Sparsh Shah is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and inspirational speaker from New Jersey, US. He was born in 2003 in

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, to a family of Indian descent. Sparsh has a very rare disorder

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, also known as Brittle Bone Disorder. He had over 35 broken bones in his body at the time of birth. As of 2020, he has suffered from 125 fractures. He has also been a motivational speaker, aiming to changing many lives through his music and speech. He was featured in World's Greatest Motivators,

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and

Kaun Banega Crorepati ''Kaun Banega Crorepati'' (simply ''KBC''; English: ''Who Will Become a Crorepati'') is an Indian Hindi-language television game show. It is the official Hindi adaptation of the '' Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' franchise. It is presented ...

. He is known for his viral cover video of Eminem's "Not Afraid" song. A documentary film Brittle Bone Rapper was made on his journey. He had visited

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in 2019 and had an interview with

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journalist

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. Sparsh Shah sang the

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in the ''Howdy, Modi!'' event the same year.

Pro

* '''Not Afraid Viral Cover song - 2016 * '''TEDx Talks - 2017 * '''The Maury Show''' - 2017 * '''Kaun Banega Crorepati Season 10 Finale - 2018 * Little Big Shots''' - 2018

Awards

* Global Indian Award 2018

References

External links

Sparsh Shah
on

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