Badshah
Born	Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia (1985-11-19)19 November 1985 (age 39) Delhi, India
Other names	Badboyshah
Alma mater	Punjab Engineering College
Occupations	Rapper singer songwriter music producer filmmaker entrepreneur
Television	MTV Hustle India's Got Talent Indian Idol Dil Hai Hindustani
Musical career
Genres	Pop rap underground rap synthwave Hip-Hop Desi hip hop Bollywood
Labels	Sony Music Entertainment Universal Music Group
Musical artist

Aditya Prateek Singh^[a] (born 19 November 1985), better known by his stage nameBadshah, is anIndianrapper,singer,songwriter,music producer,television personality andbusinessman. Badshah has recorded his songs inHindi,Punjabi,English andHaryanvi languages.

Badshah gained widespread recognition after his 2012 single, "Saturday Saturday", was featured in the soundtrack of the 2014 movie,Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania. His notable works in Bollywood films include "Kar Gayi Chull" fromKapoor and Sons, "Garmi" fromStreet Dancer 3D, "Naina" fromCrew, "Proper Patola" fromNamaste England. He has also collaborated with international artists such asJ Balvin andTainy for the song "Voodoo"^[4] with a guest verse fromLil Baby.

Badshah has appeared as judge onMTV Hustle,Indian Idol,Dil Hai Hindustani,India's Got Talent, andIndia's Got Latent.

Aditya Prateek Singh^[a] was born on 19 November 1985 in Delhi.^[5] His father, fromDelhi, was a government officer, and his mother, fromPunjab, was a teacher. He has a younger sister named Aprajita Singh.^[6][7]

He completed his schooling from Bal Bharati Public School, Pitampura, Delhi where he performed with his school choir.^[7] Prior to becoming a full-time musician he enrolled as a student of civil engineering at the Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Chandigarh, where he was exposed to newPunjabi music which prompted him to take onrap writing.^{[8][9][10][11]}

Badshah started his career in the music industry with the name "Cool Equal", but then changed his name to Badshah on the Indian singerYo Yo Honey Singh's advice.^[12][13] He is further known for hiscatchphrase "it's your boy Badshah", often stylized as "Ish yo boy Baad-uh-sh-aa-ah".

In November 2006, he produced his first song "Soda Whiskey".

Then in January 2011, he produced a song "Paanch Begam" withYo Yo Honey Singh,Raftaar,Alfaaz and J Star.

He broke into the mainstream after his 2012 single, "Saturday Saturday", was featured in the soundtrack of the 2014 movie,Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania.^[12][14][15]

Badshah released his debut album,O.N.E. (Original Never Ends), on August 17, 2018.^[16]

He made his acting debut in August 2019 in the movie,Khandaani Shafakhana.^[17]

On 7 August 2020, the rapper released a pop and hip-hop album,The Power of Dreams of a Kid, which had eight tracks and included features from various artists such asLisa Mishra, Sikander Kahlon, Fotty Seven, Bali and music producer Andy Grewal. The mastering and mixing of the album was done by Aditya Dev.^[18]

His 2019 song "Paagal" reached 74.8 million views onYouTube within 24 hours, setting the record for the most-viewed video in 24 hours on YouTube.^[19] YouTube did not confirm the record. Badshah's label thenSony Music, confirmed that they had used the help of advertisements fromGoogle AdSense to promote the song.

An explanation for YouTube not acknowledging the record was that Badshah's record label Sony Music India had purchased advertisements from Google and YouTube that embedded the video or directed fans to it in some way. However, it has emerged that this is a common practice in the globalmusic industry, and that similar practices had previously been used by the record labels of previous record holders such asAriana Grande andBlackpink. This has cast doubt on some of the 24-hour viewership records on YouTube.^[20]

His song "Genda Phool" was released bySony Music India in 2020. It had mixing with aBengali folk song "Boro Loker Biti Lo". Ratan Kahar, a Bengali artist, claimed to be the original writer and composer of the folk song.^[21] Though Badshah later released a statement saying that it was a traditionalBaulfolk song which was not copyrighted, since folk music does not fall under copyright protections and is thus in thepublic domain.^[22]

Badshah released a four-track EP on 14 March 2022,Retropanda - Part 1.^[23]

Badshah collaborated withJacqueline Fernandez in the songPani Pani, the song is sung byAastha Gill along with him.^[24] He further released theBhojpuri version of the song, rapping in Bhojpuri language, by collaborating withKhesari Lal Yadav. The Bhojpuri version got more than one million views in less than an hour and became the first Bhojpuri song to do so.^[25]

He released his third studio albumEk Tha Raja on 18 March 2024, released byUniversal Music Group. It features several artists includingRaftaar,Karan Aujla, Ikka, Dino James,Nora Fatehi, Raga,Seedhe Maut,Aastha Gill,Arijit Singh, MC Stan,KR$NA andNikhita Gandhi.^[26] He also announced the Pagaal World Tour 2024.^[26][27]

Badshah married Jasmine Masih in 2012. In January 2017, they had a daughter together namedJessemy Grace Masih Singh.^[28][29] They divorced in 2020.^[30]

In 2024, Badshah revealed his struggles with depression and anxiety, which even led to panic attacks, one of which he confused with a heart attack.^[31]

In 2019, Badshah began his acting career through the filmKhandaani Shafakhana where he plays the role of a music superstsar who helps and supports the protagonist in the movie. He also had few other cameo appearances and works in movies mentioned here

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