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Roger David (Punjabi: راجر ڈیوڈ), better known by his stage name Bohemia is a Pakistani-American rapper, songwriter and record producer.[1][2][3][4][5]

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Bohemia
Born	Roger David Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Occupation	Rapper poet singer songwriter
Years active	2001–present
Spouse	Sunny David ​ (m. 2017)​
Musical career
Origin	Oakland, California, U.S.
Genres	Desi hip hop hip hop
Labels	Universal Music Group Sony Music India Kali Denali Music T-Series Yash Raj Films Saga Music Coke Studio Pakistan
Website	thepunjabirapper.com

Personal life

Bohemia was born in Karachi, Sindh and received his education in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. At the age of 13, he moved to the United States with his family.[6] Bohemia is married to Sunny David.[7]

Career

In early 2000, he moved to join his cousin in Oakland who was working at a West Oakland recording studio and introduced him to a young hip-hop producer called Sha One (Seth Agress). Discovering that they both shared a deep interest in music, they made plans to form their own record label, which they subsequently called "The Outfit Entertainment". After Sha heard Bohemia reciting something he had written in Punjabi he asked him to rap it over one of his beats. Over the next few months, he wrote a library of lyrics. This would become the arsenal for his debut album Vich Pardesan De (In The Foreign Land) – an autobiographical story of his life as a Desi youngster adopting to the streets of America, which he and Sha One produced together. Their first single "Sha Te Ra" was released as a music video, but the song itself was not included on Vich Pardesan De.

The following album, Pesa Nasha Pyar [Money, Intoxication, Love] became the first full-length Punjabi rap album released by a major label. It was recorded and produced by Sha One and Bohemia in their downtown Oakland studio. After nearly two years of perfecting their sound and style, a seamless fusion of Bohemia's Punjabi vocals, and Sha One's English hooks, the album was finally released. He subsequently signed a multi-record deal with music label Universal Music Group. In 2006, Pesa Nasha Pyar was on the Top 10 downloads of Maxim, and No. 3 on Planet M chart India.[8]^{[unreliable source?]} His first album Vich Pardesan De get nominated in BBC UK top ten albums. Da Rap Star, his third album, received four nominations at the UK Asian Music Awards and PTC Punjabi music awards. It also remained at No. 1 on Planet M chart for several weeks.[9]

He performed the title track for Warner Bros film Chandni Chowk To China, appearing in the film with Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone.[10] A few months later he did the title track for another Akshay Kumar film, 8 x 10 Tasveer.[11] In 2011, he gave a song as a present to Akshay Kumar for his first Hollywood production Breakaway.[12]

In May 2012, Sony Music India signed Bohemia. As part of the association, Sony Music managed his music albums, launches and shows under its management program.[13][14]

In September 2012 he released his fourth album Thousand Thoughts.[15] In 2013, it won Best Non-Resident Punjabi Album award at PTC Punjabi Music Awards.[16] At the Coke Studio Sessions, he was the first rap artist, appearing in their fifth season where he performed three songs. Bohemia has also recorded a collaboration with Sonu Kakkar and Jamaican American artist Sean Kingston.[17]

In 2015, Bohemia launched his own music label Kali Denali Music.[18] Bohemia appeared in XXL magazine in New York.[9]

In 2017, Bohemia released his latest album Skull & Bones: The Final Chapter.[19]

On July 26, 2018, first single "Sandesa" from his EP "Skull & Bones: Volume 2" was released, which turned out to be a remixed version of one of his unreleased singles. On November 27, 2018, Bohemia released first original single "Koi Farak Nahi" for his EP Skull & Bones: Volume 2.[20] In an interview Bohemia said that he is coming back with his brand new album Skull and Bones Volume 2 which later got released as an EP. All the songs in it were got released as singles instead of a single unit album.

At the end of 2018, Bohemia went on a tour in India, where he performed in Chandigarh, Delhi, Mumbai, and Rajasthan. He also appeared on an Episode on No.1 Yaarian With Raftaar and Salim Merchant.

In February 2019 Bohemia released the third single "Umeed" from his EP Skull and Bones Volume 2.

On March 6, 2022, Bohemia announced his upcoming fifth studio album named as "I Am I.C.O.N" with the track list too.

