Deepa Unnikrishnana, professionally known as Dee MC (Born February 19, 1994) is a female rapper, singer, and songwriter from Kalyan, Maharashtra, India.

Dee debuted in 2013 with the English song “Talk My Way”, a self-explanatory song. She wrote her first song in her first year of college when she was eighteen years old. In the Reddit interview she stated:

As soon as I wrote it, I knew it was not that great. It was about heartbreak and teenage emotion stuff, the problems that come with being a teenager.

Deepa’s parents did not initially support her career since they wanted her to become a ‘Chartered Accountant’ (CA) and earn a good job. She talked:

I told them the (The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India) institute deliberately fails students for a few marks. It was very depressing. I failed for two and three marks. My parents didn’t want to understand that it can’t be my fault all the time.

In October of 2019. Dee MC released her debut studio album, Dee=MC² Following the project’s popularity,
In 2021, she launched her first EP, Naseeb, and one year later, her sophomore project EP, MMM, dropped on October 22, 2022.

Unnikrishnana originally gained attention for her cameo role In the 2019 Bollywood hip-hop movie, Gully Boy, and later, In 2022, she appeared as the Squad Boss on MTV Hustle Season 2, a hip-hop reality show. She was featured in Season 3 of The Hustle after receiving positive feedback from the viewers.