Bohemia (Rapper) Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics

Bohemia is a Pakistani rapper, songwriter, record producer, music director, poet, musician, and keyboardist who became the first mainstream Punjabi artist to achieve success as a rapper. Some of his popular songs include Jaguar (with Sukh-E), Same Beef (with Sidhu Moose Wala), and Patola (with Guru Randhawa). Moreover, his discography also consists of albums and tracks like Da Rap Star, Vich Pardesan De, Pesa Nasha Pyar, Thousand Thoughts, Skull & Bones: The Final Chapter, Evury day, Keep It G (ft. Kurupt), Sher-E-Punjab (ft. Mika Singh), Dunali (ft. Mika Singh), Sh Sh Sharabi (ft. Gippy Grewal), Paigam, Rooh (the Soul), Phenomenon, Yaad Anah, Main, Wake N Bake (ft. Avenue OB), Taur (ft. Gippy Grewal), Mere Baare, Khatra (ft. Gitta Bains), Gumrah, Gaddi (ft. Pardhaan), Robo The Punjabi Lion Anthem, Phir Ek Tera Pyar (ft. Devika), Aish, Ajnabi, and Aaja Ni Aaja.

Born Name

Roger David

Nick Names

Bohemia, Raja, King of Punjabi Rap, Creator of Desi Hip Hop, King of Desi Hip Hop, Punjabi rap star

Sun Sign

Libra

Born Place

Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Residence

San Francisco, California, United States

Nationality

Occupation

Rapper, Record Producer, Music Director, Lyricist, Musician, Keyboardist, Poet

Family

• Father – His father was employed by Pakistan International Airline.

Genre

Rap, Desi hip-hop, Gangsta Rap, Hip-hop

Instruments

Vocals, Keyboard

Labels

• Universal Music Group
• Sony Music India
• Kali Denali Music
• Coke Studio Pakistan
• T-Series

Build

Slim

Height

5 ft 9 in or 175 cm

Weight

74 kg or 163 lbs

Girlfriend / Spouse

Bohemia has dated –

1. Sunny David – Bohemia is married to Sunny David. As he doesn’t speak much about his personal life while talking to the media, the timeline of their relationship including their exact marriage date isn’t known. However, Sunny is very open about their relationship and often flaunts their love on her social media accounts. Her Instagram feed is littered with pictures of them together.

Race / Ethnicity

Asian

He is of Punjabi descent.

Hair Color

Black

Eye Color

Dark Brown

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

• Often wears a beanie
• French goatee

Religion

He was raised in a Christian household.

However, his religious views as an adult aren’t clearly known. He has claimed in one of his interviews that he has Guru Granth Sahib and Bible at his home.

Best Known For

• Being arguably the first mainstream Punjabi artist to achieve success as a rapper. He is known as the creator of Desi hip-hop.
• Having collaborated with leading music artists such as Snoop Dogg, Gippy Grewal, Mika Singh, Sean Kingston, Jasmine Sandlas, Bilal Saeed, and Guru Randhawa
• The commercial success of his studio albums. His 5th studio album Skull & Bones: The Final Chapter was placed on the top of iTunes

First Album

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

First TV Show

In 2012, Bohemia made his first TV show appearance on the Pakistani music TV series, Coke Studio.

Bohemia Favorite Things

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

Source – YouTube

Bohemia Facts

1. When he was 14 years old, he left Pakistan and moved to the United States.
2. Out of all his nicknames, Raja is most close to his heart as his mother had coined that name. It is also used by his family members.
3. Before he got into rapping, he was very much into writing. He started writing poetry at the age of 9 or 10.
4. In his early teens, he used to feel that he was the reincarnation of the iconic Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib.
5. When he was 16 years old, his mother passed away due to cancer. It was a huge blow for him and shortly after her death, he decided to leave his family’s house. His relationship with his father wasn’t particularly good at that time.
6. He didn’t use to speak Punjabi while growing up or in his teens. Although he has Punjabi ancestry, he never spoke in Punjabi with his family as Urdu was mostly used in his household.
7. He learned Punjabi on his own by listening to Punjabi songs.
8. He has claimed in his interviews that he wouldn’t have become a rapper if he hadn’t moved to California. Bohemia spent his early years in the US in San Francisco’s Mission District.
9. He spent most of his childhood in Lahore and after that, he moved to Peshawar, where he lived for 7 years.
10. He got his early music education from his father. In his early days in the US, he sometimes used to play the keyboard at desi music events.
11. At the age of 16, he was offered a well-paid job with a Sacramento-based music studio. He used to travel all over Canada and the United States with the music crew for live gigs. The music crew eventually fell apart as some of the members got entangled 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 focus on music as he got entangled in drugs, crime, and women.
13. While in Oakland, he got in touch with the hip-hop producer Sha One, who had heard him recite something 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 he couldn’t find someone 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.

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