Brodha V has collaborated with other artists in the Indian film industry such as Hiphop Tamizha, KR$NA, Raghu Dixit, Vishal Dadlani, Benny Dayal, Raftaar and Anirudh Ravichander.
16 Facts About Brodha V
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In 2017, Brodha V collaborated with artist Sanjeev Thomas on a campaign to raise awareness for Congenital Heart Defect using heartbeats donated by the public.
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In 2018, Brodha V stirred up controversy through his song "Shook Ones- Freestyle" by calling out artists who plagiarize content from other artists, and draws attention to the disparity in media attention given to artists from South India vs North India.
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Brodha V has featured in the Bollywood movie Gully Boy directed by Zoya Akhtar, and he is one of the artists on whom the title and story were based upon.
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Brodha V has collaborated with athletic company Puma in 2019 to promote underground music and hip-hop culture in India.
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In 2019, Brodha V released his first ever Kannada rap song, which was his rendition of the song "Maari Kannu" from the cult classic film A In the music video that was well received by fans, he questions Indian society and asks everyone to introspect their values.
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Brodha V released "Vainko", a collaboration with Bangalore-based YouTubers Jordindian, which instantly went viral and led to the "vainko challenge".
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In 2020, Brodha V released "Flex" that features Punjabi tunes.
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Two months later, in February 2021, Brodha V released "Aaraam", his second Kannada track.
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In September 2022, Brodha V collaborated with KR$NA and released the much awaited track "Forever" where the two lyrical rappers showcased their penmanship.
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In May 2023, Brodha V released his first love song "Azhage" which he stated was a personal challenge to channel deep emotions to expand on his versatality.
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In March 2024, Brodha V performed at the Royal Challengers Bangalore Unbox event at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
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Shortly after, in January 2025, Brodha V released his third Kannada track Hengaithe Maige, garnering a lot of attention in Karnataka and South India.
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Brodha V revealed in an interview to Raaj Jones that his stage name, Brodha V is derived from two elements, the first fragment stands for brotherhood while the second stands for his given name, Vighnesh.
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Brodha V's style is a blend of hip-hop, Hindustani classical, Carnatic classical and Indian folk music.
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Brodha V cites early '90s East coast rappers Eminem, Rakim, Nas, Big Pun, Wu-Tang Clan and Jay-Z as his inspiration and role models.