Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia is an Indian rapper, singer and music composer who works in the Bollywood and Punjabi music industry. He came into limelight with his Punjabi song “Saturday Saturday”.
Wiki/Biography
Badshah was born on 19 November 1985 in New Delhi (age 37 as of 2022). His zodiac sign is Scorpio. He was educated at Bal Bharti School in Pitampura. He enrolled for graduation at St Stephen’s College in Delhi but left the college after a month. He then moved to Chandigarh and joined PEC University Chandigarh to pursue a degree in Civil Engineering. He is a diligent and studious child with a strong interest in mathematics. He aspires to become an IAS officer. Badshah has been passionate about music since childhood. He is a member of the school’s music choir. While in college, he got into music and started writing songs and rapping.
Badshah in his youth
appearance
Height (approximately): 5’10”
Weight (approximately): 84 kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
Body Measurements: Chest 42 inches, waist 34 inches, biceps 16 inches
family
Badshah was born into a Hindu family.
Parents and siblings
His father belonged to Haryana and his mother belonged to Punjab. His father is a retired government official in the power sector. His mother, Avinash Rani, is a retired school teacher. He has a sister, Aprajita.
badshah family
Badshah and his sister Aprajita
wife and children
Badshah is married to Jasmine Masih and has a daughter, Jessemy Grace Masih Singh, born on January 11, 2017.
Badshah and his wife Jasmine
Badshah and his daughter Jessimi Grace Masih Singh
In 2020, the couple divorced.
Relationships/Affairs
In October 2022, it was reported that Badshah was dating a Punjabi actress named Isha Rikhi. According to reports, he met Isha Rikhi at a party of their mutual friends.
Badshah and Isha Rikshi
Profession
Badshah started his career as a rapper in 2006 by forming the band “Mafia Mundeer” with Honey Singh. His first rap song was the 2007 song “Soda Whiskey”. He collaborated with Yo Yo Honey Singh on songs like “Khol Botal” and “Begani Naar”. In 2012, he sang the hit song “Get Up Jawani” from the album “International Villager” before parting ways with Honey Singh and Mafia Mundeer. In the same year, he released the song “Saturday Saturday” with Indeep Bakshi. This is his first song that he wrote, composed, and rapped himself. The song became a huge hit and was later featured in the Bollywood film Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania. Next, he released his independent Haryanvi song “Kar Gayi Chull” which was featured in the Bollywood film “Kapoor & Sons”. His music has also been featured in the films “Khoobsurat”, “Bajrangi Bhaijaan”, “Sanam Re”, “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil”, “Veere Di Wedding” and “Nawabzaade”.
Badshah has collaborated with many Punjabi artistes like Gippy Grewal, Diljit Dosanjh, Manj Musik, Raftaar and Aastha Gill etc. to deliver hit songs. His debut single “DJ Waley Babu” was one of the highest-charting songs, topping the i-tunes charts within 24 hours of its release. The song was viewed more than 1 million times within 30 hours of its release. In 2016, he released the song “Wakhra Swag” with Navv Inder. The following year, his single “Mercy” was also a hit, racking up millions of views within hours of its release.
dispute
- Badshah stirred up controversy due to his spat with Yo Yo Honey Singh. All this happened when Singh was making his comeback to acting with the film Zoraava. When he was promoting his film, a reporter asked Honey Singh what he thought about Badshah taking over his place in Bollywood, to which Honey replied: “Rolls Royce chalayi hai aapne kabhi, Rolls Royce or Nano mein bhot farak hota hai”. Badshah also responded to the singer’s comments, saying that one can find more Nanos on the road than a Rolls-Royce and that anything that is great in the public eye sells for more. The cold war took an ugly turn when the two got into an argument at a party thrown by a close friend. It all started with a heated argument, which ended with the singers roughing each other up.
Favorites
- Song: Mera Dil Bhi Kitna Pagal Hai
car collection
Badshah’s garage houses a collection of luxury cars, including Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini Gallardo, Mercedes-Benz S-Class, BMW 649D, Porsche Cayman and Audi Q8.
Badshah poses with his new Audi Q8
fact
- His hobbies include watching movies, traveling, shopping, and spending time with his family.
- He likes ice cream very much.
- Badshah used to play football for a club in Delhi. One day, while he was randomly rapping while playing football, the club’s DJ spotted him and asked him if he could do a rap for him in exchange for 1500 Indian rupees. This was Badshah’s first public performance. However, he later learned that he was performing at a gay party at a gay club.
- Although he had always had a passion for music, he never considered pursuing it as a career.
- He neither smokes nor drinks.
- Badshah was very close to his sister Aprajita. He revealed in an interview that his sister once stole money to buy him a pair of “G.I. Joe” sneakers because she knew Badshah wanted them.
- Badshah was once very close to singer Yo Yo Honey Singh but their friendship broke down in 2012 due to some indifference.
- He began his career in the music industry under the stage name “Cool Equal” but later changed his name to “Badshah”.
- He adopted the screen name “Badshah” because he was a huge fan of “Shah Rukh Khan” and his name was inspired by Khan’s movie “Badshah”.
- He also had a role in the Indian anthology film Lust Stories, but it was later played by Vicky Kaushal.
- Badshah composed the song “Proper Patola” for Punjabi singer Garry Sandhu. However, due to Garry’s busy schedule and Badshah’s own desire to compose the song, the relationship did not work out. Later, he met Diljit, who found the song interesting and chose to dub it.
- His friends and family affectionately call him Prince.
- In an interview, Badshah narrated his experience of getting admitted to St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. While he was waiting for an interview at school with his father, he saw a girl come out of the interview room with tears streaming down her face, making him doubt his chances. Badshah said he struggled to answer questions from a three-member panel about India’s elections. However, when the conversation turned to math, including a question about pi, she answered confidently because it was his favorite subject in school. When the panel asked him to convince them to admit him, Badshah stood up, shook their hands and said: “I was born in St. Stephen’s Hospital, I was born a Stephanian,” before he left the room. Soon after, he received his acceptance letter.
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