48 Facts About Sidhu Moose Wala

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Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, known professionally as Sidhu Moose Wala, was an Indo-Canadian rapper, singer and songwriter.

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Sidhu Moose Wala worked predominantly in Punjabi-language music and cinema.

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Sidhu Moose Wala is generally regarded to have been one of the greatest Punjabi artists of his generation and to many, amongst the greatest Punjabi artists of all time.

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In 2020, Sidhu was named by The Guardian among 50 up and coming artists.

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Sidhu Moose Wala became the first Punjabi and Indian singer to perform at Wireless Festival and won four awards at the Brit Asia TV Music Awards.

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Sidhu Moose Wala rose to the mainstream with his track "So High".

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Sidhu Moose Wala's tracks peaked on the UK Asian Music chart.

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Sidhu Moose Wala has the most number-one singles on the Billboard India Songs chart.

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Moose Wala was shot dead by unidentified assailants on 29 May 2022; a Canada-based gangster, active in Punjab, claimed responsibility for the killing, which the police said was a culmination of inter-gang rivalry.

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Sidhu Moose Wala had faced legal challenges for his support of gun culture and his inflammatory lyrics.

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Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu Moose Wala was born in the village of Moosa in Mansa district, Punjab, India.

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Sidhu Moose Wala belonged to a Jat Sikh family, with father Balkaur Singh and mother Charan Kaur.

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Sidhu Moose Wala studied at Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana and graduated in electrical engineering in 2016.

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Moose Wala admired and was influenced by rapper Tupac Shakur.

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Sidhu Moose Wala started listening to hip-hop music as a student in sixth grade, and trained in music from Harvinder Bittu in Ludhiana.

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Moose Wala released his first song "G Wagon" in 2017 while living in Brampton, Ontario.

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Later that year, Moose Wala had his breakthrough with the song "So High", a gangster rap with music producer Byg Byrd.

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Sidhu Moose Wala began to perform live shows in India from 2018, and performed numerous shows in Canada.

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In May 2018, Moose Wala released the single "Tochan", followed by "Famous" which entered Top 40 Uk Asian Charts.

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Sidhu Moose Wala released the first song "Warning Shots", which was a diss track targetting Karan Aujla's track "Lafaafe".

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In October 2018, Sidhu Moose Wala released his debut album PBX 1 under T-Series, in the pop music genre with a touch of hip-hop.

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In February 2019, Sidhu Moose Wala released "Legend", under his own record label.

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In September 2020, Moose Wala released "Game" with Shooter Kahlon, which became his first song to chart on the Canadian Hot 100 by Billboard.

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In May 2021, Moose Wala released his third studio album, Moosetape.

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Moose Wala was the first Indian singer to perform at this festival.

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26.

Moose Wala made his debut in Punjabi cinema in the film Yes I Am Student under his own production company Jatt Life Studios.

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Moose Wala had a lot of attachment to his village Moosa, so he used to stay in his village.

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Sidhu Moose Wala kept his hair at the behest of his grandmother, which was very important in Sikhism, because his father could not keep his hair due to an accident.

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Moose Wala had a rivalry with Karan Aujla; both have replied to each other through songs, social media handles, and live performances.

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At the time of his death, Moose Wala was facing criminal charges for promoting gun culture and violence.

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In May 2020, two videos featuring Moose Wala went viral on social media: one showcased him training to use an AK-47 with assistance from police officers, and the other saw him use a personal pistol.

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Indian sport shooter Avneet Sidhu criticised the song and called out Moose Wala for promoting gun culture.

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Moose Wala later apologised on social media and in March 2020 appeared before the Sikh religious body Akal Takht in a hearing over the incident.

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In December 2020, Moose Wala released the single "Panjab: My Motherland" in support of the Indian farmers protest against the 2020 Indian agriculture acts, which featured clips of an orthodox militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and speeches made by a supporter of Khalistan, Bharpur Singh Balbir, in the late 1980s.

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Moose Wala actively campaigned for his mother, Charan Kaur, who won the sarpanch election from Moosa village in December 2018.

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On 3 December 2021, Moose Wala joined the Indian National Congress to contest the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.

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Sidhu Moose Wala had held a door-to-door campaign in the Mansa constituency after the end of the allowed duration of the election campaign.

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On 11 April 2022, Moose Wala released a song titled "Scapegoat", in which he laments his failure in the 2022 Punjab state assembly elections.

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Moose Wala was shot dead by unidentified assailants in his car on 29 May 2022 in Jawaharke village of Mansa district.

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Sidhu Moose Wala was going to his aunt's house in Barnala.

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Moose Wala fired back at the attackers using his pistol.

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Sidhu Moose Wala's father took Moose Wala to the civil hospital in Mansa, where he was declared dead.

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Moose Wala was among the 424 people whose police security was reduced or entirely removed the day before, in preparation for the anniversary of Operation Blue Star, leaving him with two commandos only, as compared to four earlier.

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At the time of the incident, Moose Wala was travelling in his private car accompanied by two others instead of his bullet-proof vehicle with the police commandos.

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Sidhu Moose Wala announced the setting up of a judicial commission headed by a sitting judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court to investigate the killing.

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46.

Sidhu Moose Wala's autopsy was carried out by five doctors, and the event was videographed.

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The family of Moose Wala made a public appeal to political parties and individuals, asking them to not use his name for political or personal motives.

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Posthumously, on his 29th birthday, Moose Wala received a tribute from his fans when the billboards of New York City's Times Square were hired to play his songs.