Badshah (Singer)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Badshah

• Does Badshah smoke?: No

• Does Badshah drink alcohol?: No

• Badshah was a studious child and had a deep interest in Mathematics in his school days.

• He also had an interest in singing and was a part of his school’s music choir.

• Badshah got exposed to music when he was pursuing his graduation from PEC University, Chandigarh.

• Badshah wanted to be an IAS officer but ended up being a rapper.

• He started his career as a rapper along with Yo Yo Honey Singh in his band ‘Mafia Mundeer.’

• In 2012, Badshah rapped in Honey Singh’s song “Get Up Jawani” which was a huge hit.

• In 2012, he had some clashes with Singh and the duo parted their ways.

• His music has featured in various soundtracks of Bollywood films like “Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania,” “Kapoor & Sons,” “Khoobsurat,” “Bajrangi Bhaijaan,” “Sanam Re,” “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil,” “Veere Di Wedding,” and “Nawabzaade.”

• Badshah has released various hit songs in collaboration with many Punjabi artists including “Oscar” with Gippy Grewal, “Proper Patola” with Diljit Dosanjh, “Wakhra Swag” with Navv Inder, and “Buzz” with Aastha Gill.

• “Saturday Saturday” and “Proper Patola”  are among his famous songs.

• Badshah is a huge fan of Shah Rukh Khan.

• He considers ice-creams as his weakness.

• He entered the music industry with the screen name ‘Cool Equal’ and after some time changed it to “Badshah.”

• He adopted the screen name “Badshah” as he is a huge fan of Shah Rukh Khan.

• Badshah gave his first rap performance at a gay club and earned INR 1500 for it. It happened that he was playing football and humming the rap at a football club in Delhi when a DJ approached him and asked him if he can perform a similar rap for him at a party. However, Badshah was not aware that he would be performing at a gay club until he actually gave the performance.

• He shares a great bond with his sister, Aprajita. Bhadshah told in an interview that his sister was so caring towards him that once she even stole money to buy him a pair of G.I. Joe’s action shoes.

• He was offered a role in Akshay Kumar starrer “Good News.” However, the role later went to Diljit Dosanjh.

• Badshah also received a role in the film “Lust Stories” but eventually it went to Vicky Kaushal.

• His song “Proper Patola” which was sung by Diljit Dosanjh was a super hit. Interestingly, he wrote the song for Garry Sandhu but the duo could not complete the project as Garry was busy with his schedule and the song was then sung by Diljit.

• In an interview, Badshah revealed how he got admission into St. Stephen’s College in Delhi. According to him, he grew anxious when he saw a girl in tears coming out of the interview room at the college while he was waiting for his turn along with his father. Badshah added that he struggled to answer questions regarding elections in India, but when the topic switched to mathematics, his favourite subject, he answered all the questions correctly. When the three-member panel of interviewers challenged him to justify his admission, he said, “I was born in St. Stephen’s Hospital and I was born to be a Stephanian,” and he left the room. He soon received his admission confirmation.

• In July 2025, he launched his new pizza business, Badboy Pizza, in Mumbai.