Sidhu Moosewala “Story Of Legend”

Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu  better known by his stage name Sidhu Moose Wala, was an Indian singer, rapper, actor and politician associated with Punjabi music and Punjabi cinema. He started his career as a songwriter for the song “License” by Ninja, and began his singing career on a duet song titled “G Wagon”. Following his debut, he collaborated with Brown Boyz for various tracks which were released by Humble Music.

Moose Wala was known for his controversial lyrical style, often promoting gun cultures, while also challenging religious sentiments as was the case related to Mai Bhago, a revered figure in Sikhism. He had faced legal challenges for promoting gun culture and using inflammatory and inciting lyrics in his songs. As of 2022, there were four ongoing criminal cases against him. Moose Wala was a member of the Indian National Congress, and unsuccessfully contested the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election from Mansa.

Sidhu Moosewala Initial life

Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu belongs from the village of Moosa in Mansa district of Punjab, India. He was born 11-june 1993 in a Sikh family, to father Balkaur Singh and mother Charan Kaur. He studied at Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana and graduated in electrical engineering in 2016. Moose Wala admired and was influenced by rapper Tupac Shakur. He started listening to hip-hop music from the 6th grade, and learned musical skills from Harvinder Bittu in Ludhiana. According to statements he made while campaigning, he choose “Moose Wala” for his stage name as a tribute to his home village of Moosa.

Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu belonged to village Moosa in Mansa district of Punjab, India. He carried the name of his village with him as his surname in his stage name. This is similar to Diljit Singh Dosanjh who goes by the name of his village Dosanjh. Sidhu started listening to hip hop music while he was in class 6th. He even got trained by Harvinder Bittu in Ludhiana. After completing his graduation, Sidhu Moose Wala went to Brampton, Canada. He released his first song then titled ‘ G Wagon’. 

Professional Music Career

After graduation, Moose Wala moved to Brampton, Ontario, Canada.He released his first song “” while living there. He started to perform live shows in India from 2018. He had also performed shows in Canada. Moose Wala had his breakthrough with the song “So High” in 2017, a gangster rap collaboration with Byg Byrd.

The song won him the 2017 Best Lyricist award at the Brit Asia TV Music Awards. He continued his success with singles like “Issa Jatt”, “Tochan”, “Selfmade”, “Famous” and “Warning Shots”. At the 2018 PTC Punjabi Music Awards he was nominated for the Best New Age Sensation award for “Issa Jatt”. In August 2018, he launched his first film soundtrack song titled “Dollar”, for the film Dakuaan Da Munda. In October 2018, Moose Wala released his debut album PBX 1 in the pop music genre with a touch of hip-hop. The album charted on the Canadian Albums Chart.^[It won him the Best Album Award at the 2019 Brit Asia TV Music Awards, where Moose Wala also won Track of the Year for “Legend”, Best International Male Act and Best Lyricist.

Moose Wala gained wide attention with his track “So High”. In 2018, he released his debut album PBX 1, which peaked at 66th on Billboard Canadian Albums chart. Following the album, he started releasing his songs independently. His 2019 single “47” was ranked on the UK Singles Chart. In 2020, Moose Wala was named by The Guardian among 50 up and coming artists.^[4] Ten of his songs have peaked on UK Asian chart, two of which have topped the chart. His song “Bambiha Bole” was among the top five on Global YouTube music chart. In 2021, he released Moosetape, tracks from which charted globally including Canadian Hot 100, UK Asian, and New Zealand Hot charts.

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The controversies

In June 2019, his concert at the Surrey Music Festival was cancelled due to violent activities that had happened in Moose Wala’s past performances.It was in December 2020 when he released his single Panjab: My Motherland which was linked to the Khalistani movement in India as it glorified Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. The song also has visuals from the speech made by Bharpur Singh Balbir, a supporter of the Khalistani movement in the late 1980s.  Moose Wala had a rivalry with Karan Aujla. Both the singers have been criticised for singing songs promoting violence. As of 2022, Moose Wala was facing four criminal cases. Two of the cases were related to obscene scenes.

In 2020, he featured in “Old Skool”, sung by Prem Dhillon. The song was followed by “Tibeyan Da Putt”, which topped the iTunes charts and was ranked at number 8 on the Apple Music charts in India. The song was followed by various singles, including “911” and “8 Cylinder”. In May 2020, Moose Wala announced his second studio album, Snitches Get Stitches on his Instagram handle, which was released on the same day. In the same month, he released his single “Dear Mama” on the occasion of his mother’s birthday.

Acting career

Moose Wala made his debut in Punjabi cinema in the film Yes I Am Student under his own production company Jatt Life Studios. The film was directed by Tarnvir Singh Jagpal and written by Gill Raunta. In 2019, Moose Wala appeared in Teri Meri Jodi. In June 2020, he announced another film titled Gunah. On 22 August, he released the teaser of his upcoming movie, Moosa Jatt, starring Sweetaj Brar and directed by Tru Makers. On 24 August, he announced his new film Jattan Da Munda Gaun Lagya, directed by Amberdeep Singh which was set for release on 18 March 2022.

Political Career

Moose Wala also campaigned for his mother, Charan Kaur, who won the sarpanch election from Moosa. It was in December 2013, when Sidhu Moose Wala joined Congress for contesting the Legislative Assembly elections in Punjab. He, however, lost to Vijay Singla of the Aam Aadmi Party. There was also a case against him for violating electoral norms in Elections 2022. 

During the 2022 election, a case under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code, was filed against Moosewala for his violation of the election code of conduct. He had held door-to-door campaign in Mansa constituency, after the end of allowed duration of election campaign.

On 11 April 2022, Moose Wala released a song titled “Scapegoat”, in which he laments his failure in the 2022 Punjab state assembly elections. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) claimed that Moose Wala through his song insinuated that the voters of Punjab were “gaddar” (transl. traitors) for electing AAP.

Sidhu Moose Wala Death

Moose Wala was shot dead in his car on 29 May 2022 in Jawaharke village of Mansa district, by unidentified assailants. According to police, the killing was caused by gang rivalry. 28-year-old singer was driving near his village in Punjab state on Sunday when he was shot dead by unidentified attackers. The state police claimed that a Canada-based gangster had claimed responsibility for the attack.

According to police, at around 4:30 pm, he left his house with his cousin Gurpreet Singh and neighbour Gurwinder Singh. Moose Wala was driving his black Mahindra Thar SUV, and his father was following him in a separate car. He was going to his aunt’s house in Barnala. At 5:30 when the SUV reached the village Jawaharke, two other cars intercepted and blocked it. 30 rounds were fired during the incident which also injured two other men. Moosewala also fired back at the attackers using his pistol. After the shootout, the attackers left the scene. His father took Moosewala to the civil hospital in Mansa where he was declared brought dead.