DIVINE Premieres Walking on Water, Celebrating a Decade of Dominance in Hip‑Hop

Multi‑platinum rapper DIVINE has unveiled his highly anticipated fifth studio album, Walking on Water, a 16‑track testament to a decade of relentless grind, cultural disruption and global impact. Released via Gully Gang, the album arrives as DIVINE’s most complete and spiritually grounded body of work yet celebrating ten years since he reshaped the sound, language and ambition of Indian hip‑hop.

Rooted in autobiography but expansive in vision, Walking on Water chronicles DIVINE’s journey from the gullies of Mumbai to the global hip‑hop stage. While firmly established at the top of the game, the rapper approaches the album with the hunger of an artist still evolving merging street‑hardened realism with introspection, faith and legacy‑building intent. The project feels both celebratory and confrontational, reflecting an artist unafraid to examine his scars while asserting his dominance.

The album features a powerful roster of collaborators including Hanumankind, Gurinder Gill, Riar Saab, MC Altaf, Sammohit, and Kalyani Priyadarshan, alongside production heavyweights ZZORAWAR, Stunnah Beatz, and Phenom. Together, they create a sonic world that moves fluidly between trap, Afro‑pop, Punjabi folk inflections, gully cyphers and minimalistic spiritual meditations.

One of the album’s most striking elements is DIVINE’s bold use of Bollywood nostalgia. Sampling A.R. Rahman’s “Kehna Hi Kya,” R.D. Burman’s “Mehbooba Mehbooba,” and “Give Me Some Sunshine,” he bridges Indian cinematic memory with contemporary global rap aesthetics. Rather than relying on nostalgia, DIVINE reclaims these classics as cultural symbols recontextualising them within stories of survival, ambition and triumph.

Tracks like “Walking on Water (Intro)” and “Doctor DIVINE” establish the album’s tone with cinematic authority, staking his claim as Indian hip‑hop’s architect. “ABCD” brings the Gully Gang ethos to the forefront, while “Triple OG,” “DADA,” and “Homicide” deliver raw street proclamations rooted in earned respect and unfiltered aggression. On the other end of the spectrum, “Drama,” “Rain,” and “Late Knights” reveal DIVINE at his most vulnerable reflecting on trauma, responsibility and the emotional cost of success.

Cross‑regional moments like “Tequila Dance” featuring Hanumankind highlight the album’s pan‑Indian vision, while “You & I” transforms RD Burman’s legacy into a playful Afro‑pop flirtation, bridging Mumbai hip‑hop with South Indian cinematic influence.

Speaking on the release, DIVINE shares, “This album is a declaration of evolution, dominance, reflection and spiritual grounding celebrating everything I’ve built and everything I’ve survived. It’s an album for the streets. For the culture. For the believers. And for those who doubted.”

With Walking on Water, DIVINE reinforces his position as India’s most influential hip‑hop export—a cultural vanguard who brought the gully to the world and the world back to the gully. More than an album, it is a statement of survival, faith and legacy designed to transcend borders while remaining deeply rooted in lived experience.

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