It's a story from hopes and dreams to ways and means that today Badshah has shared with his fans by posting a throwback picture of 2005. He wrote the whole story of his journey from the day he took that photo in the small garage of his friend's house in Sector 7, Chandigarh.
He wrote, at that time his stage name was Coolequal and his friend's was XS. Together they were called `Northern Clique`. On that precise day, they were preparing for their opening slot before the main act on the star night of Pecfest 2005. That was a fifteen-minute slot that they fought for with the college music club and festival organizers.
He added that they were downloading rap instrumentals from the internet at kbps speeds. Putting their own lyrics down on them and practicing with empty Pepsi bottles in their hands as mics. And this they practice for hours while imagining the audience in front of them hoping and dreaming of climbing up on to bigger and larger stages. Screams and applause.
Badshah hasn't stopped here and continued telling that when they went to perform on the stage, they had mixed feelings of excitement and nervousness. Their rappers like appearances with loose denim that hangs around their waists. They had no DJ so we asked the guys backstage to play music in a particular order without possibly messing it up.
He added to his story that the beats began, and they began to bop with the beats and then one punchline, a few laughs, and the hall was full of applause, another punchline, and more woohoo sounds. And everyone was singing with them `WHO THEY WANT.. NORTHERN CLIQUE CLIQUE CLIQUE` and they tore the stage off and brought the house down. They cut their music and mics but as they were rebels so didn't need mics or music.
In the end, he wrote "Always a hustler. Never giving up.". This was the ultimate story that starts from this picture that he shared on Instagram. Check it out here -
Now this well-known rapper and singer, Badshah has already given such wonderful music and songs to the audience like "Garmi", "Chandigarh Mein" and "Munna Badnaam Hua" which are some of his latest Bollywood tracks. Plus, many more to come yet.