Badshah, who gained recognition in Punjabi and Hindi cinema due to his singing and rap, will celebrate his 40th birthday on Wednesday. Badshah’s rapping style and his voice are liked in every corner of India.

Badshah i.e. Prateek Singh Sisodia, resident of Pitampura, Delhi, has made a place in Billboard’s World Digital Song Sales Chart, BBC Asian Network Chart and YouTube Music Video Chart and thousands of crowds gather in his concerts in foreign countries. He left Delhi and studied engineering at Chandigarh College, Punjab, however, it was from there that rapper Prateek Singh Sisodia’s journey of becoming the ‘bad boy’ king began.

Badshah once wanted to become an IAS officer

Badshah’s initial education was from Delhi. He started singing in his school groups. He also dreamed of becoming an IAS officer when he grew up. At the age of 15, the rapper got a chance to perform in a club in Delhi and he got Rs 1,500 as his first fee.

After this, he started his career in the music industry with the stage name “Cool Equal”, but later changed his name to Badshah.

Why did the king change his name?

The rapper had revealed that he is a big fan of Shahrukh Khan and had decided to change his name only after listening to the song from his 1999 film ‘Badshah’.

Badshah’s career began in 2006 when he performed with fellow rapper Honey Singh. He was seen in Honey Singh’s show ‘Band Mafia Mundeer’. This platform was an opportunity for new singers to make their mark in the music world.

Initially he sang songs with Honey Singh, although there has always been a dispute between Honey Singh and Badshah on this matter. Rapper Badshah never gave credit to Honey Singh for launching him in his career, due to which there was a dispute between the two.

The year 2012 was great for Badshah, because his single songs started creating a stir. Badshah got his big break with his single “Bad Boy”, after which the song “Ladki Kar Gayi Chul” from the 2016 film ‘Kapoor & Sons’ and ‘DJ Wale Babu’ with Aastha Gill proved to be a hit. The rapper brought the song ‘Genda Phool’ in the year 2020, which along with being a hit, was also in controversies.

Badshah and dua lipa controversy: Rapper Badshah remains the subject of discussion on social media nowadays. But this time, due to his song or any music video, there is something else because of his coming into the headlines. Recently, the post on X (first Twitter) went viral where the emperor commented with Dua Lipa.

As soon as the comment of the emperor went viral, he was surrounded by criticism. Trolling started as soon as his statement came out. The emperor has also responded to the rescue between him.

What was the comment of the emperor?
Actually, the singer -reiper emperor wrote in a comment on a post of X (first Twitter) that he would like to have children with Dua Lipa. As soon as these comments came out, there was a ruckus about them.

On June 6, the emperor wrote a post by writing the name of Dua Lipa, which also had a red heart emoji. So at the same time, a user questioned whether singer is going to do collaboration with Dua Lipa. In response to this, the emperor said, ‘i’d raather make babies with her bro’ (I would like to have children with them).

Dua lipa

– Badshah (@its_Badshah) June 5, 2025

Emperor’s reaction to trolling:
Controversy broke out as soon as this comment came in front. The emperor said in the rescue between him that he had written this only in praise of Dua Lipa. According to him, this can be given the most beautiful praise to a woman.

The emperor wrote on the next post, ‘I think a woman can be given the most beautiful praise that you want to make her the mother of your children. This does not think of me, your thinking has been revealed.

Emperor’s personal life
Apart from this, the emperor is also in discussion about his transformation. Talking about personal life, the news of dating to him and Tara is also fast. Many media reports claim that both are dating each other.