करण औजला

Karan Aujla, born Jaskaran Singh Aujla in Ghurala village in Punjab, is one of the defining voices of the Punjabi music wave that swept into Hindi cinema in the 2020s. Orphaned in his early teens, he moved to Vancouver, Canada in 2014, working odd jobs while writing songs for established artists such as Jassi Gill, Deep Jandu and Elly Mangat. His own breakthrough came with 'Don't Worry' (2018), followed by a run of hits including 'Chitta Kurta', 'Jhanjar' and 'Kya Baat Aa' that made him one of the most-streamed Indian artists in the world. His albums BacTHAfuCup (2021) and Making Memories (2023) charted on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, and Street Dreams (2024), his collaboration with Mumbai rapper DIVINE, cemented his crossover appeal. In 2024 he won the Juno Fan Choice Award, a landmark for Punjabi music in Canada. Bollywood embraced him the same year when 'Tauba Tauba' from Bad Newz became a nationwide dance craze, and he has since lent his pen and voice to Hindi film projects including '3 Shaukk' (2025). A rare artist who writes nearly all of his own lyrics, Aujla blends Punjabi folk storytelling with hip-hop swagger, and his rags-to-riches journey — from a village in Ludhiana district to global arenas — has become part of his legend.