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Genres. Hip hop, Indipop. Occupation (s) Singer, rapper, actor. Years active. 1990–present. Harjeet Singh " Baba " Sehgal, is an Indian rapper. [3] [4] He is widely acclaimed to be the first Indian rapper. [5] [6] [7] He is also involved in various other areas of the entertainment industry, and works in several different languages' media.
Baba Sehgal is the man who started a new pop revolution in India. The man who actually boosted the independent music culture. The one who believed in himself, followed his path of passion, created his own inimitable style, a die hard Kishore Kumar fan who became a household name after the super magical success of his first commercial album THANDA THANDA PANI followed by Main Bhi Madonna ...
Jan 15, 2022 · The following year, the success of Baba Sehgal’s ‘Thanda Thanda Pani’ encouraged the genre, and it became the biggest-selling album of its time. It used bhangra and reggae as base but UK-based Apache Indian music used rap elements too.
Oct 26, 2017 · — Baba Sehgal (@OnlyBabaSehgal) May 17, 2015 …But, Baba Sehgal continues to make use of the changing times. In the time of Twitter, Facebook, and Vines, Baba Sehgal has become an icon of sorts with nonsense poetry and verse, rhyming ‘awaz’ (voice) with ‘pyaz‘ (onion).
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Nov 4, 2023 · Baba Sehgal was born on November 23, 1965, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. He started his career in the entertainment industry as an actor but found significant success and recognition as a rapper. He rose to fame with his debut album “Thanda Thanda Pani” (Cool Cool Water), which was a remix of the Vanilla Ice song “Ice Ice Baby.”.
- Actor, Singer
- Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Baba Sehgal
- 23/11/1965
Aug 30, 2022 · If you thought of Baba Sehgal, you were correct. He released his first album ‘Dilruba’ in 1990 and his 92’ album ‘Thanda Thanda Pani’ sold 5 million cassettes, making it the first successful Indian rap album. The single ‘Thanda Thanda Paani’ alone sold 50 lakh cassettes in the first year of its release. That’s huge.
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Oct 17, 2020 · Baba Sehgal's "Thanda Thanda Pani" (1992) is credited as India's first successful rap album. (Photo: Baba Sehgal/Instagram) Baba Sehgal believes staying relevant for almost three decades requires conviction. “It’s very difficult for an independent artiste to sustain for long. The conviction really matters,” says Sehgal.
