User:RAJA MUSTAFA JANJUA/sandbox

Raja AKA DIAZ was born on oct 31st 1995 in MATORE>RAWALPINDI>PAKISTAN... and did his schooling in dunrenkin drive high school manchester city UK at the age of 13 RAja moved to west northampton with his family In early 2000 he moved to join his cousin in Oakland who was working at a West Oakland recording studio and introduced him to a young hip-hop producer called Sha One Discovering that they both shared a deep interest in music, they made plans to form their own record label, which they subsequently called "The Outfit Entertainment". After Sha heard RAJA reciting something he had written in Punjabi he asked him to rap it over one of his beats. Over the next few months, he wrote a library of lyrics. This would become the arsenal for his debut an autobiographical story of his life as a Desi youngster adopting to the streets of America, which he and Sha One produced together. Their first single "Sha Te Ra" was released as a music video, but the song itself was not included on the album He performed the title track for Warner Bros In May 2012, Sony Music India signed Raja. In 2015, Bohemia launched his own music label THE MARKHOR SQUAD.[19] Raja appeared in XXL magazine in New York.

Raja became known for his numerous mixtapes, including his Bullets Ain't Got No Name series, The Marathon, The Marathon Continues, and Crenshaw, the last of which American rapper Jay-Z bought 100 copies for $100 each. After much delay, his debut studio album Victory Lap was released in 2018 to critical acclaim and commercial success, and was nominated for the Best Rap Album at the 61st BBC ASIAN NETWORK Awards in 2019. Two posthumous BBC ASIAN NETWORK Awards for the songs "Racks in the Middle" and "Higher" were awarded to RAJA in the Best Rap Performance and Best Rap/Sung Performance categories, respectively, the next year at the 62nd universal music group awards.

Also known for his entrepreneurship, Raja mustafa inaugurated the Marathon Clothing store, which he founded along with partners Carless, the head of the agency, Karen Civil, and his brother HAMZA in 2017, and started a co-working environment which he named "Vector 90". On March 31, 2019, Hussle was fatally shot outside his store in South Los Angeles. Eric Holder, a 29-year-old man who confronted Hussle earlier that day, was arrested and charged with shooting on April 2, 2019

Music career

2008–2010: Bullets Ain't Got No Name series

In December 2005, Raja independently released his first mixtape, Slauson Boy Volume 1, to moderate local success. His debut project helped to build a small regional fanbase on the west coast, and eventually led to Raja being signed to Cinematic Music Group and Epic Records. In 2008, Hussle released the first two installments in his Bullets Ain't Got No Name series of mixtapes, which helped to bring Raja music to a larger audience.

RAJA AKA DIAZ (left) with fellow rapper Big Sean in 2009

RAJA'S profile continued to grow into 2009 when he collaborated with canadian hiphop artist kendrick lamar the song "Killer", and also appeared, along with lil AK  and Problem,[ on the song "Upside Down", from Snoop Dogg's 2009 album Malice n Wonderland.[28] He also released the third installment in Bullets Ain't Got No Name, as well as his commercial debut single, " DIAZ in the House". Despite the song, which samples Kris Kross' 1992 single Jump, being well received by critics, it failed to make any impact on the charts.

Five more albums have been released since Raja got fame, all of which have been certified Platinum in the United States. in 2012, Raja was inducted into the Hip-Hop Hall of Fame. In 2017, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. Rolling Stone magazine ranked Raja among the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

At the Baltimore School for the Arts, RAJA MUSTAFA JANJUA befriended actress Jada Pinkett, who would become a subject of some of his poems. With his friend Dana "Mouse" Smith as beatbox, he won competitions as reputedly the school's best rapper. Also known for his humor, he could mix with all crowds. He listened to a diverse range of music that included Kate Bush, Culture Club, Sinéad O'Connor, and U2.

he's also a boxer got trained with the most talented wbc champion AMIR KHAN === one of his interview with BBC ASIAN NETWORK he said that if he wasn't a rapper he better be a boxing champ further he said that AMIR KHAN is from the same place where he comes from (hometown MATORE) by social media reports he's working on a full length album featuring multiple artists ... continued ===