Bohemia (rapper)

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Roger David (born October 15, 1979), better known by his stage name Bohemia (Hindi/Punjabi: ????????) stylized BOHEMIA or Raja, is a Pakistani-American rapper and record producer from California, USA.

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Early life

Bohemia was born on October 15, 1979, in Karachi, Sindh, to an ethnic Punjabi-Christian family.

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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. Sha heard Bohemia reciting something he had written in Punjabi and asked him to rap it over one of his beats.Over the next few months, he wrote a library of lyrics. This would become 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. The following album, Pesa Nasha Pyar [Money, Intoxication, Love] became the first full-length Punjabi rap album released by a major label. He subsequently signed a multi-record deal with music label Universal Music Group [2006 - 2009]. In 2006, Pesa Nasha Pyar was on the Top 10 downloads of Maxim, and No. 3 on Planet M chart India. 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 several weeks. Bohemia toured in 2009, performing in North America, Australia, Europe and Asia.

He performed the title track for Warner Bros film Chandni Chowk to China, appearing in the film with Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone. A few months later he did the title track for another Akshay Kumar film, 8 x 10 Tasveer. In 2011, he gave a song as a present to Akshay Kumar for his first Hollywood production Breakaway. Bohemia also featured in the track with Mika Singh on the film, Desi Boyz's track "Subha Hone Na De".

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

In September 2012 he released his fourth album Thousand Thoughts. In 2013, it won Best Non-Resident Punjabi Album award at PTC Punjabi Music Awards. 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.

In 2015, Bohemia launched his own music label Kali Denali Music. Bohemia appeared in XXL magazine in New York. In 2016, he was signed to T-Series. In February 2017, he released his fifth album Skull & Bones: The Final Chapter under T-Series. The album topped iTunes.