/ Open Chest Interview with Hard Kaur

by Raj Girn

Open Chest Interview with Hard Kaur

Aug 01, 2013

You really know you’ve made it big when a Starbucks coffee is named after you in India–‘Hard Kaur Hip Hop Combo’. Born in India as Taran Kaur Dhillon, UK’s Queen of Hip Hop, Hard Kaur’s life has been a journey from India to the UK, rags to riches — a story indicative of any immigrant community. Bullied at school because of her Indian accent, Taran fought against the stereotypes in the early 90s by ?nding a voice in Hip Hop where the evolution of Hard Kaur began, transforming the cries of a timid girl into the fearless roars of a woman with an unstoppable, truly unique and authentic talent.

After struggling for a decade to be taken seriously in the male dominated world of Hip Hop where even performing on stage with the likes of De La Soul and Justin Timberlake did not help her bag a record deal, Hard Kaur ?nally exploded onto the scene after being featured on one of India’s top selling singles of 2007, “Glassy”. This was the beginning of a momentum that continues today, as she quickly released her debut solo album Supawoman which she penned, recorded and performed songs on that were based on her life’s experiences and consequential belief system. This exuberant collection of hard hitting songs remained in the top ten Indian charts for six consecutive weeks, attracting some of Bollywood’s biggest music producers who lined up to add her poetic lyrical style and unique melodic ?avour to their movie songs. This followed a barrage of hit songs like “Bas Ek Kinng” (Sing Is Kinng, 2008), “Taali” (Ugly Aur Pagli, 2008) and “Move Your Body” (Johnny Gadar, 2007), which was the highest selling record and download in India in 2007. Now signed to India’s biggest record label BIG Music as a priority act, Hard Kaur is working on her second solo album scheduled for release this winter, on the back of which she’s getting ready to take North America by storm!

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Raj Girn

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Raj Girn is an award-winning media personality, confidence coach, consultant and mentor. Bio: https://www.theopenchestconfidenceacademy.com/about/our-founder/ Testimonials: https://www.theopenchestconfidenceacademy.com/about/testimonials/