Himanshu Kumar Suri, better known by his stage name
Heems, is an
American rapper from
Queens in
New York City. Best known for being part of the
alternative hip hop group
Das Racist, Suri is also the founder of
Greedhead Music, an independent record label. In 2012, Suri released his first solo mixtape,
Nehru Jackets, on his Greedhead imprint and in conjunction with SEVA NY, a community-based organization from Queens of which Suri is a board member. Suri has also written about music and all things
South Asian for the
Village Voice,
Death and Taxes magazine,
Fuse,
Stereogum, and
Alternet. In August 2015, Heems announced that
Fox had bought his story rights for a potential sitcom, and that he was working on the pilot.