Empty Plates
Empty Plates is a podcast about food + memory created & hosted by Chef and Researcher Anjli Vyas.
In each episode, Anjli is joined by a diverse array of change makers, leaders and thinkers. Together, they will reflect on 3 plates of food that have shaped and impacted their life.
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Empty Plates
25. Heems on Indian French Toast, Taking Anthony Bourdain to Queens, and Temple Cooking
In this weeks Anjli episode we speak to Himansu Suri - also known through his stage Moniker as ‘Heems’. "Heems" Suri is an artist, rapper, and writer from Queens, NY.
Himanshu Kumar Suri, better known by his stage name Heems, is an American rapper. Suri came to prominence as a member of the alternative hip hop group Das Racist, with whom he released two mixtapes and one album
He first received recognition as a founder of the art-rap trio Das Racist, before releasing solo work and later joining the actor Riz Ahmed in the transatlantic rap group Swet Shop Boys.
Suri has performed at Coachella, Carnegie Hall, and on the Colbert Show and Conan. He has created music for CNN and appeared on the episode of Anthony Bourdain's - Parts Unknown about Queens.
When you listen to Heems rap, there is a sheer sense of authenticity in his voice, appeal and his content, especially if you're of South Asian descent.
He has an ability to navigate through a complex range of topics that are widely experienced by diaspora communities. His music has a relativity that speaks to anyone who might be a ⅓ culture kid.
He has shown and performed at the Whitney Museum, the Met Breuer, the Guggenheim, Queens Museum, Aicon Gallery (New York), MCA (Chicago), ICA (Boston), and Sunaparanta, Goa Centre for the Arts (India). He is currently working on a new album.