New Delhi: Promoting gun culture through his songs cost rapper Sidhu Moose Wala his life. He landed in trouble more than once for glorifying the use of guns in his videos. So, did he write from the heart or was he pandering to the audience’s response and the Punjabi music market trends?
It seems his parents were dead against his songs on gun culture and used to tell him not to write songs about it. Revealing this to India Today, legendary playback singer Gurdas Maan, said when you become an idol for the youth, they start doing the same things. “His parents used to explain this to him. His father told me that he used to tell him to write songs on other topics. But Sidhu Moose Wala said that when he tried writing a song about his mom, no one listened. He’d write a song as revenge whenever someone said something about him. His fans liked that. His mind worked that way,” Gurdas Maan said in an exclusive interview with India Today.
Canada-based gangster Goldy Brar has claimed responsibility for rapper’s murder on Sunday.
Speaking on the murder, Gurdas Maan said, “It is very sad. A legend has gone. I met his parents it is difficult to see the condition they are in. There is sadness in all our hearts. When something like this happens, other artists also start thinking how and where we will perform.”
Gurdas Maan recalled a happy anecdote when his son had asked him to make a call to Sidhu Moose Wala about two years ago.
“One of his songs had just released. He sang very well. I called him and he was so happy. He put the speaker on and made his parents talk to me. From then on, whenever I’d call, he’d do the same. His parents would say ‘Wow, Gurdas Maan loves you so much’. I said that not just me, the whole world loves him,” he narrated.
Speaking on the threats that Sidhu Moose Wala had received prior to his death, Maan told India Today, “When someone reaches such height of fame and success, threats start circling him. Boori nazar lagti hai.”
Gurdas Maan said he himself had never received such threats or been involved in any such gang war.
