Das Racist was an American alternative hip hop group based in Brooklyn, New York City, composed of MCsHimanshu Suri (aka Heems) and Victor Vazquez (aka Kool A.D.) and hype manAshok Kondabolu (aka Dapwell). Known for their use of humor, academic references, foreign allusions, and unconventional style, Das Racist has been both hailed as an urgent new voice in rap and dismissed as joke rap.