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Raxstar
Born (1983-11-21) 21 November 1983 (age 40)
Luton, England
OriginLuton, United Kingdom
Genres
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • singer
InstrumentVocals
Years active2005–present
Labels
Websiteraxstardw.com

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]

Early life

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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

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Early career

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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

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Extended Play

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  • Fulfilling Ambition EP (2007)
  • sadboihours (2022)

Mixtapes

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

Studio albums

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  • Glass Ceiling (2018)
  • Artbreak (2019)
  • Threats (with KALY) (2019)
  • Content (2022)
  • Not Again (2024)

Singles

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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 [1]
2022 Edible Byro [2]
Mundra (featuring S-Jay) Myze [3]
Ask (Teri Khair Mangdi) (featuring Shweta Pandya) Myze [4]
Yes or No Bajaj [5]
2023 Kinni Soni DJ Lyan [6]
Questions (featuring Fateh DOE) Stranger Productions [7]
Kehta Hai (featuring STYM) STYM [8]
NZR Rimshox [9]
2024 Saari Raat (featuring Tasha Tah) SunitMusic [10]

Awards

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References

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