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Adhi (Hiphop Tamizha) Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 4, 2026 • 3 min read

Quick Info

Date of birth20 February 1990

Age33 (as of 2023)

BirthplaceSathyamangalam, Erode district, Tamil Nadu, India

ProfessionSinger, Lyricist, Director, Actor

NationalityIndian

Marital statusMarried

SpouseLatchaya

Adhi (Hiphop Tamizha) Biography

Adhithya Ramachandran Venkatapathy, known professionally as Adhi or Hiphop Tamizha, is an Indian singer, lyricist, director and actor from Tamil Nadu. He’s

Early life and background

Adhithya Ramachandran Venkatapathy was born on 20 February 1990 in Sathyamangalam in Erode district, Tamil Nadu. Raised in a middle-class Gounder family, he completed his schooling at Chavara Vidya Bhavan in Coimbatore before studying electrical engineering at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology. He later earned a Master of Business Administration from the Department of Management Studies at the University of Madras.

Physical details listed publicly include a height of about 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) and a weight near 65 kg. His eye colour is brown and his hair is black.

Career

Adhi emerged as a prominent voice in Tamil hip-hop through a combination of independent releases, recorded albums and work for film and television. He first gained major attention with the single “Club Le Mabbu Le,” which he uploaded to YouTube and which racked up millions of views within a week. In 2005 he and R. Jeeva connected via the social network Orkut and formed the musical duo Hiphop Tamizha. That year they released a Tamil hip-hop mixtape titled Vishwaroobam Arambam.

The pair’s debut studio album, Hiphop Tamizhan, arrived in 2012. Hiphop Tamizha has been noted by the India Book of Records as the first artist to release a Tamil hip-hop album from India. Adhi and his project continued building visibility: in 2013 he signed an international album project called International Tamizhan with Remy Martin that was intended to include collaborations with American artists, and over the years he released and appeared in several music videos, including Excuse Me Kathali (2010), Ezhuvoam Vaa (2011) and Takkaru Takkaru (2016).

Adhi expanded his creative footprint into film in 2017 when he wrote, directed and starred in the Tamil feature Meesaya Murukku, playing the lead role of Adhithya. He has also worked as a composer for television, writing the title song for the multilingual South Indian serial Nandini in 2017.

Entrepreneurial and supporting activities

Beyond recording and film work, Adhi has pursued entrepreneurial initiatives and public engagements tied to music and brand-building. In 2013 he launched a clothing line called Tamizhanda Clothing in collaboration with a firm called Difference of Opinion. The following year he announced a music label named Madrasi Mafia aimed at managing independent artists. He has given live performances at college cultural events and conducted a seminar on brand management titled Face to Face: Hiphop Tamizhan at Dr G. R. Damodaran College of Science in Coimbatore.

Accolades and recognition

Adhi’s rise on the internet and in the independent music scene brought awards and recognition. He won Big FM 92.7’s Internet Sensation of the Year in 2013 and was voted Independent Artist of the Year at Anna University’s Techofes. At the Edison Awards he was named The Rising Star of 2014 Male in 2015. He has continued to perform live and maintain a visible presence in Tamil music and film.

Public profile

Adhi is publicly identified as Indian and Hindu. He is married to Latchaya; the couple married on 30 November 2017 and do not have children listed. Publicly available profiles list his hobbies as singing and writing. Caste is recorded in publicly available material as Gounder (Backward Class).

Latest updates

Key career milestones through 2017 include the Hiphop Tamizhan album (2012), ongoing work on an international album project announced in 2013, and his 2017 film Meesaya Murukku, which he directed, wrote and starred in. He also composed the title song for the TV serial Nandini in 2017. Other ventures include the Tamizhanda Clothing brand and the Madrasi Mafia music label.

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Recent Work

Meesaya Murukku

Directed, wrote and played the lead role (Adhithya) in the Tamil film (2017).

2017
Hiphop Tamizhan (album)

Debut album as Hiphop Tamizha (2012).

2012
Nandini (TV serial title song)

Composed the title song for the South Indian multilingual television serial (2017).

2017
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Career Highlights

  1. Released the debut album Hiphop Tamizhan (2012)
  2. Recognised by the India Book of Records as the first artiste to release a Tamil hip-hop album from India
  3. Directed, wrote and starred in Meesaya Murukku (2017)
  4. Won Internet Sensation of the Year from BIG FM 92.7 (2013)
  5. Launched Tamizhanda Clothing and announced the Madrasi Mafia music label
Reviewed by F4U Editorial Desk

F4U profile pages are prepared from public career information, checked for readability, and updated when reliable correction sources are shared with the editorial team.

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