Deep, also known as Deep Cold or Deep Da 1, was an

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artist of

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origin from

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. Raised in the city, Deep attended the same high school as

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and

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. His first interest in music came at a young age when a tight family household income made him seek other avenues of making money.

Biography

After a rough year in 2000, Deep Cold was forced to re-evaluate his position and decided to co-create Da 1 Records with his cousin. Deep Cold released his debut album '' In Trunks Now'' in 2005 on his independent label. It featured big

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names such as

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as well as

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. Since then he has personally signed new artists Lenny Lenn and Kamla Punjabi to the label and has played a major role in the financing of their album. His comment about his style of music. "I don't have a specific style of music that can be categorized. I make music that transcends hate, barriers and race. That's what music is intended to (do)." He co-hosted a

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Show with Kamala Punjabi. Deep released 'Dekhlo Punjabi Munde' in 2007. The song quickly moved up the BBC charts and spread worldwide. In 2009, Deep and Kamla Punjabi released a collaboration album 'Nach Nach' which was produced by DJ Sanj/J-Nas. In 2010 'Dekhlo Punjabi Munde' was remixed by replacing Deep Cold and Kamla Punjabi's verses with the vocals of

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and featured in the Punjabi movie Mel Karade Rabba, albeit retaining the chorus of the original. Deep Cold has worked with

, Slim Thug, Big Moe, Lil KeKe, Billy Cook, C-Note (Botany Boyz), S.U.C. - Screwed Up Click, Master Saleem,

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, The Teflon Don, Sonny Brown, DJ Sanj/J-Nas, Diljit Singh, Jas Rai, Kamla Punjabi, Haji Springer and more.

Death

Deep died on March 5, 2014, during a visit to India, where he was working on an upcoming album.

Discography

Albums

*2002: ''In Trunks Now'' *2009: ''Nach Nach With Kamla Punjabi'' *2011: ''The Drip''

Featured on

*2004 Burning Hot - Feat Mr Riz (Produced by Harry Sona) *2005

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- Glassy 2 (featuring Hard Kaur & Deep Cold) - (Produced by Harry Sona) *2005: Suga Kane Records - West Coast Desi *2006: Suga Kane Records - First Blood *2006: Kal M, DJ Sanj & Lil Sach - America's Most Wanted 4 *2007: Mr. Underground - Underground Road Trip (Mixtape) *2007: J-Nas - Asian R&B *2008: Sonny Brown - Please Come Again *2008: DJ Sanj - Bollywood Punk *2010: Mel Karade Rabba Soundtrack *2010: Desi Hustle *2010: Sammy Gill - Pegg (featuring Deep Cold) - Single *2011: Arnie B - Hey Mama (featuring Deep Cold) - Single *2011: Sam Sahotra - Lakh Tera Hiley (featuring Deep Cold) - Single (Produced by Dj Aman) *2011: Sheetal Kayshap - Boliya (featuring Deep Cold) (Produced by DJ Precious) *2011: SK1 - Saal Solvan Tap Gayi (featuring Deep Cold) (Produced by Jaspal Soos) *2012: Mandeep Dhaliwal - Jagga (featuring Deep Cold) (Dirty South Mix) from the Motion Picture " Pseudo: Blood of Our Own" Soundtrack *2012: DJ Sanj - Bad Boyz *2013: DJ Sanj - Valeti Daru *2014: IMM - The Album *2014: Mika Singh - Shake That Booty (featuring Deep Cold) from the Bollywood Movie Soundtrack "

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". The video clip features former

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*2016: Thiêu Thân - Táo ft Cào from Deep

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20161021100313/https://deeprapper.com/ * http://www.soundclick.com/deepda1 * http://www.musesmuse.com/radiomuse-14.html * * * * https://archive.today/20130202210701/http://www.sosouth.com/detail.php?ID=6183&trackcount=All {{DEFAULTSORT:Deep American Sikhs American people of Punjabi descent American musicians of Indian descent Rappers from Houston 2014 deaths