Artist Name
Panjabi MC
web link
heart icon off (0 users)
artist logo

Artist Image
artist thumb

Functions

transparent
Data Complete
percent bar 60%

Album Releases refreshview
album thumb
The Raj (2010)
album thumb
Indian Timing (2008)
album thumb
Legalised (2003)
album thumb
The Album (2003)
album thumb
Desi (2003)
album thumb
Grass Roots (2003)
album thumb
Dhol Jageero Da (2001)


Members
members icon 1 Male

Origin
flag Coventry, England

Genre
genre icon World/Ethnic

Style
style icon Rock/Pop

Mood
---

Born

born icon 1970

Active
calendar icon 1970 to Present...

Cutout
transparent

heart icon Most Loved Tracks
3 users heart off Panjabi MC - Mundian to Bach Ke
3 users heart off Panjabi MC - Mundian to Bach Ke
3 users heart off Panjabi MC - Jogi
3 users heart off Panjabi MC - Jogi
3 users heart off Panjabi MC - Jatt Ho Giya Sharabee


youtube icon Music Video Links
No Music Videos Found...



Artist Biography
Available in: gb icon
Rajinder Singh Rai: born in Coventry, England), better known by his stage name Panjabi MC is a British Indian musician. He is best known for the worldwide bhangra hit "Mundian To Bach Ke" (1998).
Rajinder Singh adopted his stage name from the Punjabi language he used in the music he plays and raps. "One of [his] main goals is to fuse the two worlds [of bhangra and hip-hop]."
Nachural Records signed Panjabi MC following a remix of Kuldeep Manak's "Ghariah Milan De". Although the single was taken off the market, Panjabi MC continued making records. Another successful release was "Mundian To Bach Ke" ("Beware of the Boys") (1998; it first appeared on the album Legalised) which mixed the theme of the TV series Knight Rider with bhangra. An underground hit on the internet, it was picked up by the German record label Superstar Recordings, and became a hit in Germany and across Europe, including the UK. A version of this recording in 2003 featured American rapper Jay-Z named "Beware of the Boys".
His work, particularly the early singles and the "Mundian To Bach Ke" remix with Jay-Z, brought bhangra to a global audience via the BBC. He continues to produce music and is ever popular as a collaborator and remixer. In 2004 he made music called Mirza and mixed this song with Turkish singer Mustafa Sandal's Isyankar, but they did not release the mixed version.
His album Indian Timing was released in 2008.
His music video "Snake Charmer" was screened at Deejay Ra's music video night in Toronto at the FILMI festival, North America's longest running South Asian film festival.
wiki icon

Wide Thumb
transparent

Clearart
transparent

Fanart

transparent icontransparent icon

Banner
transparent icon

User Comments

transparent iconNo comments yet..


Status
unlocked icon Unlocked
Last Edit by zag
22nd Apr 2013

Socials
social icon transparent icon

Streaming
website icon unlocked icon

External Links
fanart.tv icon musicbrainz icon last.fm icon website icon unlocked iconwebsite icon unlocked iconamazon icon