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Rakesh Yankaran is a chutney musician from Trinidad and Tobago. Born in Brickfield Village, Carapichaima, he is most famous for his hit Mousie. He is the son of musician Isaac Yankaran and brother of chutney musician Anand Yankaran. He is a self-taught musician and, unlike many chutney artists, can read Hindi. As a child young Rakesh loved to listen to his father sing Chutney. As a teen he started to play chutney himself. Today he is a proffesional Chutney artist. He can play the Hindu instuments called the Dholak. Harmunium, the Dhantal, and the Tassa drum. He is famous for his songs Mousie, Derray Derray, and the most famous one of all Naroro Ray. He is a Chutney legend just like his brother Anand Yankaran. Not to be confused with upcoming producer Rakesh Rishyarakan, co-founder of Amorphous Productions.
