Yo Yo Honey Singh

Biography

Hirdesh Singh (born 15 March 1983), known professionally as Yo Yo Honey Singh, or simply Honey Singh, is an Indian music producer, and actor. He started in 2003 as a session and recording artist and became a bhangra and hip-hop, Punjabi music producer.

Singh prefers to sing in his native language Punjabi and Hindi rather than English.

The Punjabi album International Villager was released on 11 November 2011. The track "Gabru" from the album, featuring singer J-Star, topped the Asian music charts, including the official BBC Asian charts.

He has performed at many college festivals, including Ansal Institute of Technology and Ramjas College, Delhi.

Singh and Diljit Dosanjh's song "Lak 28 Kudi Da" reached number one in the BBC Asian Download Charts in May 2011. The song was released as a promotional track for Dosanjh's film Lion of Punjab.

It was reported that he was paid the highest fee ever for a Bollywood song (as of 2012) of ₹7 million (US$88,000) for a song in the films Cocktail and Mastan.

Singh topped the chart of trending videos in 2012. He earned two places on YouTube's list of top 10 trending videos of 2012. His song "Brown Rang" made it to the top spot. "High Heels", in collaboration with Jaz Dhami, took the fourth spot.

His debut song in Bollywood films was "Shakal Pe Mat Ja", featuring Gagan Sidhu. Singh charged Rs. 7 million for a song in the film Mastan. This was the largest amount paid to a song artist in Bollywood to date, making Singh one of the highest-paid musical artists in Bollywood.

In February 2015 he released the song "Birthday Bash", followed by songs in films including Gabbar is Back and Bhaag Johnny.

Mumbai Saga's first song "Shor Machega", was released on 28 February 2021. It was composed by Yo Yo Honey Singh, with lyrics and vocals by Singh and Hommie Dilliwala.

Singh married Shalini Talwar on 23 January 2011.Talwar has accused the rapper of multiple offenses under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act. Delhi's Tis Hazari Court had issued notice to Singh and sought his response.

On 10 September 2022, the couple filed for divorce, and Singh reportedly paid Rs. 1 crore as alimony.