A popular Indian rapper who goes by Sidhu Moose Wala (real name Shubhdeep Singh) was reportedly gunned down near his home in Punjab. According to Rolling Stone, the 28-year-old rapper-turned-politician was fatally shot by assailants while driving through the Mansa district.
Graphic videos and photos taken at the scene were later uploaded to social media and showed his lifeless body slumped over in the driver seat of a black SUV, covered in blood while a Good Samaritan attempted to take his pulse. Unfortunately for Moose Wala, those efforts proved to be futile and he died at the scene.
Punjab’s chief of police VK Bhawra said at least 30 rounds were fired into Moose Wala’s Mahindra Thar, a kind of Indian jeep. Bhawra believes the incident was caused by a rivalry between Moose Wala’s manager and a Canadian organized crime group.
A police officer told The Hindustan Times reported Moose Wala was hit by eight rounds and there were at least three weapons used during the attack. One of Moose Wala’s passengers ultimately died of his injuries as well. Moose Wala’s killing has been called as a “political murder” by Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Warring.
Remembering Those We Lost In 2021
Sidhu Moose Wala amassed over four billion YouTube views in four years. In 2020, he was named as one of the best new artists by The Guardian and was soon followed by Drake. The Toronto rap star paid tribute to the slain artist in his Instagram Stories that featured a photo of Moose Wala wearing a red turban. He wrote the words, “RIP MOOSE @sidhu_moosewala” underneath.
Moose Wala had recently earned 36,000 votes in Indian state elections in February and was dipping his toe in Bollywood cinema. HipHopDX sends our condolences to all of his loved ones.
Drake gotta be the biggest culture vulture ever
I think people might not realize the size and influence of the Sikh community in Canada – especially in places like Toronto and Vancouver. And yes, bikers wearing turbans is a very real thing – as is people rapping in different languages and speaking to local realities and contexts all over the world.
Wtf is this Indian guy with the turban? This is hiphop now? Foh lmaooooo
So because it’s a language you don’t understand, it doesn’t qualify as hip hop? Rap is an essential element of hip hop. You don’t even understand what he rapped about and you’re judging. I don’t know whether this is the ‘typical’ American state of mind or the mindstate of ‘NY’.
Typical state of mind…although it is America, people here are more uncultured than you may think.
F**k outta here you ain’t sh*t that Indian guy with a turban rapping don’t even look right it don’t fit the hip hop culture dumb a** f**k u!
F**k outta here you ain’t sh*t that Indian guy with a turban rapping don’t even look right it don’t fit the hip hop culture dumb a** f**k u!
Respect. Trolls upset they don’t know diff between culture conniseueur or vulture.
Indian biker/rapper with a turban? I think I’ve seen it all now
Drake forgetting mandem put him where he is. These clowns rep everybody and everything except the real. That’s why the end will be quick for them.
Im a sand igga
Brampton is a shthole now that they ran all the Jamaicans out. Fuck Drake and his bitch ass. Never repped for a black Canadian in his life. Fraud mf. Worst thing that ever happened was Raptors winning. All these loser simps never did a thing but take our credit. The end is coming. Drake was a decoy the whole time to try to distract you from the people’s champ. 5 years from now it will be Drake who and he can cry in Dubai about it the rest of his days while mandem carry on the real traditions
fuck drake. wants to act like the “black” side is American and the cornball culture vulture traitor ass no-talent buster clown part is Canadian. YOU WALKING ON THIN FKN ICE BRO
this guy had Tory Linez at his crib playing basketball and you say he never repped for nobody. u the buster clown