Raxstar

Raxstar (born 21 November 1983) is British rapper and singer from Luton. Raxstar came into popularity after the release of "Keep It Undercover" in 2005. Following up with tracks like "Jaaneman", "Ego", "Poison" and "Balwant", he gained more mainstream attention, and has become one of the most popular artists in Desi hip hop.^[1][2][3]

Raxstar
Born	(1983-11-21) 21 November 1983 (age 40) Luton, England
Origin	Luton, United Kingdom
Genres	Hip hop R&B
Occupation(s)	Rapper singer
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	2005–present
Labels	T-Series Saavn E3UK DesiHipHop DesiTrill Timeless London SB.TV
Website	raxstardw.com

Early life

Raxstar was born and raised in Luton, Bedfordshire, East of England into a working class family of Indian Punjabi Sikh descent. Raxstar has two brothers, one older and one younger.^[4]

Career

Early career

Before the release of his first single, Raxstar created mixtapes in cassettes and CDs and passed them out to his peers in high school and college.^[4] After releasing music online on his website, Raxstar became a featured artist on one of Rishi Rich's projects.

Discography

Extended Play

• Fulfilling Ambition EP (2007)

Mixtapes

• Lost Ones (2008)
• Spring Cleaning (2010)
• About A Girl (2011)
• Late on Time (2012)
• Dream Warriors Live Session (2014)

Studio albums

• Glass Ceiling (2018)
• Artbreak (2019)
• Threats (with KALY) (2019)

Singles

Year	Song	Music	Reference(s)
2005	Keep It Undercover	Sunit	^[5]
	SH1		^[5]
	In Perspective		^[6]
2010	Name On The Poster		^[7]
	Fading	Sunit & S-Lyne	^[8]
2011	Jaaneman	SunitMusic	^[9]
	The Other Man (featuring RKZ)		^[10]
	Dhalsim	June 25	^[11]
	Ex Games	Substeppers	^[12]
	What's Inside	Young Archie	^[13]
2012	Flirt	DJ Surinder Rattan	^[14]
	I Am (featuring Humble the Poet)	Tazzz	^[15]
2013	Ego	SunitMusic	^[16]
	Dream Warriors		^[17]
	Cold World		^[18]
2014	Got Me Singing (featuring Mumzy Stranger)	SunitMusic & Lyan	^[19]
	Brand New Swag (Remix)	Haji Springer	^[20]
	Tear Drops	Tazzz	^[21]
2015	Desi Hip Hop (Manj Musik featuring Raxstar, Roach Killa, Humble the Poet, Big Dhillon, Badshah, Sarb Smooth & Raftaar)
	Poison	DJ Harpz	^[22]
	Ego (Remix) (featuring Fateh, Tazzz, Badshah, Kaly, Humble the Poet & RKZ)	SunitMusic	^[23]
	Bandook (featuring Badshah)
	Four Seasons	SunitMusic	^[24]
2016	Ya Baba (Remix)	Zack Knight & Rami Beatz
	Nothing	Dj Harpz
	Ankhiyaan (with Kanika Kapoor)	Ezu	^[25]
	Signs (with Rajeev B featuring Mickey Singh)	Rajeev B	^[26]
	Nashanebaaj (PAM featuring Raxstar)	PAM	^[27]
	Queen (featuring Zack Knight)	Zack Knight	^[28]^[29]
	GameTime (featuring Various Artists)	Bohemia
	4 Desis (featuring Haji Springer & Pardhaan)	Haji Springer
2017	Shudai (Neha Bhasin featuring Raxstar)		^[30]
	Balwant (featuring SunitMusic)	SunitMusic	^[31]
	Nothing (Remix) (featuring Bohemia)	Dj Harpz	^[32]
	King Midas (with SunitMusic)	SunitMusic	^[33]
	Turn Me On (Remix) (Nish featuring Mumzy Stranger & Raxstar)	SP	^[34]
	Driving School (Man Like Malik & Raxstar)	Sonna Rele and Sauce	^[35]
	Sun Raha (featuring Shreya Goshal)	SunitMusic	^[36]
2018	Rewind (featuring Amar Sandhu)	Lyan	^[37]
	Kehndi Mainu (Raves featuring Raxstar)	Producer X	^[38]
	SBTV Neglect & Feeling Invisible	Nihle Robbins	^[39]
	Lost Our Way (featuring Arjun)	Lyan	^[40]
	Glass Ceiling	Haji Springer	^[41]
	Ki Kargeyi (featuring The PropheC)	The Prophec	^[42]
	ROTI (Pav Dharia featuring Raxstar)	Rokitbeats	^[43]
	Love	Ezu and Shayal	^[44]
	Pearls (Rubal Sikka featuring Raxstar)	Producer X	^[45]
	Yamla Jat (featuring Pav Dharia)	Shayal	^[46]
	Scorpio SZN	Haji Springer	^[47]
	Dance (F1rstman featuring Mumzy, H-Dhami, Juggy D)	Harun B	^[48]
	Temptation (featuring Samica)	Rimshox	^[49]
2019	More	Myze	^[50]
	Pressure	Mr Kam	^[51]
	Remember (Nish featuring Raxstar)	Nish	^[52]
	Full Tank (featuring RKZ)	Luke Masih	^[53]
	Friends (The Ex Mix)	Luke Masih	^[54]
	The Future (Raxstar and Kaly)	Ghauri	^[55]
	Pray (Raxstar and Kaly)	Ghauri	^[56]
	Falling (H-Dhami featuring Raxstar)	Lyan	^[57]
	Time (featuring F1rstman)	Morry	^[58]
	Say Less	Harun B	^[59]
	London (featuring Amar Sandhu)	Rimshox	^[60]
2020	Dil Vaaja Maarda	Lyan	^[61]
	Kaun Tujhe	Ezu	^[62]
	Quarantine	Ezu	^[63]
	Airplane Mode	Enco	^[64]
	Airplane Mode (Runaway Remix)	Byro	^[65]
	2020	Byro	^[66]
2021	Forever Jaaneman	SunitMusic	^[67]
	Chemistry (featuring H-Dhami)	Stranger Productions	^[68]
	Fix This (featuring Raashi Sood)	Shri Gadhvi & Stranger Productions	^[69]
	Shining	Rimshox	^[70]

