
Editor's Note
By: Anita Chatterjee
November 24th, 2008
Growing up in the United States, as a little girl, I can remember Desi culture being so far removed from the mainstream that my talking about it seemed almost taboo. At that point, I never dreamed that I would see the Western world begin to appreciate South Asian culture as much as I do, and enjoy all that it offers in the same way that I have. On November 17th, 2008 I witnessed the magic of the west embracing the east!
I am thrilled to announce that Desi Hits! acquired a new partnership with Warner Music Group (WMG). This collaboration marks an important event not only for all of us at Desi Hits! but for those in the Desi community.
As part of this agreement, a number of WMG's most globally recognized artists, including James Blunt, Jason Mraz, and T.I. will star short-form videos, which will be available DesiHits.com! In addition to providing fans with personal in-depth interviews, the making of these videos will afford these artists an opportunity to experience Desi culture through food, fashion, and Bollywood!
This partnership is a huge step for us at Desi Hits! and is a testament to music as a universal language. In the coming weeks I look forward to finally introducing the Desi community to some of the hottest artists out there, and in turn, sharing their experience of embracing Desi culture with you!
Culture is pride. Pride is Success.

Anita Chatterjee
Editor
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This is not only an advantage for American mainstream media but it is a comparative advantage for the Desi media. It is a business deal where both sides make money. Realdesi u give us examples about sean kingston and wat not, but do you realize one must take small steps to achieve the highest level. So yes it may look pathetic now but someday it will be more legit than ever. Me being an American, i think its about damn time. Its not big yet but hopefully one day people can appreciate the desi culture. So good job desi hits!!!!!!!!!
stop frontin..u guys are pathetic. So just because a black rapper does a song with PMC makes it acceptable for you to go tell your friends its cool music? Now Sean Kingston does a remix with a few DJs its accepted? Jesus...if u knew music again..you read billboard, he stated..the BOLLYWOOD INDUSTRY IS HUGE..I WANT TO CAPTALIZE ON IT...AND HE SUCEEDED TO GET SHINE..WTF IS THOSE DJS going to gain from it...some small press? Suketu's going to go back to his day job while Sean Kingston keeps selling records which is part of his marketing plan..grow up people. Why the hell are indians so pathetic. Same shit happnd when Truth Hurts sampled that indian riff. And mani, if u know so much about music..tell me wtf are WB going to cash in from our industry? You guys make me laugh and i'm not hating but stating the truth. And Kunal if u understand the REAL DEAL let me put it this way. I'm 50cent, i want to sell records to indians even more since its a niche market and desihits has proved it with their traffic. He says some dumb words and thats going to make it cool to be indian? Stop sending DH staff to post on this. People know the truth. You guys are sell outs! I liked this site when it promoted real URBAN DESI ARTISTS.
why do ingnorant people come to desi hits if they don't like it?? I think if we can get more mainstream artists working with desi artists thats great - we can cash in on their ausience and they cash in on ours - thats business. Real desi go to another site if you don't like this one - i come here all of the time and I don't want to see your dumb comments -
congrats DH, cant wait to see what you got in store
the content you're gonna get from this is NOT like mtv or bet. trust me. i was on the set of one of the shoots yesterday, and your gonna see some of your favorite stars doing somethings you're not gonna see anywhere else. we love the haters tho. so keep it coming.
I agree with Anita - I have spent my whole life consuming mainstream music and spent my money on the albums and the tours, but never have I felt they cared about me as a consumer. I did when JayZ did beware of the boys and I think that made every desi on the planet proud - so I think in the same way this will make us proud again that we are recognised. If we are going to spend money on these artists then i want them to know who I am. Also the UK desi music scene has been in and out of the mainstream for years but never really got tration or got paid, it was refreshing to see that when desi hits did the sean kingston project they used desi DJ's and now DJ seketu will work with sonyBMG with sean - thats huge! I congratulate desi hits - the rest of them that diss you are haters they wish they had done it! I won't buy any more of warner music than I am already buying but I am glad they care who I am and it will make me feel better about it.
yeah congrats on selling a marketing pitch to WB desihits...but ya'll needs to step their game up...we all watch MTV,bet and what not and most of us know what new music is. Desihits firstt went urban desi..then switcchhed up and went so fkin bollywood n' now they tryin to sell records for big white execs lol. Indians always sucumb to the rich. Be a trend setter not a follower!
To be honest I think it's more of an acheivement for Desihits then for the desi music scene. Realdesi is right, prooting mainstream artists in India doesn't help our scene it only helps Warner artists sell records in India. I honestly don't think seeing mainstream singers doing desi things like speaking in punjabi or eating indian food is going to impress any smart, intellegent South Asians in India or beyond. This is not going to help the West embrace the East.
ya i agree who cares about it, how are they gona know about our bollywood music,they made a bad decision...sucks for desihits!
ALthough this is exciting i kinda also agree wiv realdeal.
yea i kinda agree with realdeal.
how does that benefit desi culture?? jessus u guys need some music bizz knowledge! desihits has no idea what they are doing. Promoting mainstream acts to south asians wowww..that really helps us. It;s actually helping warner sell more records here!!! sell outs! What they're going to eat ladoos say some stupid words in punjabi and that makes them aknowledge our culture? LOL it's called selling musicc, marketing genious Culture is pride. selling south asian market to Warner is Success!!
how does that benefit desi culture?? jessus u guys need some music bizz knowledge! desihits has no idea what they are doing. Promoting mainstream acts to south asians wowww..that really helps us. It;s actually helping warner sell more records here!!! sell outs! What they're going to eat ladoos say some stupid words in punjabi and that makes them aknowledge our culture? LOL it's called selling musicc, marketing genious Culture is pride. selling south asian market to Warner is Success!!
wow!! thts wicked :D .. gr8 work DH !! ..