Upbringing Born and raised in
Regina,
Saskatchewan, Growing up listening to Indian as well as Western
hip hop music, Tesher began to fuse
Bollywood and hip-hop songs together and create mashups from a young age. Later, he also began to incorporate
bhangra,
R&B,
pop,
reggaeton,
house, and
salsa music into his songs.
Early mashups and remixes Tesher began uploading his remixes to
YouTube and
SoundCloud when he was in high school.
Drake's "
Back to Back" with
Florence and the Machine's "
Delilah" (2015), Drake's "KMT" with
XXXTentacion's "
Look At Me" (2017), and
Ariana Grande's "
7 Rings" with songs including "
My Favorite Things" from
The Sound of Music,
Notorious B.I.G.'s "Gimme the Loot" and
Soulja Boy's "
Pretty Boy Swag" (2010). In 2020, his 2019 remix "Old Town Road vs Ramta Jogi" combining
Sukhwinder Singh's "Ramta Jogi" and
Lil Nas X's "
Old Town Road" went viral on
TikTok as a sound accompanying a milk drinking challenge.
2020–present: Debut original singles In February 2020, Tesher released "Young Shahrukh", an original rap song he wrote, produced, and performed, with a beat that sampled "Bole Chudiyan" from the soundtrack of the Bollywood film
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham According to Tesher, the song's title references
Shahrukh Khan, who acted in
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham and is commonly dubbed the "King of Bollywood". After the song went viral on social media platforms such as YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, it was picked up by
Sony Music India in May 2020, becoming Tesher's debut major label single. Indian celebrities such as
Ranveer Singh and
Sunny Singh praised the song for its fusion of Bollywood with hip-hop. The official release has received over 20 million views on YouTube and 20 million streams on Spotify. The new song, entitled "
Jalebi Baby", was released as his second single on November 13, 2020. The single amassed over 100 million streams and peaked at number one on the UK Asian Music Chart for seven consecutive weeks. It also topped the
Shazam charts in over 25 countries. In 2015, Tesher signed a worldwide deal with
Capitol Records in partnership with
Universal Music India, which saw his music released through a unique partnership between Capitol in the U.S. and Universal Music India, who will focus on building his popularity across South Asia and its diaspora. Following the release of the remix, the track reached number 3 on Billboard's
World Digital Song Sales chart, and reached the US Top 40 pop radio chart. Tesher and Derulo performed the song live on
Today on NBC on July 7, 2021, and released the music video on July 13, 2021. == Discography ==