Krishna Kaul, better known by the stage name Krsna (stylised as KR$NA), and formerly known as YoungProzpekt, is a rapper and songwriter from New Delhi, India.[1][2] He is one of the earliest rappers to emerge in the Indian Hip Hop scene in the mid-2000s under the stage name Prozpekt. He also briefly featured in the 2019 Bollywood film Gully Boy as himself.[3][4] He is known for his lyrics and technicalities in his rap along with his infamous beefs in the Desi Hip-Hop scene. Early Life Krishna Kaul was born on October 4, 1989 to a family of Kashmiri Pandits in New Delhi. Mentioned by him in his songs and interviews, he spent part of his childhood in South London, where he also did his schooli Show More ng for a few years. Being exposed to Hip Hop music at an early age, Kaul started writing rap at the age of 14. Doing rap battles at school, he tried to blend in with the other children.[5] In his song Dream, he talks about his life during this period. Career Kaul started recording and releasing songs on his MySpace page in 2006, by 2008 he had gained a small local fanbase in New Delhi and racked up features with artists in the U.S and Canada.[citation needed] His first shot of success came with the release of the music video for "Kaisa Mera Desh" in 2010,[6][7] becoming the first Indian hip hop song on YouTube and earning a #2 ranking as one of the most watched music videos in India overnight following its release.[8] He also released a song titled "Vijay" in collaboration with international NGO Save The Children in 2013.[9] After sporadic underground releases, Kaul switched from Prozpekt to his current stage name KR$NA after signing a record deal with Universal Music in 2013.[10] In May 2014, he released his debut album Sellout, an all-English effort on Universal Music with its lead single "Last Night" peaking at #5 on the Vh1 Music Charts in India.[11] Kaul became the first hip hop artist in India to do a five city album tour with a band.[2][1] Following this, the music video for the title song "Sellout" was released but failed to make a large impact due to lackluster marketing and shrinking label budgets.[12][13] After a 2-year hiatus, Kaul made his return in 2016 with his Hindi release "Vyanjan".[14][15] Following the success of song, he signed to the artist management agency DNH (now KALAMKAAR) Artists in 2017 and became the partner in 2018, whom he is represented by along with the likes of Raftaar and Ankit Khanna. In the month of January, 2021, KR$NA was featured on American rapper Hi-Rez's song "Crossroads" with popular American rapper, Royce da 5'9''.[16] His single from the album "Still Here" named "Roll Up" with Badshah, crossed more than 10 millions views on YouTube in less than a month. Discography Albums Sellout (2014) Year Song Artist (s) Produced by 2014 The Glorious First Step[17] KR$NA Bradley Dhawan Faded KR$NA Bradley Dhawan Sellout[18] KR$NA Tony Fadd Getting Away[19] KR$NA Breathtaking Beats Last Night[20] KR$NA MetroGnome Erryday ft. Sonny Brown[21] KR$NA Tony Fadd Tripping[22] KR$NA Tony Fadd Last Song[23] KR$NA Bradley Dhawan Still Here (2021) [24] Year Song Artist (s) Produced by Note 2021 Still Here (Intro)[25] KR$NA Safin What's My Name?[26] KR$NA Raftaar Roll Up[27] KR$NA ft. Badshah Josh Petruccio Villain[28] KR$NA ft. Karma & IKKA Depo Dream[29] KR$NA Deep Kalsi Fall Off (Interlude)[30] KR$NA Kapellmaister Saza-E-Maut[31] KR$NA ft. Raftaar Rill Beats & Young Grape Beatz Raftaar pays homage to late American rapper Pop Smoke in his verse Na Hai Time[32] KR$NA J Caspersen 2020 Living Legend[33] KR$NA ft. Rashmeet Kaur Didker Singles and collaborations Year Track Artist (s) Produced by Note (s) 2006 I Want it All[34] Young Prozpekt 2006 B***h Please (Remix)[35] Big T ft.Young Prozpekt Remix of Eminem's Bitch Please II 2007 I Go Go[36] Young Prozpekt ft. Soldier Hard 2008 F$ck Wit Us[37] Pacifik ft. Young Prozpekt 2009 Fancy Gill[38] Rabbit Sack C, Young Prozpekt Rabbit Sack C Thats me/ Shahzaade[39] Rabbit Sack C, Bluntz, Young Prozpekt & NYCE Rabbit Sack C From the album 'BackLog' Yellow Taxi[40] Rabbit Sack C, Young Prozpekt, Big T & Slim Neil Rabbit Sack C 2010 Kaisa