Roger David (born 15 October 1979), known world wide by his stage name Bohemia or Raja is a Pakistani American, Punjabi rapper and a music producer from California. He is known as the King of Punjabi Rap. Bohemia is the founder of Punjabi Rap.
Bohemia quickly gained popularity in 2002 with his independent first album, Vich Pardesan De (In The Foreign Land) which reached the Top 10 on BBC Radio 1 UK.[citation needed] The following album, Pesa Nasha Pyar, released in 2006 became the first full-length Punjabi-rap album released by a major record label. It brought Bohemia increased popularity, including a multi-record deal with Universal Music Group Pvt. Ltd. India. It also brought his creation of Punjabi rap to mainstream recognition making Bohemia known as a pioneer of a new genre of music: Desi-hip-hop or Desi-rap.
In 2006, Pesa Nasha Pyar reached #2 on Maxim India magazine’s Top 10 downloads, and #3 on the Planet M chart. Bohemia appeared in XXL magazine in New York. He entered Bollywood in 2009 with the title track for the Warner Bros. feature film Chandni Chowk to China, in which he appeared with Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone. His voice was used for the film Desi Boyz, rapping to set the scene for Sanjay Dutt's cameo with Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Deepika Padukone and Chitrangda Singh. Da Rap Star, his third album, received four nominations at the UK Asian music awards and PTC Punjabi music awards, including Best Punjabi Album and Best Music Director. Da Rap Star remained at #1 on the Planet M chart in India for several weeks. Bohemia toured for the rest of 2009 performing all over Europe, Asia and America. He has appeared on many of Universal India’s mega-compilations including three tracks on The Chart Busters. Universal called this compilation "The biggest hits in Punjabi on one massive album!" Bohemia was one of the best-selling artists of the year, making him the flagship artist of Universal Music Group India.
Bohemia was ranked 25th on Desiclub.com’s list of the 50 Coolest Desis. "Ek Tera Pyar", his second single from Da Rap Star, entered the B4U Top 10 chart, becoming the first non-film track to do so. Bohemia was amongst the top 100 most searched Asian artists on yahoo.com. He has appeared on over 30 major label compilations and collaborations to date.
Bohemia is #3 on the Top 15 Desi Artists of the Decade. "This list is like no other," said Urban Desi radio. The list has artists that came onto the urban Desi scene and changed it forever.[5] He released the album Hazar Gallan (Thousand Thoughts) in 2012.
In May 2012, Sony Music Entertainment signed Bohemia. As part of the association, Sony Music will take care of Bohemia's music albums, launches and shows under tits artist management program.
Bohemia quickly gained popularity in 2002 with his independent first album, Vich Pardesan De (In The Foreign Land) which reached the Top 10 on BBC Radio 1 UK.[citation needed] The following album, Pesa Nasha Pyar, released in 2006 became the first full-length Punjabi-rap album released by a major record label. It brought Bohemia increased popularity, including a multi-record deal with Universal Music Group Pvt. Ltd. India. It also brought his creation of Punjabi rap to mainstream recognition making Bohemia known as a pioneer of a new genre of music: Desi-hip-hop or Desi-rap.
In 2006, Pesa Nasha Pyar reached #2 on Maxim India magazine’s Top 10 downloads, and #3 on the Planet M chart. Bohemia appeared in XXL magazine in New York. He entered Bollywood in 2009 with the title track for the Warner Bros. feature film Chandni Chowk to China, in which he appeared with Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone. His voice was used for the film Desi Boyz, rapping to set the scene for Sanjay Dutt's cameo with Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Deepika Padukone and Chitrangda Singh. Da Rap Star, his third album, received four nominations at the UK Asian music awards and PTC Punjabi music awards, including Best Punjabi Album and Best Music Director. Da Rap Star remained at #1 on the Planet M chart in India for several weeks. Bohemia toured for the rest of 2009 performing all over Europe, Asia and America. He has appeared on many of Universal India’s mega-compilations including three tracks on The Chart Busters. Universal called this compilation "The biggest hits in Punjabi on one massive album!" Bohemia was one of the best-selling artists of the year, making him the flagship artist of Universal Music Group India.
Bohemia was ranked 25th on Desiclub.com’s list of the 50 Coolest Desis. "Ek Tera Pyar", his second single from Da Rap Star, entered the B4U Top 10 chart, becoming the first non-film track to do so. Bohemia was amongst the top 100 most searched Asian artists on yahoo.com. He has appeared on over 30 major label compilations and collaborations to date.
Bohemia is #3 on the Top 15 Desi Artists of the Decade. "This list is like no other," said Urban Desi radio. The list has artists that came onto the urban Desi scene and changed it forever.[5] He released the album Hazar Gallan (Thousand Thoughts) in 2012.
In May 2012, Sony Music Entertainment signed Bohemia. As part of the association, Sony Music will take care of Bohemia's music albums, launches and shows under tits artist management program.
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