Awards

• Brit Asia TV Music Awards 2014 "Best Urban Asian Act"^[71]
• Eastern Eye 2014 Best Independent Act "^{[citation needed]}
• Brit Asia TV Music Awards 2019 Best Collaboration for "Dance" by F1rstman, Juggy D, H Dhami, Mumzy and Raxstar^[72]

References

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2. "Woman Empowerment".
3. "rapper raxstar on being a british asian musician and acing his passion".
4. Episode 11 | The Raxstar Episode, retrieved 28 August 2018
5. Raxstar (13 January 2009), Sunit & Raxstar - Keep It Undercover (Remix), retrieved 17 May 2018
6. Raxstar (30 August 2007), Sunit & Raxstar - In Perspective (Official Video), retrieved 17 May 2018
7. Raxstar (9 May 2010), Raxstar - Name On The Poster (Official Video HD), retrieved 17 May 2018
8. Raxstar (11 October 2010), Raxstar - Fading (Official Video HD), retrieved 17 May 2018
9. Raxstar (14 February 2011), Raxstar - Jaaneman (Official Video HD) | SunitMusic, retrieved 17 May 2018
10. Raxstar (7 August 2011), Raxstar - The Other Man ft RKZ (Official Video HD) | SunitMusic, retrieved 17 May 2018
11. Raxstar (13 May 2011), Raxstar - Dhalsim (Official Audio), retrieved 17 May 2018
12. Raxstar (8 February 2012), Raxstar - Ex Games (Official Video HD), retrieved 17 May 2018
13. Raxstar (4 March 2012), Raxstar - What's Inside (Official Video HD), retrieved 17 May 2018
14. Raxstar (9 October 2012), Raxstar - Flirt (Official Video HD) ft DJ Surinder Rattan, retrieved 17 May 2018
15. TaZzZ (16 May 2012), I AM | TaZzZ | Humble The Poet | Raxstar | Official Video, retrieved 17 May 2018
16. Ego – Single, 14 November 2013, retrieved 7 September 2017
17. RaxstarUKVEVO (3 May 2013), Raxstar - Dream Warriors, retrieved 17 May 2018
18. Raxstar (12 August 2013), Raxstar - Cold World (Official Video) | SunitMusic, retrieved 17 May 2018
19. Got Me Singing (feat. Mumzy Stranger) – Single by Raxstar on Apple Music, 28 May 2014, retrieved 7 September 2017
20. Raxstar (11 September 2014), Raxstar | Bohemia | Haji Springer - Brand New Swag (Official Remix Video HD), retrieved 17 May 2018
21. TaZzZ (4 May 2014), Teardrops (Tujhe Bhula Diya) | TaZzZ ft. Raxstar & Rita Morar | Official Video, retrieved 17 May 2018
22. Raxstar (22 May 2015), Raxstar - Poison (ZAIR) | DJ Harpz (Official Video HD), retrieved 17 May 2018
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28. "Raxstar and Zack Knight Team up For a Powerhouse Collaboration with New Track, "Queen"".
29. "Zack Knight and Raxstar come together again for a new single".
30. Shudai (feat. Raxstar) – Single, 14 February 2017, retrieved 7 September 2017
31. Balwant (feat. SunitMusic) – Single, 17 February 2017, retrieved 7 September 2017
32. Nothing (feat. Bohemia) – Single by Raxstar, 17 February 2017, retrieved 7 September 2017
33. King Midas – Single by Raxstar on Apple Music, 11 August 2017, retrieved 7 September 2017
