Asmin Giri, also known as Emikid, is a Nepalese rapper, lyricist, author, and music producer from Lamahi, Dang.
Early Life;
He was born on 1st June 2007 in Lamahi. He was the 2nd child of Mr. Anirudhra Giri and Mrs. Pushpa Yogi. He has also a sibling sister name Asmita Giri. He was inspired by Eminem, J Cole, Juice Wrld, Kr$na, Biggie, MF Doom, and so on.
Why as Emikid?
Emikid, this name tells the half story itself. He was inspired by Eminem so, he copies/uses Emi from Eminem. Juice Wrld was one of the first rappers to whom he used to listen to. The first rapper whose biography he read was Juice Wrld. He read that Juice Wrld’s initial name was Juice The Kidd so, he copies/uses Kidd as (kid) from Juice Wrld. That’s why he chose Emikid as his stage name to give respect to his first inspirations.
Initial stage;
At the age of 11, he wrote his first rap in English but he wasn’t satisfied with it and he decided to write rap in English after 1 year. So, at the age of 12, he wrote his first Nepali rap name as “Kalakaar”. After getting decent good reviews from his friends he started uploading rap music on YouTube. But he uploaded English rap as his first rap music on YouTube. But lately, he started uploading Nepali rap songs due to the language barriers and not decent English lyrics. His English lyrics weren’t that much good as his Nepali.
Learning stage;
At the age of 13, he released 2 EP. The first one was “Dead Evil” second one was “Real Freestyle Rap EP” which was a freestyle rap ep, nothing in it was pre-written. 2nd Ep also includes English freestyle. He gets good reviews from his listeners in his 2nd Ep. At this same age, he also released a lyrical shit track like “Hustlers” featuring “Movil” an Indian rapper. Then released lots of tracks including Soch, Taco, Kasari, etc. After sometime later he released his first album “Pain in Gain” on 27 April 2021 on all major streaming services. He also gets many good reviews for his first album “Pain in Gain”.
He recently drop his second album "Wackstape". Also this album included 8 tracks including 7 songs and 1 interlude type track. This album didn't got so much reach but he got much appreciate for the limited audience. 'Jaadu' and 'Lobhiyeko Mann' are the most listened track of the whole album. He have collab with Bvek, Hoobeza, Sands Trap and Rohaaan in this album. He have also remaked one of the famous track 'Death Bed' as Nepali remix of it named as 'Death Bed Nepali Remix'. This album got so much vibe into it. This is not a very good album but it is not that bad album. It is a decent album with lots of emotions. It deserves a listen.