Awards and nominations

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2010	"Da Rap Star"	Best Punjabi Album at PTC Punjabi Music Awards	Nominated
2010	"Da Rap Star"	Best Sound Recording at PTC Punjabi Music Awards	Nominated
2010	"Da Rap Star"	Best Punjabi Music Director at PTC Punjabi Music Awards	Nominated
2010	"Da Rap Star"	Best International Album at UK Asian Music Awards	Nominated
2013	"Thousand Thoughts"	Best International Album at PTC Punjabi Music Awards	Won
2015	"Excellence Music"	Award of Excellence - Music at Festival Of Globe	Won
2015	"Music Career"	Make it large at Mirchi Music Awards Punjabi	Won
2016	"Jaguar"	Best Duo at PTC Punjabi Music Awards	Nominated
2016	"Patola"	Best Duo at PTC Punjabi Music Awards	Won
2017	"Hathiyar 2"	Best Duo at PTC Punjabi Music Awards	Nominated
2018	"Special Award"	International Punjabi Icon at PTC Punjabi Music Awards	Won
2020	"Pagol"	Best Music Video at PTC Music Awards	Won

Discography

Albums

Album	Year	Music Director	Label
Vich Pardesan De	2002	Bohemia	The Outfit Entertainment
Pesa Nasha Pyar	2006	Bohemia	Universal Music India
Da Rap Star	2009	Bohemia	Universal Music India
Thousand Thoughts	2012	Bohemia	Sony Music India
Skull & Bones: The Final Chapter	2017	Bohemia	T-Series
I AM I.C.O.N:In control of nothing	2022	Deep jandu	Geet Mp3

Mixtapes

Year	Album	Music Director	Artist	Label
2016	KDM Mixtape Volume 1	Various	Various	Kali Denali Music

Film soundtracks

Year	Movie	Song	Music	Co-artist(s)	Note
2009	Chandni Chowk to China	Chandni Chowk to China (CC2C)	Bohemia	Akshay Kumar
	8 x 10 Tasveer	I Got the Picture	Bohemia	J.Hind
		I Got the Picture (Remix)
2011	Breakaway	Sansaar	Sandeep Chowta		Canadian English/Punjabi film
	Desi Boyz	Subha Hone Na De	Pritam	Mika Singh, Shefali Alvares, Yo Yo Honey Singh
		Tu Mera Hero (Subha Hone Na De)			Mika Singh, Shefali Alvares
		Subha Hone Na De (Remix)
2015	Faraar	Taur	Bohemia	Gippy Grewal	Punjabi film
2016	Dishoom	Subha Hone Na De (Remix)	Pritam	Mika Singh, Shefali Alvares
2020	Street Dancer 3D	Dua Karo	Sachin–Jigar	Arijit Singh
		Maraven Yen Adayaalam		Amit Mishra	Tamil Version
		O Deva Deva			Telugu version

