(This story initially appeared in on Sep 24, 2023) A fancy black cars and truck,.32 bore weapon on hand, his gang by his side and the authorities on his back … these are lyrics from Canada-based Punjabi rap artist Shubh’s hit ‘We Rollin’ which has actually notched up 207 million views on YouTube because its release 2 years back. This week, his cool bad kid image took a whipping when cricketers Virat Kohli and KL Rahul suddenly stopped following him on X (previously Twitter), his multi-city India trip was cancelled and sponsorship withdrawn. Simply a couple of months previously, Shubh had actually published a distorted map of India with the caption ‘Pray for Punjab’ meaning a pro-Khalistan view. He erased the post later on, the damage had actually been done. Diplomatic relations in between India and Canada struck brand-new lows today after Canadian PM Justin Trudeau implicated the Indian federal government of being associated with the killing of Khalistan Tiger Force chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar. The claims have actually been declined by India as ‘ridiculous’ describing Canada’s reaction to the Khalistan issue as insufficient. With the war of words deepening, the reaction versus Shubh was just to be anticipated. Pop goes propaganda Pop culture, particularly rap music, has actually played a considerable part in the spread of Khalistani propaganda. Rap artist Shubh is not the only one who has pande
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