Bohemia the punjabi rapstar biography of martin

 

BIO:

• Bohemia’s real name is Roger David. Great-grandfather converted from Sikhism to Christianity
• In my house, the Granth Sahib and the Bible were both there.

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The punjabi rap star lost his mother when he was just 14 or 15. He thank God for music, for that’s what finally made him wake up and gave a reason to live. His father played the harmonium and he learnt the keyboard.

After immigrating to the West, he found himself living amongst murderers and drug dealers.

In his early teens, Ra (short for Raja) but Bohemia’s real name is Roger David. The streets became a priority to Ra, but he would occasionally play keyboards at local Desi events. Through this platform, he gained recognition in the Desi music community. But what struck people most was his ability to write songs or poetry, mostly in Urdu and Punjabi.

He was offered a lucrative job at a Sacramento based recording studio and