34. Turn Me on (Remix) [feat. Mumzy Stranger & Raxstar] - Single by Nish on Apple Music, 14 September 2017, retrieved 25 January 2018
35. Driving School (feat. Raxstar) – Single by Man Like Malik on Apple Music, 11 August 2017, retrieved 7 January 2018
36. T-Series (9 September 2017), Raxstar: Sun Raha Video Song | Shreya Ghoshal | Latest Song 2017, retrieved 17 May 2018
37. Rewind (feat. Amar Sandhu) – Single by Raxstar on Apple Music, 22 March 2018, retrieved 27 March 2018
38. Kehndi Mainu (feat. Raxstar) – Single by Raves on Apple Music, 12 February 2018, retrieved 27 March 2018
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51. Raxstar (2 February 2019), Raxstar - Pressure (Official Video) | Artbreak 🎨💔, retrieved 11 April 2019
52. Nish (13 February 2019), Nish - Remember (Feat. Raxstar) | IDENTITY | OFFICIAL VIDEO, retrieved 11 April 2019
53. Raxstar (20 February 2019), Raxstar ft RKZ - Full Tank (Official Video) | Artbreak 🎨💔, retrieved 11 April 2019
54. Raxstar (8 March 2019), Raxstar - Friends (The Ex Mix) (Official Video), retrieved 11 April 2019
55. Kaly (14 March 2019), Raxstar x Kaly - The Future (Intro) (Official Video), retrieved 11 April 2019
56. Raxstar (21 March 2019), Raxstar & Kaly - Pray (Official Video), retrieved 11 April 2019
57. H Dhami (3 April 2019), H Dhami | Falling | Raxstar | Lyan | Latest Punjabi Songs 2019, retrieved 11 April 2019
58. Raxstar & F1rstman - Time (Prod. Morry) (Official Video), retrieved 2 September 2021
59. Raxstar - Say Less (Prod. Harun B) (Official Video), retrieved 2 September 2021
60. Raxstar ft Amar Sandhu - London (Prod. Rimshox) (Official Video), retrieved 2 September 2021
61. Raxstar - Dil Vaaja Maarda | prod. Lyan (Audio), retrieved 2 September 2021
62. Raxstar - Kaun Tujhe | prod. Ezu | Raaginder (Lyric Video), retrieved 2 September 2021
63. Raxstar - Quarantine | prod. Ezu (Lyric Video), retrieved 2 September 2021
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65. Raxstar - Airplane Mode (Runaway Remix) (Official Video), retrieved 2 September 2021
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67. Raxstar - Forever Jaaneman (Prod. SunitMusic) (Official Video) | Latest Hindi Songs 2021, retrieved 2 September 2021
68. Raxstar ft H-Dhami - Chemistry (Official Music Video) | Latest Punjabi Songs 2021, retrieved 2 September 2021
69. Raxstar ft Raashi Sood - Fix This (Official Video) | Latest Punjabi Songs 2021, retrieved 2 September 2021
70. Raxstar - Shining (Prod. Rimshox) (Official Video) | Latest Punjabi Songs 2021, retrieved 2 September 2021
71. Baddhan, Raj (7 October 2014). "Brit Asia Awards 2014: Winners list". BizAsia. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
72. . britasia.tv. BritAsia TV. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.

External links

• Official website