Jaswinder Singh Bains (born 1 April 1975), better known by his stage name Jazzy B is an Indo-Canadian Punjabi singer and songwriter.

Early life and career

Jazzy B was born in

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. When he was five years old, his family moved to

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, Canada. His first album ''Gugiyan Da Jora'' was released in 1993. The rhythm was played by

Sukhshinder Shinda Sukshinder Shinda (born Sukshinder Pal Singh Bhullar, Punjabi: ਸੁਖਸ਼ਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਭੁੱਲਰ) is a British-Indian playback singer-songwriter and bhangra Record producer from Handsworth in Birmingham, England. Since r ...

who suggested that he move to

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if he wanted a prominent career in

Punjabi music Music of Punjab (Punjabi: پنجاب دی موسیقی ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦਾ ਸੰਗੀਤ ) reflects the traditions of the Punjab region of the Subcontinent, with East Punjab in India, and West Punjab in Pakistan. The Punjab has diverse ...

. He is a big fan of the late singer

Kuldeep Manak Kuldeep Manak, also spelled as Kuldip Manak (born Latif Mohammed Khan; 15 November 1951 – 30 November 2011), was an Indian singer best known for singing a rare genre of Punjabi music, ''kali'', also known by its plural form ''kalian'' or kali ...

, which is one of the reasons why Jazzy's album, Maharajas, released in 2011, with Kuldeep's son, Yudhvir, also a singer, is a tribute to Kuldeep Manak, with some of Kuldeep's original vocals retained, and many other songs sung by Jazzy and Yudhvir, are also a tribute to Kuldeep Manak. Jazzy has released 12 studio albums, and two religious ones. He has collaborated on many tracks.

Film career

In 2000 Jazzy made his film debut in '' Shaheed Udham Singh''. In 2006 he appeared in

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's movie '' Teesri Aankh: The Hidden Camera'' with Amisha Patel in song Chug De Punjabi. In 2012 he made his debut with movie Best of Luck as an actor with

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singer and actor

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and Miss India Universe 2008

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. The shooting of this film commenced in

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in May 2012. He made special appearance in

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's ''

Jatt & Juliet 2 ''Jatt & Juliet 2'' ( pa, ਜੱਟ ਐਂਡ ਜੂਲੀਅਟ 2) is a 2013 Indian Punjabi romance comedy film directed by Anurag Singh. The film is a sequel to the 2012 blockbuster '' Jatt & Juliet'', however not directly or story-wise. Actor ...

'' in 2013. In 2014, he appeared in '' Romeo Ranjha''. In a news story published in April, it was revealed that while doing stunts for Romeo Ranjha, Jazzy underwent serious injuries wherein he even had "near-death" experience. He was quoted as saying, "I literally left my body. I could feel everyone trying to resuscitate me. I remember my whole life flashing before my eyes, and surprisingly, I wasn't thinking about winning awards or anything like that. The only thing I cared about was that I wanted to live because I did not want to leave my family so soon." In 2014 he made a special appearance in

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's and

's movie

Double Di Trouble ''Double Di Trouble'' is a 2014 Indian Punjabi-language directed by Smeep Kang, and starring Dharmendra, Gippy Grewal and Minissha Lamba, Kulraj Randhawa as leads, along with Gurpreet Ghuggi, Poonam Dhillon. The music of the film is by Jatinde ...

. In 2015 he featured in title song "Zalim Dilli"of movie ''

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'' with

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. In 2019 he worked on the

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starer Kesari as a playback singer on the song In 2020 he featured in song "Gallan Kardi" with

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for movie

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. In 2022, he appeared in a song "ghaint galbaat" with

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in punjabi movie

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. In 2022, he also appeared as a cop in suspense thriller punjabi movie

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along with

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and Arshi Khatkar.

Work

From his music video "Surma"

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started his modelling career in 2000. In 2001 his song "Oh Kehri" from the album of same name featured

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featured in his songs and videos "Jindey" and "Chak De Boli". He is known for his song "

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" with

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from his album ''

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''.

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featured in his song "Glassy" from the album ''Rambo'' in 2008.

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appeared in his song "Naag 2" in 2010. He sung a song named "Fukraa" for Emraan Hashmi starrer movie Rush in 2012. In 2013 he sung a song "Jugni" for

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, and

Mahi Gill Rimpy Kaur "Mahie" Gill (born 19 December 1975) is an Indian actress, working in the Hindi and Punjabi film industries. She is best known for her role of Paro in Anurag Kashyap's critically acclaimed Hindi film ''Dev.D'', a modern take on Sara ...

starrer

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. In 2014

once again appeared in his Duet song "Mitran De Boot". In 2014 he also sung for movie

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starring

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and

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. In 2015 he worked with international rapper

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for the song "Most Wanted" which is featured in

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. His old song "Sat Rangey" used in the background of the Hollywood movie ''

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'' in 2016. He is the first South Asian entertainer to have his name added to the

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Star Walk in

. In 2016 he sung a song "Love The Way You Dance" for movie

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starring

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and

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. In 2017

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'' Season 10'' contestant Lopamudra Raut was featured in his song Crazy Ya from album '' Folk 'N' Funky 2.'' In 2019 he sung the song "Ajj Singh Garjega" for

's movie '' Kesari''. In 2019 he worked on the

starer Kesari as a playback singer on the song In 2020, his song "Jine Mera Dil Luteya" recreated as "Gaallan Kardi" with

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for

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starrer

. He appeared as a Judge in

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"Sa Re Ga Ma Pa" with

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and show was mentoring by

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Discography

Religious albums

Soundtracks

Singles

Duo collaborations

Television

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Official websiteJazzy B Music Profile on PunjabiCinema.Org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jazzy B 1975 births Living people Indian people Punjabi people Indian Sikhs People from Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district People from Abbotsford, British Columbia Punjabi-language singers Indian emigrants to Canada Canadian people of Indian descent Canadian people of Punjabi descent Canadian Sikhs Canadian musicians of Indian descent Bhangra (music) musicians Musicians from British Columbia