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Taran Kaur Dhillon (born 29 July 1979), known by her stage name Hard Kaur, is a British-Indian rapper and hip hop singer as well as playback singer and actress in the Bollywood industry.
In 1991, her mother remarried a British people citizen and her family moved to Birmingham, England, where her mother started working and studying to eventually open a beauty salon, in Smethwick. Meanwhile, Hard Kaur did her schooling as an Indian immigrant in the UK. After developing interest in hip-hop she started her music career as a rapper. Sassy singer Hard Kaur eyes Bollywood By ApunKaChoice, 24 January 2008.
Her first solo album Supawoman was released in 2007. BBC Review: "Britain's premier female Asian rapper finally releases her debut album..." BBC, 17 January 2008.
In 2008, Hard Kaur was nominated for two awards at the UK Asian Music Awards: "Best Urban Act" and "Best Female Act". She won "Best Female Act".
In October 2012, Hard Kaur released her second music album titled Party Loud All Year: P.L.A.Y. The album, produced in collaboration with Sony music, featured ten songs, all of which were written and composed by her. The most successful song of the album was Mujhe Peeney do.
In 2013, she collaborated with composer Ram Sampath and Rajasthani folk singer Bhanvari Devi for Coke Studio India. In the song Katey or Kathe – Bhanvari Devi's part is a Rajasthani folk song which is dedicated to Lord Krishna (Saanwariyo) and Rap by Hard Kaur – written by herself in which she express her personal life journey. At the time of elections, she composed a song "Karle Tu Voting" to spread awareness about voting. Hard Kaur composed a song for FIFA World Cup named "Goal Mar Goal Mar". The song aptly describes fan frenzy and is sung in Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali & South language (?) too. She has also written the lyrics for the song. She also collaborated with the American hip hop group D12 in the same year on the track "Desi Dance".
In June 2019, a First Information Report was lodged against her for comments about Yogi Adityanath and Mohan Bhagwat. In August 2019, her Twitter account was suspended after she posted a video abusing Amit Shah and Narendra Modi with Khalistan Supporters.
Kaur released a song and music video in 2019 after the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution of India by the Government of India which revoked the special status of the Jammu and Kashmir state of India; supporting Kashmiri-Separatism in India, in which she called herself a 'proud '. Alt URL
Kaur released an IG video in 2020 calling Indian people "naked, hungry, dirty, idiots, illiterate, uneducated mother****ers".
In a now deleted video that Kaur uploaded on Instagram and Twitter, she slut-shamed Bollywood actresses, accusing them of 'sexual favors' and mocking the Indian #MeToo movement victims who spoke out against their perpetrators, who were mostly Film-directors, producers and senior actors by insinuating that Victim blaming and that they knew very-well about Bollywood's casting couch in advance. Alt URL
Career
She recorded the song "Ek Glassy" and was top for the UK then in 2007 rapped for Sriram Raghavan's movie Johnny Gaddaar's song "Paisa Phek (Move Your Body)." Since then she has sung in movies like Ugly Aur Pagli ("Talli"), Singh Is Kinng, Kismat Konnection, Bachna Ae Haseeno, Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, and Prince.
Kaur performed at Live Earth India, 2008.
Controversial Comments
Hard Kaur is originally from Kanpur, India; where she was born and raised and currently lives in the United Kingdom, in Birmingham, England as an Indian people national and citizen and has expressed her support for the Sikh-Separatism Khalistan movement on multiple occasions in videos, while criticizing the current Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the current Indian Home Minister Amit Shah, their supporters and followers, the Indian government, Hindu nationalists, the BJP party and the RSS. Alt URL Alt URL Alt URL Alt URL Alt URL Alt URL Alt URL
Discography
EPs
Albums
Compilation appearances
Filmography
2007 Johnny Gaddar Move Your Body Hindi Special Appearance in Song 2008 Kismat Konnection Move Your Body Bachna Ae Haseeno Lucky Boy Ugly Aur Pagli Tali 2009 Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani Follow Me Main Tera Dhadkan 2011 Patiala House Laung Da Lashkara First Feature Film, Role: Komal Chatwal Rola Pae Gaya F.A.L.T.U. Char Baj Gaye Faltu Title Track 2013 Sadda Dil Vi Tu (Ga Ga Ga Ganpati) Gippi We Are Like This Only Hanni Punjabi Vanakkam Chennai Chennai City Gangsta Tamil 2014 Babloo Happy Hai Babloo Happy Hai Hindi The Shaukeens Aashique Mizaz Composer 2015 Zaalim Dilli 2016 Sarrainodu Sarrainodu Telugu 2017 OK Jaanu Kaara Fankaara Hindi
Television acts
Contestant Special Appearance with Krushna and Sudesh Guest Player in Ahmedabad Express
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Categories: Living People, 1979 Births, British Women Rappers, English Women Rappers, British People Of Punjabi Descent, English People Of Indian Descent, English Sikhs, Entertainers From Kanpur, Rappers From Birmingham, West Midlands, Bollywood Playback Singers, English Film Actresses, Actresses In Hindi Cinema, English Expatriates In India, Indian Emigrants To England, Expatriate Musicians In India, British Expatriate Musicians, Women Musicians From Uttar Pradesh, 21st-century English Singers, 21st-century English Women Singers
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