'Hollywood is looking up to Bollywood because of people like Akshay Kumar'

Chandni Chowk To China may have ended up as a bad dream for Akshay Kumar but it wasn't so for everyone associated with the film.
Rapper Bohemia made his Bollywood debut with this Nikhil Advani film, and received his share of acclaim. He even bagged another film -- Nagesh Kukunoor's 8x10 Tasveer.
Born Roger David in Karachi, Pakistan, Bohemia shifted base to California, where he started his career in street rap before Bollywood summoned. He spoke to Nithya Ramani about his changing destiny, and life as a Bollywood rapper.
How did you stumble upon Bollywood?
All credit goes to Akshay Kumar for having the vision and the open-mindedness to invite young talent to the film industry. Even Hollywood is looking up to Bollywood, and it's all because of people like Akshay.
Akshay told me that he was a fan of my music. It came to me as a surprise that a huge star like Akshay Kumar was listening to my music. But now that I know him, it's not as surprising.
Rap is a street form and people have different perceptions about it. Do you think your rap in CC2C and Tasveer has changed the perception?
I don't think so. But I may have introduced this genre to a larger audience, who would normally put a stereotypical box over it. To me, rap gives me the opportunity to speak my mind. I consider myself as a street poet and then a rapper. I appreciate the poetry in the lyrics. Being able to put your thoughts to rhythm and a particular beat is called rapping. I have been learning rap ever since I moved to California when I was 12 or 13.
So I have a different vision of rap from the others. The audiences in India would normally discard rap. The same thing happened with pop music. People thought Bappi Lahiri was messing up with music but he was just introducing and changing people's perception.