Siddhant Sharma, better known by his stage name Calm, is an Indian rapper, music producer, and part of Desi Hip-Hop’s duo Seedhe Maut.

Calm was born in New Delhi, India, and graduated from Isomes in 2018 with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism.

His elder brother first introduced him to hip-hop when he narrated some Eminem tracks to him. He began his rap career by attending a hip-hop cypher hosted by MC Kode in Hauz Khas Park, where he decided to freestyle despite having no prior preparation. Another member of the scene, Encore ABJ, was in the audience and was impressed by him and his freestyle. He decided to approach him, and a strong friendship developed, eventually blossoming into the Seedhe Maut duo we know today.

Calm with Encore ABJ

On May 5, 2017, he debuted with Encore ABJ with the song entitled Savage; this was also the debut track of Seedhe Maut.

In 2019, In an interview, his group member Encore ABJ unveiled his stage name story:

He has taken his stage name from his game I’D name, actually his game name was Calm Chor and he stole his stage name from there after he changed into Calm.

Seedhe Maut’s first major release was an EP titled ‘2 Ka Pahada’, which started to get them noticed in the circuit.

In 2019, the duo was signed to Azadi Records. Before joining the label, he used to rap only in English, but his manager Uday suggested that him to rap in Hindi—after that, he switched to rapping in Hindi. He wrote his first Hindi verse in
Class-Sikh Maut Vol. II.

He unveiled in an interview how supportive his parents were in his passion for rap:

My parents have always supported me to do what I wanted to do from the beginning, they never imposed any things on me to do anything.

Calm with his mother

Their first full-length project ‘Bayaan’ was released in
December of 2019, accompanied by releasing their single ‘Kranti’. All of these songs were produced by ‘Sez on the Beat’, who was also rostered with Azadi at the time. The project was a landmark for both artists and is highly regarded in the music scene even today.

Calm used to make his beats as well, and debuted his producing talent with the release of 101, followed by YAAD. On September 9, 2021, they released ‘न’ (Mixtape), which Calm produced single-handedly, apart from Nawazuddin, produced by Hurricane.