Raxstar

Raxstar (born 21 November 1983) is a 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 41) Luton, England
Origin	Luton, United Kingdom
Genres	Hip hop R&B
Occupations	Rapper singer
Instrument	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)
• sadboihours (2022)

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)
• Content (2022)
• Not Again (2024)

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)	DJ Lyan	[37]
	Kehndi Mainu (Raves featuring Raxstar)	Producer X	[38]
	SBTV Neglect & Feeling Invisible	Nihle Robbins	[39]
	Lost Our Way (featuring Arjun)	DJ 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, Raxstar & 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)	DJ Lyan	[57]
	Time (featuring F1rstman)	Morry	[58]
	Say Less	Harun B	[59]
	London (featuring Amar Sandhu)	Rimshox	[60]
2020	Dil Vaaja Maarda	DJ 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)	SP	[68]
	Fix This (featuring Raashi Sood)	Shri Gadhvi & Stranger Productions	[69]
	Shining	Rimshox	[70]
	Never Thought (featuring Arjun and Ahmed Khan)	Byro
2022	Edible	Byro
	Mundra (featuring S-Jay)	Myze
	Ask (Teri Khair Mangdi) (featuring Shweta Pandya)	Myze
	Yes or No	Bajaj
2023	Kinni Soni	DJ Lyan
	Questions (featuring Fateh DOE)	Stranger Productions
	Kehta Hai (featuring STYM)	STYM
	NZR	Rimshox
2024	Saari Raat (featuring Tasha Tah)	SunitMusic

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]