Rohit Iyengar

Rohit Iyengar (Born August 31, 1995) is a Dubai based Indian artist also known as SPR Productions, most notable for his video “Malls of Dubai”. The video has so far received over 180,000 hits on YouTube and has been covered by several UAE newspapers. Rohit Iyengar has so far posted over 80 videos on YouTube with a total of over 400,000 video views.

Malls of Dubai

The song was uploaded on August 28, 2011 on the YouTube channel SPRProductionsYT and currently has over 180,000 hits. It features Rohit rapping about the Malls of Dubai and their various unique aspects. "I'm in Dubai. I'm going to the mall. There's so many to choose from, I don't know where to go. You got big ones, small ones and all of them are awesome. There's so many to choose from, I don't know where to go." are the chorus lyrics. The video shows him rapping inside the malls themselves or using computer effects (green screen) to make the malls appear behind him Rohit Iyengar produced the music and edited the video and his mother filmed in the various malls

Composition

The song is recorded at a constant tempo of 75 beats per minute in the key of A minor and follows the structure: Intro, Chorus, Verse 1, Chorus, Verse 2, Chorus, End. The description on YouTube states "The music itself is inspired by ET (Katy Perry), We Will Rock You (Queen), Fight to Win (Your Favorite Martian) and the lyrical magic of DeStorm!"

Response

The song gained widespread notoriety for its casual racism and use of the voice effect Auto-Tune, and many have compared Rohit to Rebecca Black On September 22, 2011 the song was featured on Yahoo! Maktoob, which is Yahoo!'s official arm in the MENA region. As of now the video has over 600 likes and over 400 dislikes.