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Heems Vents Frustration over Supply Chain Shortfalls After Losing His Father to COVID-19

PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2020

Himanshu Suri — best known as Das Racist and Swet Shop Boys rapper Heems — has lost his father to COVID-19, and the artist is now venting s...

Exclaim!'s Top 11 EPs of the Year

Best of 2017

PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2017

As our annual rollout of genre-specific album lists for the Best of the Year — which so far has covered the Top 20 Pop & Rock Albums, Top 1...

Swet Shop Boys Cancel Tour Due to "Unforeseen Circumstances"

PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2017

Ahead of gearing up to take their Cashmere album and Sufi La EP out on the road, Swet Shop Boys have cancelled their forthcoming live perfo...

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"Thas My Girl"

PUBLISHED May 10, 2017

Swet Shop Boys made a contribution to Record Store Day 2017 with their Sufi La EP, and if you weren't able to get your hands on it then, th...

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"Aaja" (video)

PUBLISHED Mar 2, 2017

Swet Shop Boys delivered one of the most underrated records of 2016 with Cashmere, and the duo of Heems and Riz Ahmed have delivered a new...

These Are the 10 Most Underrated Records of the Year

2016 in Lists

PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2016

Every year, Exclaim! staff and contributors vote for their favourite records to generate our Best Albums of 2016 lists by genre, but as we...

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Cashmere

PUBLISHED Oct 13, 2016

There's a lot to like about Swet Shop Boys full-length debut, Cashmere. It clocks in at a tight, well-edited, filler-free 38 minutes; it's...

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"Tiger Hologram"

PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2016

Former Das Racist MC Heems and Riz MC (a.k.a. Rizwan Ahmed of HBO's The Night Of) announced a full-length LP as Swet Shop Boys earlier this...