Navz-47

• Musician

Naveeni Philip, aka Navz 47, started from the somewhat micro community of Tamil Canadians to become a global singer and rapper. Alongside hip-hop diaspora voices such as Cartel Madras, Rolex Rasathy and more, Navz 47 garnered attention first for her song ‘Kaathadi’ in late 2018 and followed it up in June this year with the raucous ‘Pattasu’, which even has a hilarious music video to boot. While she’s based in Toronto, Navz, whose mother was a radio jockey, is unwavering in using Tamil as her preferred language while singing, and we’ll likely hear more of that on her forthcoming debut album, Fresh off the Boat.