Let’s be honest about something. Jawani Iraqi just dropped. Yo Yo Honey Singh is back with the kind of high-energy, bass-heavy production that made him the king of Indian party anthems. Simar Kaur’s vocals are sharp. The Middle Eastern trap influence is slick. The beat is built to hit hard in cars, at weddings, and on dancefloors from Rohtak to Rajkot.
It is a good song but the Haryanvi rap sections — written by Rawme Hooda — are something else entirely. They are fast, gritty, rooted, and layered in a way the Hindi verses simply are not. And every time those sections hit, you feel the same thing: what would this sound like if Rawme had sung it himself?
The honest answer? It would have sounded like a completely different level.
Who is Rawme Hooda
Here is what you need to know about Rawme Hooda if you are only just paying attention now.
He is from Jindran village near Rohtak, Haryana. He played Ranji Trophy cricket for Haryana for three years. An injury ended that career. During lockdown, he started writing shayaris. pushed him toward music. And what came out was a kind of Haryanvi rap that the region had not produced before: precise, street-level, rooted in real Haryanvi cadence and not trying to sound like anyone else.
His discography has been building steadily: Saviour, Dupatta Drill, Tarraki, Illusion, Total, Hooka, Rare, Coin Flip, and most recently Quality from his EP QMT.
His track Total is one of the biggest hits. He has been steadily building a body of work that sits in a different category from the commercial mainstream — every release adds another layer to what is clearly a long-game career being built with intention.
Rawme Hooda’s name was listed alongside Dhanda Nyoliwala, Khasa Aala Chahar, Masoom Sharma, and Banjaare as one of the artists actively diversifying and elevating the genre’s sound. That is not a small circle to be named in.
Why Doesn’t Honey Singh’s Haryanvi Fully Land?
Yo Yo Honey Singh is not a Haryanvi artist. He is a pan-India pop machine who has consistently borrowed from regional sounds — Punjabi, Haryanvi, Bhojpuri — and made them commercial. That is his skill. Nobody does it better at his scale.
And to his credit, he did not try to fake the Haryanvi sections of Jawani Iraqi. He brought in someone who actually writes in the language and actually lives in it. That is the right call, and it shows.
But here is the issue: Honey Singh’s grip on Haryanvi — when he delivers it — does not fully land. The pronunciation, the weight, the mitti of it. It is there on paper. In the delivery, something gets smoothed over. The edges that make Haryanvi rap feel like it is coming from somewhere specific — those edges disappear in the production polish.
Rawme Hooda’s Haryanvi does not disappear. It has texture. It sounds like a person from Rohtak speaking to people who know Rohtak. That difference is not a small thing. It is the whole thing.
Is This Just About One Song?
This is a conversation worth having beyond just this one song. Haryanvi music scene has a recurring dynamic where the most authentic writing ends up inside someone else’s production.
Labels and established artists pull in Haryanvi writers and voices as feature ingredients — and the result is a song that gets wide distribution but where the Haryanvi element is diluted by the time it reaches the audience.
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The writers get credits. They get money. The collaboration is real. Nobody is being exploited in the traditional sense But the question is: at what point does the Haryanvi music scene stop being a supplier of authenticity for bigger productions and start building its own fully-formed stars from within?
Rawme Hooda has everything it takes to do it at that level too. The writing is there. The voice is there. The rootedness is there. The only thing missing is the full-scale push behind a Rawme Hooda production that lets him be the centre — not the feature.
Is Jawani Iraqi Worth Your Time?
None of this is a dismissal of the track. Honey Singh knows what he is doing. The production on Jawani Iraqi is exactly what it needs to be —catchy, built for mass consumption. It will play at events across North India for the next six months. That is a real achievement.
And Rawme Hooda’s contributions make it better than it would have been without him. That is undeniable But if you listen carefully to those Haryanvi sections — the pace, the flow, the specific way he builds a line — and then go listen to his solo work, you will understand exactly what we mean.
The gap between Rawme Hooda as a feature and Rawme Hooda as the main event is enormous. And that gap is exactly where the next big Haryanvi rap story is waiting to be told.
Watch Here Jawani Iraqi Music Video
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Rawme Hooda?
Rawme Hooda is a Haryanvi singer, rapper, and lyricist from Jindran village near Rohtak, Haryana. Before music, he played Ranji Trophy cricket for Haryana.
What is Rawme Hooda’s real name?
His stage name is Rawme Hooda. He belongs to the Hooda clan from Rohtak, Haryana.
Which songs has Rawme Hooda sung?
Rawme Hooda’s popular songs include Total, Tarraki, Saviour, Dupatta Drill, Illusion, Hooka, Rare, and Quality from his EP QMT. He also wrote and performed the Haryanvi rap sections in Jawani Iraqi with Yo Yo Honey Singh.
What is Jawani Iraqi about?
Jawani Iraqi is a 2026 track by Yo Yo Honey Singh featuring Simar Kaur. The Haryanvi rap lyrics are written by Rawme Hooda while the Hindi lyrics and music production are by Honey Singh.
Is Rawme Hooda Better Than Other Haryanvi Rappers?
Rawme Hooda stands out in the Haryanvi rap scene for his raw, rooted writing style and authentic Haryanvi delivery. Artists like Dhanda Nyoliwala and MC Square have already proven that Haryanvi rap can go pan-India. Rawme has the same ingredients — the writing, the voice, and the identity.
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