Engineer Who Became Punjab's Biggest Singing Sensation: Sidhu Moose Wala's Journey To Stardom
Engineer Who Became Punjab's Biggest Singing Sensation: Sidhu Moose Wala's Journey To Stardom
At the young age of just 28,
Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu who was better known by his stage name Sidhu Moose Wala,
was shot dead in his car (SUV) on May 29, 2022 in Jawaharke village of Mansa
district. Thirty rounds of bullets were shot at him, out of which eight hit
him. He was immediately rushed to the hospital but doctors said he was brought
dead. The incident has sent shockwaves across the entire nation. From
celebrities like Ranveer Singh to American Rapper Drake, everyone is
heartbroken.
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Sidhu Moose Walas
journey to stardom
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Sidhu Moose Wala
Controversies
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Glorification of
Khalistani movement
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Promoting gun
culture and violence
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Sidhu Moose Walas
political career
Sidhu Moose Wala's
journey to stardom
Personal life
Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu hailed from the
village of Moosa in Mansa district of Punjab, India. He was born to a Sikh
family, to father Bhola Singh and mother Charan Kaur, who is the head of
the village. He studied at Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College,
Ludhiana and graduated in electrical engineering in 2016.
Music
influence
Moose Wala started listening to
hip-hop music when he was in sixth grade. He learned the art of music from
Harvinder Bittu in Ludhiana. Sidhu was a great admirer of rapper Tupac
Shakur. He was so influenced by Tupac that his last song, The Last Ride, was
also inspired by him. The cover photo of the song was Tupac's car in which he
was shot, quite similar to how Moose Wala died.
Breakthrough
performance
After graduation, he moved to Canada
on a study visa, from where he released his first song G Wagon. Moose
Wala's claim to fame was song So High, a gangster rap for which he
collaborated with Byg Byrd. The 2017 song was an instant hit. The
song won him the 2017 Best Lyricist award at the Brit Asia TV Music Awards.
Following this, he only flew high.
Punjab's singing
sensation
With songs like Issa Jatt,
Tochan, Selfmade, Famous and Warning Shots, he became a rage among
fans. His single titled 47 that featured Mist and Stefflon Don entered the
top 20 on UK Singles Chart. In 2019, Spotify included him in the list of
the most popular artists in Punjab, along with Maninder Buttar and Karan
Aujla. Popular for his gangster rap, his songs often made to top charts in
Punjab, UK, Canada and New Zealand.
Sidhu Moose Wala
Controversies
Glorification of
Khalistani movement
In 2020, he released a song
called Panjab: My
Motherland for which he was accused of glorifying the Khalistani
movement as the song included visuals from a speech made by Khalistani
supporter Bharpur Singh Balbir in the late 1980s.
Promoting gun
culture and violence
In 2020, the then Punjab government
led by Captain Amarinder Singh had booked him for promoting gun culture and
violence in one of his songs, Panj golian (five bullets)
and Sanju.
He once, along with his father, had
appeared before Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the Sikhs, and
tendered an apology. His song received backlash from Sikhs for mentioning woman
warrior Mai Bhago.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Moose
Wala was booked over a viral video that allegedly showed him firing with an
AK-47 rifle in a firing range.
Sidhu Moose Wala's
political career
Moose Wala had joined the Congress
last year before the Punjab Assembly elections. He contested the Punjab
elections from Mansa constituency and was defeated by Aam Aadmi Party's Dr
Vijay Singla by a huge margin of 63,323 votes.
He then released a song titled
Scapegoat in which he called AAP supporters traitors. The song also refers to
Simranjit Singh Mann and Deep Sidhu, saying that the people of Punjab forgot
their contribution.
"Our Guru Sahib has taught
that humbleness is the greatest virtue. Defeat should be taken as a lesson of
introspection. But Moosewala seems to have lost his mind in arrogance. People
of Punjab have voted from their hearts, calling the voice of people 'gaddar' is
shameful," Cabinet Minister Harjot Singh Bains said.
