Badshah

This article is about the Indian rapper. For the title, see Badshah.
Badshah
Birth name Aditya Prateek Singh
Born New Delhi
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2006–present
Associated acts

Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia, better known by his stage name Badshah,[1][2][3] is an Indian rapper known for his Hindi, Punjabi, Haryanvi and English songs.[4] He started his career alongside Yo Yo Honey Singh in his group Mafia Mundeer and gained popularity.His music has been featured in Bollywood soundtracks for films such as the 2014 film Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania.[5] and Sonam Kapoor starrer Khoobsurat (2014).[6] He has also collaborated with artists such as Gippy Grewal,[7] Diljeet Dosanjh, Manj Musik, Raftaar and Aastha Gill among others.

Early life

Badshah was born in Delhi. His father is from Haryana and his mother is Punjabi.[8] He did his schooling from Bal Bharati Public School, Pitampura, Delhi where he used to perform on his school choir.[9] Prior to becoming a full-time musician he received education to become a civil engineer from PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh during which he was exposed to new Punjabi music and has stated that if he had not become a rapper, he would "have been an IAS officer." [10][11][12]

Discography

Year Album Artist Music Director Label
2012, Oct Born Star Deep Money Badshah, Sachh T-Series
2013, September Terminator Various Badshah Sony Music India
2014, January Reel -Purani Reejh Veet Baljit Badshah Speed Records
2014, October Band Botal Inder Nagra Badshah Speed Records

Film soundtracks

Year Movie Song(s) Co-Singer(s) Music Director
2013 Bikkar Bai Sentimental "Kar Fateh" JSL Singh JSL Singh
2014 Jatt James Bond "Tu Meri Baby Doll" Gippy Grewal Surinder Rattan
Fugly "Dhup Chikk" Raftaar, Aastha Gill Raftaar
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania "Saturday-Saturday" Indeep Bakshi, Akriti Kakkar The Titans
Khoobsoorat "Abhi Toh Party Shuru Hui Hai" Aastha Gill Badshah
2015 ABCD 2 "Vande Mataram" Daler Mehndi, Tanishka Sanghvi, Divya Kumar Sachin-Jigar
Second Hand Husband "Bad Baby" Gippy Grewal Badshah
Bajrangi Bhaijaan "Selfie Le Le Re" Vishal Dadlani, Nakash Aziz, Pritam Pritam
All Is Well "Chaar Shanivaar" Vishal Dadlani, Armaan Malik Amaal Mallik
Vedalam "Aaluma Doluma" Anirudh Ravichander Anirudh Ravichander
Jazbaa "Aaj Raat Ka Scene" Shraddha Pandit Badshah
2016 Sanam Re "Akkad Bakkad" Neha Kakkar Badshah
Teraa Surroor "Teri Yaad" Himesh Reshammiya Himesh Reshammiya
Kapoor & Sons "Kar Gai Chull" Sukriti Kakkar, Neha Kakkar, Fazilpuria, Badshah Badshah (Recreated By Amaal Mallik)

References

  1. ↑ Badshah Live Musical Concert – Ft. Aastha Gill & DJ Rebirth on 21st Feb. EdYouCatives (2016-02-19)
  2. ↑ Packed in promise | chandigarh. Hindustan Times (2014-01-05). Retrieved on 2015-10-16.
  3. ↑ I don’t want to compose Bollywood albums: Badshah. The Indian Express (14 June 2015). Retrieved on 2015-08-10.
  4. ↑ Gupta, Priya. "Badshah uses Honey Singh's fame by giving negative statements against him". Times of India. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Maheshwri, Neha. "Saturday Saturday maker Badshah: I’m an artiste, not a preacher". Times of India. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  6. ↑ Bhasin, Shivani. "Music Review: Badshah replaces Honey Singh but Khoobsurat's soundtrack is a mess". First Post. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "Gippy Grewal-Badshah collaboration 'Bad Baby' to be out soon". Times of India. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  8. ↑ Whenever I need inspiration, I go to Delhi: Badshah – The Times of India. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2014-07-11). Retrieved on 2015-10-16.
  9. ↑ Whenever I need inspiration, I go to Delhi: Badshah – The Times of India. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (11 July 2014). Retrieved on 2015-08-10.
  10. ↑ Hebbar, Prajakta. "'If I wasn't a rapper, I'd have been an IAS officer': Everything you wanted to know about Badshah, who calls himself a 'prime-time' version of Honey Singh". IBN Live. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  11. ↑ I don't want to compose Bollywood albums: Badshah – Full News. Kerala.indiaeveryday.in. Retrieved on 10 August 2015.
  12. ↑ Packed in promise. M.hindustantimes.com (5 January 2014). Retrieved on 2015-08-10.
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