Singles and collaborations

Year	Track	Artist	Music director/Album name
2003	All Around The World	Bohemia ft. AMAN (Amaar & Siege)	Bohemia
2006	Evury day	Bohemia	Bohemia
2007	Keep It G	Bohemia ft. Kurupt	Bohemia
2009	Kala Doriya	Bohemia ft. Dj Chintu	Bohemia
2009	Chalo	Bohemia ft. IQ	Bohemia
2009	Sher-E-Punjab	Bohemia ft. Mika Singh	Mika Singh
2009	Dunali	Bohemia ft. Mika Singh	Bohemia ft. Mika Singh
2010	My Shoes	Bohemia ft. MiddleMan ft. Mr. Kay &	Bohemia
2010	Sh Sh Sharabi	Bohemia ft. Gippy Grewal	Bohemia ft. Gippy Grewal
2010	Holi Holi Nach	Tarsame Singh Saini ft. Bohemia	Tarsame Singh Saini
2010	Hathiyar	Gitta Bains ft. Bohemia	Jatinder Shah
2010	Daru	Gitta Bains ft. Bohemia	Gitta Bains
2010	What Have I Learned	Bohemia ft. Jennifer	Bohemia
2011	Bandookaan	Desi Beam ft. Bohemia	Desi Beam
2011	Bulawa	Bohemia ft. Pakman & D-Naar,	Bohemia
2011	Jee Karda	Bobby B ft. Bohemia,	Bobby B
2012	yaad anah	Bohemia ft. Mixman Shawn	Bohemia
2012	Maar Charapa	Sir Punj ft. Bohemia	Sir Punj & Rishi Rich (Unreleased Track)
2012	Adhi Raat	Jasmine Sandlas ft. Bohemia	Bohemia
2012	Jaane Jana	J.Hind ft. Bohemia	J.Hind
2012	Paigam	Bohemia	Bohemia
2012	Talli	Gitta Bains ft. Bohemia	Tigerstyle
2013	Rooh (the Soul)	Bohemia	Bohemia
2013	Rooh Remix	Bohemia ft. Pardhaan	Bohemia
2013	My Ride Remix	The Bilz & Kashif ft. Glasses Malone, Bohemia, Drega, Nivla
2014	Phenomenon	Bohemia	Bohemia
2014	Bad Boy	D Major ft. Bohemia	Tigerstyle
2014	Brand New Swag	Bohemia ft. Haji Springer & Panda	Bohemia
2014	Yaad Anah	Bohemia	Bohemia
2014	Preet	Haji Springer ft. Pree Mayall & Bohemia	Haji Springer
2014	U n Me	Sean Kingston ft. Sonu Kakkar, & Bohemia	Iraj
2014	Akkha Mumbai	Mun E. Fame ft. Bohemia	Mun E. Fame
2014	Fire	Gitta Bains ft. Bohemia	Haji Springer
2014	Saheli	Gurdeep Mehndi ft. Bohemia	Gurdeep Mehndi
2014	Wake N Bake	Bohemia ft. Avenue OB	Avenue OB
2014	Main	Bohemia	Bohemia
2014	Meri Bandook	Haji Springer ft. Bohemia	Haji Springer
2015	Devil inside	Haji Springer ft. Bohemia	Haji Springer
2015	Koi Ni Parwaa	Haji Springer ft. Bohemia	Haji Springer
2015	Jaguar	Sukh-E ft. Bohemia	Sukh-E
2015	Tension Stress (Bengali)	Master-D ft. Bohemia	Master-D
2015	Yaaran De Siran Te	Nishawn Bhullar ft. Bohemia	Rupin Kahlon
2015	Akhiyaan	Tony Kakkar ft. Neha Kakkar Bohemia	Tony Kakkar
2015	Akhiyaan Unplugged	Tony Kakkar ft. Neha Kakkar Bohemia	Tony Kakkar
2015	Stolen	Sahyba ft. Bohemia	Rishi Rich
2015	Patola	Guru Randhawa ft. Bohemia	Preet Hundal
2015	Salute	Bohemia	Bohemia
2015	Taur	Bohemia ft. Gippy Grewal	Haji Springer
2015	Level	SunnyBoy ft. Haji Springer Bohemia	Haji Springer
2015	Mere Baare	Bohemia	Haji Springer
2015	Muqabala	K. S. Makhan ft. Bohemia	Prince G
2016	Setti	Gippy Grewal ft. Bohemia	Jatinder Shah
2016	Muqabla	J.Hind Bohemia Shaxe Oriah	Haji Springer & Shaxe Oriah
2016	Gametime	Bohemia J.Hind Shaxe Oriah Pardhaan Haji Springer Raxstar 3AM Sukhi Young Desi Gangis Khan Deep Jandu	Haji Springer & Shaxe Oriah
2016	Zaalima	Waqar Ex ft. Bohemia	The Magician
2016	Gang Bang Operation	Gitta Bains Bohemia Doughboi Fiji	Deep Jandu
2016	Club Pub	Bohemia & Sukh-E & Ramji Gulati & Ali Quli Mirza	Ali Quli Mirza
2016	Challa	Gitta Bains ft. Bohemia	Deep Jandu
2016	Hathyar 2	Gitta Bains ft. Bohemia	Deep Jandu
2016	Teri Kamar Pe	Tony Kakkar ft. Bohemia	Tony Kakkar
2017	Tamasha	Sajjad Ali ft. Bohemia	Sajjad Ali
2017	MTBK	Bohemia & Lazarus ft. Deep Jandu & Shaxe Oriah	Shaxe Oriah
2017	Weed Da Saroor	J Lucky ft. Bohemia	Deep Jandu
2017	Nothing (Remix)	Raxstar ft. Bohemia	DJ Harpz
2017	No Make Up	Bilal Saeed ft. Bohemia	Bloodline Music
