Kartikey Dixit, who goes by his stage name 'The KDX' is a rapper known in North India for his concept rap albums. Despite being born in Haridwar and growing up between, Haridwar and Meerut, he raps in English and often collaborates with fellow up and coming artists to popularize the genre in India and bring a native touch to it. The thematic content of his music deals with complex concepts such as the effects of patriarchy in his personal life as well as the Indian society, of which there is much need in the popular culture of India. Inspired by old school greats such as Eminem, Big Pun, Nas, along with the leading hip-hop acts of new generation like Kendrick Lamar, J Cole, Cordae, Russ J.I.D., his music offers the listeners multiple lyrical as well as musical layers; layers that once peeled make way for a poetic rabbit hole.