He is the only Asian to date to have seven Top 40 Hits on the mainstream British charts. Born in Handsworth, Birmingham, England, Apache Indian started a trend that has found a huge following. It featured Luciano, Boy George as well as Mafia & Fluxy.Īpache Indian merged raggamuffin with Indian music as well as influences from mainstream pop and hip hop. 'Karma', his latest album, was a return to more traditional forms of reggae. 'Real People' (produced by Harjinder Noparai) proved to be his most experimental album and also featured more Indian elements than the other albums. It was followed by 'Make Way for the Indian' (produced by Sly & Robbie, The Press, Mafia & Fluxy, Pandit Dinesh and Chris Lane), which featured rapper Tim Dog and spawned the massive hit 'Boomshackalak'. He introduced bhangra raggamuffin also known as bhangramuffin - to the World with his first album 'No Reservations' (produced by Simon & Diamond, Phil Chill, Robert Livingston, Bobby Digital and Sly Dunbar) in 1993. Apache Indian is the stage name of reggae DJ, Steven Kapur (born on in Handsworth, Birmingham).

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