2017	Patake	Satti Satvinder ft. Bohemia	Haji Springer
2017	Gold Digger	Gud Luck ft. Bohemia	Deep Jandu
2017	Thoddi Wala Till	Simranjeet Singh ft. Bohemia	Mix Singh
2017	Car Nachdi	Gippy Grewal ft. Bohemia	B Praak
2017	Dada Giri	Sab Bhanot ft. Bohemia	Sab Bhanot
2017	G Wagon	Goldy Goraya ft. Bohemia	Deep Jandu
2017	Mahi Aaja	Rahul ft. Bohemia	Bohemia
2017	Thinking About You	Sofia Chaudry ft. Bohemia	Bohemia
2018	Zeher	Deep Money ft. Bohemia	Deep Money
2018	Good Life	Deep Jandu ft. Bohemia	Deep Jandu
2018	Gumrah	Bohemia	Bohemia
2018	Gaddi	Bohemia ft. Pardhaan	Sukh E
2018	Khatra	Bohemia ft. Gitta Bains	Prabh Near
2018	Malang	Balsehri ft. Bohemia	Prince Saggu
2018	Woofer	Vicky ft. Bohemia	Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz
2018	I Don't Wanna Say That	Bohemia ft Gitta Bains & Gurlez Akhtar	Prabh Near
2018	Sandesa (from SnBv2)	Bohemia	Bohemia
2018	Aaja Ni Aaja	Bohemia	DJ Shadow Dubai
2018	Mai Terra Akshay	Babbal Rai ft. Bohemia	B Praak
2018	Unity	Karan Aujla ft. Bohemia	Deep Jandu
2018	Munde Mar Jaange	Raghveer Boli ft. Bohemia	Jay K
2018	Shoulder	Jaggi Jagowal & Karam Jeet ft. Bohemia	Laddi Gill
2018	Oh Kudi	Sab Bhanot & Bohemia	Bohemia
2018	Jackpot	Asif Ballaj & Bohemia	Ali Mustafa
2018	Rajj Rajj Ankhiyan Roiyan	Mamta Sharma ft Bohemia	Ramji Gulati
2019	Robo The Punjabi Lion Anthem	Bohemia	Bohemia
2019	FOREIGN	3AM Sukhi & BOHEMIA & J.HIND	Haji Springer
2019	Umeed (From SnBv2)	Bohemia	Bohemia
2019	Manaka Da Munda[citation needed]	Jass Manak ft. Bohemia	Sukhe Musical Doctorz
2019	Assi Trendsetter	Meet Bros Ft. Bohemia	Meet Bros
2019	Pagol (Bengali)	Deep Jandu Ft. Bohemia	J Statik
2019	Same Beef	Sidhu Moose Wala Ft. Bohemia	Byg Byrd
2019	Kadi Kadi (from SnBv2)	Bohemia	Bohemia
2019	Khaas Bande	Gagan Kokri ft. Bohemia	Randy J
2019	Khatarnaak	Gippy Grewal ft. Bohemia	Desi Crew
2020	"Phir Ek Tera Pyar"	Bohemia ft. Devika	Shaxe Oriah
2020	Nishana Ft. Jazzy B	Saga Music	Shaxe Oriah	Lyrics: Bohemia & Gitta Bains
2020	Kaisa Nasha	Noveen Morris, Bohemia, j.hind, Deepak Godiyal	KDM Playlist Vol. 1	Saga Music & Kali Denali Music
2020	"Aish"	Bohemia	Skull and Bones V2
2020	"Paar"	Bohemia & Abrar-Ul-Haq	Saga Music & Kali Denali Music
2020	"Attitude" Raman Romana ft. Bohemia (rapper)	Yash Raj Films	Mr. WOW	Lyrics: Deep Fateh
2020	Sharabi Teri Tor	JS Atwal	Ft Bohemia (rapper)	White Magic Music ]	Lyrics: Happy Raikoti	producer: Jagjit Kaur Singh]]
2020	Crown Prince Ft. Jazzy B	Tips	Harj Nagra	Lyrics: Parry Sarpanch
2020	Black EyeBrow	Lucky Love ft. Bohemia (rapper) & Pallavi Sood	Prabh Neeaar	Lyrics: SK Sahib
2020	Raaz	Bohemia (rapper)	Skull & Bones V2	Lyrics & Music: Bohemia
2020	Mutiyaare Ni	Jassa Dhillon Ft. Bohemia	Gur Sidhu	Yash Raj Films & Saga Music
2020	Ek Din	Bohemia ft. Karan Aujla J.Hind The Game (rapper)	Shaxe Oriah	Saga Music
2021	Kingdom	Gagan Kokri ft. Bohemia & Shree Brar	Ronn Sandhu	Saga Music
2021	These Days	Sidhu Moose Wala ft. Bohemia	The Kidd	Moosetape
2021	Starboy	Jass Manak ft. Bohemia	Sharry Nexus	Bad Munda
2021	Mastani	Varinder Brar ft. Bohemia	Gill Saab	White Hill Music
2022	Without You (Tere Bina)	Flint J Ft. Bohemia	Arbaz Khan	Beyond Records
2022	Kala Tikka La Goriye	Zohaib Aslam ft. Bohemia	Arbaz Khan	Beyond Records
2022	Punjabiyan Di Dhee	Guru Randhawa ft. Bohemia & Neeru Bajwa	Preet Hundal	T-Series
2022	Ajnabi	Bohemia	Bohemia	GeetMp3

Coke Studio

• School Di Kitaab
• Paisay Da Nasha
• Kandyaari Dhol Geet
• Saari Duniya

MTV Spoken Word

• Purana Wala
• Jaane Jana

References

External links

• Official website

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