Vivian Wilson Fernandes (born 2 October 1990), known professionally as Divine (stylized in all caps), is an Indian rapper and songwriter.

[2][3][4] His lyrics often reflect his experiences growing up in the chawls of Bombay, focusing on themes such as street life, struggles, and aspirations.

[6] On 12 December 2020, Divine became the first Indian rapper to be featured on Spotify Times Square billboard in New York City for his album Punya Paap (2020), which had claimed the top spot on Apple Music India.

Further, Divine went on to release his 4th multi track project in the form of a collaborative album with Punjabi superstar Karan Aujla.

[11][12] Following the release of his song "Yeh Mera Bombay", Divine obtained the attention of Sony Music India[13] while performing at the Blue Frog Festival 2014 in Mumbai, and shortly after signed a contract with them.

[15] On 24 March 2016, his debut solo single "Jungli Sher" was released and it ruled the charts because of its raw depiction of the life of the poor in Mumbai.

[22] His next single, "Teesri Manzil", earned him a copyright strike from Zee Music Company a few hours after its release and was deleted from his channel.

The album's name, Kohinoor, was announced on 13 February 2019 on Apple Music's Beats 1 radio show hosted by Ebro Darden.

Universal Music Group and Mass Appeal jointly took the step to take him to India and globalize the Indian hip-hop scene.

[26] In 2021, GQ's global editions nominated a local artist across a world of genres and Divine was among the 21 most exciting young musicians.

[31] He collaborated with famous Indian music director and singer Amit Trivedi for the Irrfan Khan-starring film Blackmail on the song "Badla", which was released on 16 March 2018 via T-Series.

[34][35] Divine most notably contributed to the soundtrack of Gully Boy by Zoya Akhtar, a 2019 film inspired by the lives of Naezy and himself, with Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt starring.

Their song "Mere Gully Mein" was remade with Ranveer Singh rapping Naezy's lyrics as part of the film.

[37] Divine provided additional rap lyrics for Ranveer Singh's character and composed some of the songs for the original soundtrack.

[38] On 20 September 2020 Divine appeared on the international remix of "Bando Diaries" by UK rapper Dutchavelli alongside OneFour from Australia, Noizy from Albania and Kekra from France.

The animated video portrays a story where one of Divine's childhood friends betrays him out of jealousy and ends with his message to the listeners to trust no one but themselves in today's world.

It consists of 11 tracks, with features from Nas, Cocoa Sarai, Dutchavelli, Stylo G, D'Evil, MC Altaf, Lisa Mishra and Phenom.

This went down in history as a first of its kind cross region and multi language collaborative album within the Indian Hip-Hop and independent music scene.