Born name

Roger David

nickname

Bohemia, Raja, King of Punjabi Rap, Inventor of Desi Hip Hop, King of Desi Hip Hop, Punjabi Rap Star

Sun sign

Scale

Place of birth

Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Residence

San Francisco, California, USA

nationality

training

Information on formal education in Bohemia is not available.

occupation

Rapper, record producer, music director, lyricist, musician, keyboardist, poet

family

• Father – His father was employed by Pakistan International Airline.
• Mother – unknown
• Siblings – Unknowns

Manager

The management of Bohemia takes care of its representative work.

Genre

Rap, Desi-Hip-Hop, Gangsta-Rap, Hip-Hop

instruments

Life, Keyboard

labels

• Universal Music Group
• Sony Music India
• Kali Denali Music
• Coke studio Pakistan
• T-Serie

To build

Slim

Height

5 feet 9 inches or 175 cm

weight

74 kg

girlfriend/spouse

Bohemia dated –

1. Sunny David – Bohemia is married to Sunny David. Since he does not reveal much about his personal life when speaking to the media, the timing of the relationship, including the exact wedding date, is not known. However, Sunny is very open about her relationship and often shows her love on her social media accounts. Their Instagram feed is littered with pictures of them.

race/ethnicity

Asian

He is of Punjabi descent.

hair colour

Schwarz

eye color

dark brown

sexual orientation

Just

distinguishing features

• Often wears a hat
• French goatee

brand promotion

Bohemia has not yet done any brand endorsement work.

Religion

He grew up in a Christian household.

However, his religious views as an adult are not clearly known. In one of his interviews he claimed that he had Guru Granth Sahib and the Bible at his home.

Known for

• Arguably the first mainstream Punjabi artist to achieve success as a rapper. He is known as the creator of desi hip hop.
• Featuring collaborations with leading musicians such as Snoop Dogg, Gippy Grewal, Mika Singh, Sean Kingston, Jasmin Sandlas, Bilal Saeed and Guru Randhawa.
• The commercial success of his studio albums. His 5th studio album Skull & Bones: The Final Chapter was placed at the top of iTunes.

First album

In 2002 he released his debut studio album, Vich Pardesan De .

first movie

To date, he has not appeared in any movies.

First TV show

In 2012, Bohemia made her first appearance in the Pakistani music series. Coke Studios .

Personal trainer

His exercise routine and diet plan are unknown.

Bohemia favorite things

• Early Influences – Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar, Jagjit Singh, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Kishore Kumar
• Music Artist – Nas, Master Saleem

Bohemia facts

1. At the age of 14 he left Pakistan and moved to the USA.
2. Of all his nicknames, Raja is dear to heart as his mother coined this name. It is also used by his family members.
3. Before he started rapping, he was very into writing. He started writing poetry when he was 9 or 10 years old.
4. In his early teens, he felt he was the reincarnation of the iconic Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib.
5. When he was 16, his mother died of cancer. It was a heavy blow for him and shortly after her death he decided to leave his family home. His relationship with his father was not particularly good at the time.
6. He did not speak Punjabi while growing up or during his youth. Despite having Punjabi ancestry, he never spoke to his family in Punjabi as Urdu was mainly used in his household.
7. He learned Punjabi on his own by listening to the Punjabi songs.
8. He has claimed in his interviews that he would not have become a rapper if he had not moved to California. Bohemia spent his early years in the United States in the San Francisco Mission District.
9. He spent most of his childhood in Lahore and then moved to Peshawar where he lived for seven years.
10. He received his early musical education from his father. In his early days in the US, he sometimes played keyboards at desi music events.
11. At the age of 16, he was offered a well-paying job with a Sacramento-based music studio. He had toured Canada and the US with the music crew to give live concerts. The music crew eventually fell apart when some members became involved in drugs and Bohemia, who was still in his teens, decided to leave the crew.
12. After leaving the crew, he moved to Oakland to live with a cousin. In Oakland, he briefly lost his musical focus when he became entangled in drugs, crime, and women.
13. While in Oakland, he got in touch with hip hop producer Sha One, who overheard him speaking in Punjabi. Sha asked Bohemia to recite his lines over his music beats.
14. Initially, he had started his music career as a record producer, but after failing to find anyone good enough for his music, he decided to focus on performing as well.
15. In 2015 he announced the launch of his record label, Kali Denali Music .
16. Visit his official website @ thepunjabirapper.com.
17. Follow him on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Google+.