Mera Desh[41] Prozpekt DJ Corbett First Indian hip hop song on YouTube Khatarnaak[42] Prozpekt ft. Sonny Brown 2011 Imran Khan - Amped Up (Amplifier Remix)[43] Rabbit Sack C & Young Prozpekt Rabbit Sack C Remix of Imran Khan's Amplifier DISCONNECT[44] Su.1, Prozpekt & Ashish D'souza Su.1 Poocho na Yaar Kya Hua - Remix[45] Rabbit Sack C & Young Prozpekt Remix of song Poocho Na Yaar Kya Hua from Zamane Ko Dikhana Hai Lokpal Freestyle[46] Prozpekt 2012 Peeche Na Dekh[47] Rabbit Sack C ft. Prozpekt Rabbit Sack C Put Ur Lighters Up[48] Rabbit Sack C ft. Su.1, Prozpekt Rabbit Sack C Vijay[49] Prozpekt DJ Corbett 2013 Whatchya Know About It[50] Rabbit Sack C, Young Prozpekt Rabbit Sack C From the album 'BackLog' Cold Blooded[51] Prozpekt ft.Twisted Insane MetroGnome How You Like Me Now[52] Lost Stories ft Krishna Kaul Lost Stories 2014 Bang Bang[53] Rabbit Sack C, Young Prozpekt, Agrim Joshi & Nishit Bhatia Rabbit Sack C From the album 'BackLog' 2015 NO HASHTAG[54] KR$NA & SU REAL SU REAL Released via SoundCloud I'm Back[55] KR$NA & FuzzCulture FuzzCulture Patli Gali Pankaj Awasthi, KR$NA From the movie, '"Yahaan Sabki Lagi Hai'" Beyond The Matrix[56] Rabbit Sack C ft. Prozpekt Rabbit Sack C Shots Fired[57] MojoJojo, KR$NA MojoJojo Jungle Raj[58] MojoJojo, KR$NA MojoJojo 2016 Vyanjan[59] KR$NA Insane Desi Wrap Up[60] KR$NA Insane Keep It Real[61] KRSNA Tony Fadd 2017 Meri Baari[62] KIDSHOT ft. KR$NA REKOIL Teri Bas Ki Na Hai[63] KR$NA Dekh Kaun Aaya Wapas[64] KR$NA Breathtaking and LAD Woofer[65] Deep Kalsi and KR$NA Deep Kalsi Mumbai Se Delhi Tak[66] Emiway Bantai and KR$NA Insane I’m Ready[67] KR$NA ft. Raftaar Breathtaking and LAD Alag[68] KR$NA J.P 2018 Hip Hop Holi (MTV)[69] KR$NA, Deep KalsI & HARJAS Deep Kalsi Released via Facebook Aakhir Tumhe Aana Hai[70] Suryaveer ft. KR$NA Boney John Muqabla[71] KR$NA KR$NA 2019 Voice of the Streets Ep.04 - KR$NA[72] KR$NA Siddhant Shirodkar 'Voice of the Streets' is a capsule series from the movie Gully Boy. Solo[73] KR$NA Certi Warm Up[74] Deep Kalsi, KARMA, HARJAS, KIDSHOT & KR$NA Deep Kalsi Janta Kyun[75] KR$NA Deep Kalsi No No[76] Deep Kalsi, HARJAS & KR$NA Deep Kalsi Farak Nahi Padta[77] KR$NA JCaspersen Aadat[78] KR$NA JCaspersen Freeverse Feast (Langar)[79] KR$NA Raftaar A response to Mumbai-based rapper, Emiway Bantai's track, Freeverse Feast (Daawat). Seedha Makeover[80] KR$NA Call Me G A diss track aimed at Emiway Bantai. The name of the track, Seedha Makeover is a jab at Emiway's song, Seedha Takeover. Dum Hai[81] KR$NA Dannyetracks 2020 Untitled[82] KR$NA Dansonn Maharani[83] KR$NA Dansonn A diss track made in 24 hours, against Delhi-based rapper, Muhfaad. Sher[84] Deep Kalsi ft. KR$NA, Karma & Harjas XPLICIT Makasam[85] KR$NA Deep Kalsi Deemed as one of the best diss track in Desi Hip-Hop,[86][87] it was aimed at Muhfaad. The second and last diss track from KR$NA in their feud. QUARANTINE[88] Young Stunners, KR$NA Jokhay Damn[89] Raftaar ft. KR$NA Raftaar From Raftaar's album, Mr. Nair Down[90] Raftaar ft. KR$NA Raftaar From Raftaar's album, Mr. Nair Tokyo Drift Freestyle[91] KR$NA The Neptunes Features the beat of the popular track, Tokyo Drift by Teriyaki Boyz. Released via Instagram. Window Shopper Freestyle[92] KR$NA C Styles, Sire Features the beat of the 50 Cent song, Window Shopper. Bag[93] DIVINE ft. KR$NA NDS, Stunnah Beatz & Progression Music From DIVINE's EP , "SHUTDOWN" Chaukanna (Hotstar Specials Hundred)[94] Raftaar & KR$NA ft. Karan Wahi Raftaar Inspired from Hotstar Specials’ Hundred Woofer 2[95] Deep Kalsi ft. KR$NA Deep Kalsi Gallan[96] Deep Kalsi, KR$NA, Fateh, Karma & Harjas Deep Kalsi No Losses[97] KR$NA Roclegion and Danny E.B Say My Name (Hindi)[98] KR$NA Call Me G First song in Desi Hip-Hop to be released in two different languages. Say My Name (English)[99] KR$NA Call Me G Saath Ya Khilaf[100] KR$NA & Raftaar Raftaar The Key Freestyle[101] KR$NA Deep Kalsi Baap Se[102] FOTTY SEVEN ft. KR$NA Frisk From Fotty Seven's "Asli independent" EP Bohot Sahi[103] J TRIX, KR$NA & SUBSPACE SUBSPACE From J TRIX's "Bohot Sahi" EP 2021 Crossroads[104] Hi-Rez ft. Royce da 5'9'' & KR$NA Ryan Summer Khauf Hai[105] KR$NA Haji Springer