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Jun 2022
43m 36s

The Punjabi Indian Gangster Rapper Kille...

The Underworld Podcast
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Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, better known as Moosewala, was on the cusp of becoming a global superstar. Racking up billions of views on youtube, the Punjabi rapper heavily influenced by Tupac had blown up since arriving in Canada as an international student in 2016. His lyrics about gangsters, guns, and everything that went with it in rural Punjab struck a cord wi ... Show More
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