L-FRESH the Lion first caught the attention of his peers and the Australian music scene in 2009 when he supported
Nas during his first headline tour of Australia. In 2012, he released his first
long-play record,
The Lion Speaks. In May 2014, L-FRESH the Lion released
One, which was promoted as his debut studio album. He then signed a record deal with
Elefant Traks in early 2015. His follow-up album,
Become, was released in May 2016 and peaked at number 55 on the
ARIA Charts. At the
ARIA Music Awards of 2016, it was nominated for
Best Urban Album. In 2017 and 2018, L-FRESH the Lion was selected by
YouTube to be an Australian representative for their global
Creators for Change initiative. His music video "Raci$t / Our World" premiered at the
Tribeca TV Festival alongside two other Creators for Change projects. He then went on to perform the song at YouTube's Brandcast event held in Sydney at the
Hordern Pavilion, which was headlined by a performance from
Sir Elton John. L-FRESH the Lion's 2018 Creators for Change project, a short documentary called
Culture Strong, won Best Editor and Runner-up Best in the West at the Made in the West Film Festival, while also being nominated for Best Director, Best Cinematographer and Best Sound Design. L-FRESH the Lion closed out his 2018 involvement with the Creators for Change initiative by performing "Our World" at the
United Nations Headquarters in New York as part of an educational event in observance of the
International Day for Tolerance. L-FRESH the Lion was selected as part of the five-person
Australian jury at the
Eurovision Song Contest 2018. In 2019, the
Sydney Kings basketball franchise enlisted L-FRESH the Lion to write and perform their team song. "We the Kings" was released before the launch of the 2019–20
National Basketball League season and performed for the first time by L-FRESH the Lion in front of a record-breaking crowd at
Qudos Bank Arena. At the height of the
COVID-19 pandemic in Australia in July 2020, L-FRESH the Lion released his third album,
South West. It was ranked at number 13 in
Double J's 50 best albums of 2020 and led to his nomination as Double J's 2020 Australian Artist of the Year. The 14-track album is a letter to Bhogal's younger 13-year-old self, with messages of confidence, appreciation of his Sikh and Punjabi cultural background, self-empowerment and decolonisation. In 2022, Bhogal made his acting debut in an episode of the
ABC TV program
Summer Love. == Business career ==