Deep Jandu
Deep Jandu | |
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| Born | Montreal, Canada |
| Origin | Canada |
| Genres | Bhangra |
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| Years active | 2011–present |
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| Website | Deep Jandu on Facebook |
Deep Jandu is a Canadian music producer, rapper, and singer associated with Punjabi music. Also, he founded a record label Royal Music Gang, with manager Parma.[1] Jandu released his debut album Nach in 2011. His song "Daru Daru" was well received by the audience.[2] He was also nominated for Filmfare Awards Punjabi Best Music Album category for Channa Mereya (2017), along Gold Boy, Jaidev Kumar, and Sonu Ramgarhia.[3]
Discography
Studio albums
- Nach (2011)
- In 2 Deep (2013)
- Pagol (2019)
- Down To Earth (2019)
- COme & Go (2020)
Personal life
In July 2018, Jandu's first son was born and was named Aryan Singh Jandu.[4] Some of his songs have been criticised for glorifying guns and drugs.[5][6][7] He had disputes with his old co-artist Elly Mangat over releasing song "Aa Gaya Ni Ohi Billo Time" under Speed Records.[8] In June 2019, he was attacked along with Karan Aujla by a Punjab-based gang in Surrey.[9] A month before the attack, they received an extortion call from the same gang.[10]
References
- ^ "Its time to Advance the standard of Punjabi Cinema says Harpreet Singh owner of 7NamRecords". theindiasaga.com. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ "Daru Daru by Deep Jandu feat Divine and Gangis Khan hits one million streams on Hungama". radioandmusic.com. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ "Nominations for the Jio Filmfare Awards (Punjabi) 2018". filmfare.com. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ "Singer-music producer Deep Jandu blessed with a baby boy". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ Pioneer, The. "Punjabi singers face scrutiny for glamourizing guns, liquor". The Pioneer. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ "New Punjabi song glorifies 'reach' behind bars: 'Will call you from jail... update Facebook too'". Hindustan Times. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ "Guns and glory from Punjab's Gangland". Hindustan Times. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ "Enraged Elly Mangat blurts out the reason for being upset with Deep Jandu!". in.com. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ "Punjabi singer Karan Aujla attacked in Canada". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ 19 Mar, TNN |; 2019; Ist, 11:37. "Chandigarh: Music producer gets Rs 20 lakh extortion call | Chandigarh News". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
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