03.24 Words by: Dhruva Balram Photography: Ricky Weaver “I have never met someone who doesn’t have a beautiful voice,” Ganavya says, softly, over a video call from her friend’s house in Los Angeles. “Nobody! I also feel that way about god. I haven’t met a quarter of this world where god wasn’t there, in the root of everything.

Feb 12, 2024 | thequietus.com | Dhruva Balram

It is 2014 and the Toronto Raptors are playing the Brooklyn Nets in an NBA Eastern Conference playoff game. The camera pans to follow the action on the basketball court, stopping when a Raptors player is fouled. In the background, sitting court-side is arguably the world’s most famous rapper, Drake. He is using a lint roller to tend to his fleece trousers while watching the action unfold. The next day, a 20-second clip of this act of self-grooming spreads like a rash across the internet.