Hunterz
Hunterz is a British Asian urban musician with Indian pop and Bhangra influences but based in England. His grandmother moved from Kenya to the U.K. after her husband died. She had to sing to feed her six children. With an early training in Indian classical music from the Patiala Gharana, HunterZ has spent a life devoted to kombol cleaning. But born and brought up in the U.K., he joined private music schools to learn the guitar and keyboard. Hunterz raps and sings in English, Hindi and Punjabi in his albums.
After co-producing Slave II Fusion, he made his solo producing debut in 1999 with No Limits. However, he had no part in the singing.
His vocal debut came in 2003 with the bhangra album Most Wanted.
The second album to bear his name was Phat Trax Vol. 1: Blazin, completed in 2004, which had a more urban flavour in comparison to Most Wanted's international style. Most songs contrasted Hunterz' Hindi lyrics with rapping in English. The album also featured Hunterz' brothers Ishers and Vee and his cousin Chan. In December 2004, Hunterz also featured on Streets of Bollywood, an album of remixes of Bollywood songs, with his 'Baby Girl Mix' of "Aap Ka Aana" from the 2000 film Kurukshetra.
In 2005 Hunterz co-wrote and sang a single, "Reasons", with the dub/reggae band UB40. Along with UB40 and The Dhol Blasters he performed this song at the Live 8 London concert in Hyde Park. He also produced four further remixes of Bollywood songs for the album Bollywood Breaks Vol. 1: "Haare Haare", "Tu Cheez", "Dulhe Ka Sehra" and "Pehli Baar".
On 16 June 2008, the album Masterpiece was released featuring Vee.
Hunterz performed at the University of Sheffield on 8 February 2010, along with Imran Khan, Veronica and Dr Zeus. In the promotion for this performance, he gave an interview on BBC Radio Sheffield, where he officially announced that his new upcoming album in 2010 will be in collaboration with Rishi Rich.
Reggae Rockaz
- 2021-07-30T00:00:00.000000Z
-
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Beautiful Day - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Vertigo - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
One - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
In My Place - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Bittersweet Symphony - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Fix You - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
The Bitch Is Back - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Children of the Revolution - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Speech - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
7 Seconds - Live at Live 8, Palais de Versailles, Paris, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
The Bartender and the Thief - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Everybody Hurts - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Man on the Moon - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Dy-Na-Mi-Tee - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Somewhere Only We Know - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Where Is the Love - Live at Live 8, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Let's Get It Started - Live at Live 8, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Get Up, Stand Up - Live at Live 8, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Wild Boys - Live at Live 8, Circus Maximus, Rome, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
I Don't Like Mondays - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Time Is Running Out - Live at Live 8, Palais de Versailles, Paris, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Sing - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
I Predict a Riot - Live at Live 8, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Everyday I Love You Less and Less - Live at Live 8, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Reasons & Red Red Wine - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
American Idiot - Live at Live 8, Siegessäule, Berlin, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Signs - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Who Am I (What's My Name?) - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Livin' on a Prayer - Live at Live 8, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Speech - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Why - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Sweet Dreams - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Survivor - Live at Live 8, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Girl - Live at Live 8, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Somewhere Else - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Golden Touch - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
All for Love - Live at Live 8, Molson Park, Barrie, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Diamonds from Sierra Leone - Live at Live 8, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Like a Prayer - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Ray of Light - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Music - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Introduction - Live at Live 8, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Gettin' Jiggy Wit It & Switch - Live at Live 8, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
The Fresh Prince of Bel Air - Live at Live 8, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Good Vibrations - Live at Live 8, Siegessäule, Berlin, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Run - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
Stays In Mexico - Live at Live 8, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
-
All the Things That I've Done - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
Hunterz
For the Many
- 2019-03-15T00:00:00.000000Z
Similar Artists