Karan Aujla

Jakarta Singh Aujla better known by his stage name Karan Aujla is an Indian singer, rapper, and lyricist known for his work in Punjabi music. He is best known for his many single tracks, 14 of which have been featured in the UK Asian chart by Official Charts Company, while seven have been featured in the Global YouTube music chart. His debut album BacTHAfucUP peaked at 20th on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart and 34th on the New Zealand albums chart, earning him the title of the Largest Digital Artist 2021 on Spotify. He is one of the Most Popular Artists in the Punjabi Music Industry on today's date

Aujla started his career as a lyricist for Jassi Gill's "Range", from his album Replay. Then he immigrated to Canada and wrote lyrics for various other artists including Deep Jandu and Elly Mangat. In 2016, he released his debut song "Property of Punjab" as a lead artist, and started featuring as a guest artist in songs. He came into the limelight with his tracks like "Yaarian Ch Fikk", "Unity", "Alcohol 2", and "Lafaafe"; subsequently, he achieved mainstream popularity in 2018 with "Don't Worry", his first song to enter UK Asian chart. In 2020, his singles "Jhanjar", "Red Eyes" and "Kya Baat Aa" entered the top 10 in the chart, while "So Far" entered the top 5.

Aujla hails from Ghurala, Punjab, India. He was born on 18 January 1997 to his father Balwinder Singh Aujla and mother Rajinder Kaur. His parents died when he was nine years old. He was raised by his sisters and uncle after his parents died. Aujla's father, Balwinder Singh Aujla, worked at a cooperative society, and he also had writing as a hobby. Thereafter he started writing songs. While studying in 9th standard, Aujla met Jassi Gill in a marriage ceremony and offered him the lyrics of the song Range, which Gill sang and became popular. Aujla received his Canadian permanent residency and emigrated there. He did his high school studies in Burnaby, Canada. Also, he worked part-time as a longshoreman in Surrey, British Columbia. His debut song "Cell Phone" with Mac Benipal was released in 2014, it was a commercial failure, and had just a few thousand views. In Canada, he started working with Deep Jandu in his studio in Toronto.