Kr$na

Krishna Kaul, better known by the stage name Krsna (stylised as KR$NA), and formerly known as YoungProzpekt, is a rapper and songwriter from New Delhi, India. He is one of the earliest rappers to emerge in the Indian Hip Hop scene in the mid-2000s under the stage name Prozpekt. He also briefly featured in the 2019 Bollywood film Gully Boy as himself. He is known for his lyrics and technicalities in his rap along with his infamous beefs in the Desi Hip-Hop scene.
Early Life
Krishna Kaul was born on October 4, 1989 to a family of Kashmiri Pandits in New Delhi. Mentioned by him in his songs and interviews, he spent part of his childhood in South London, where he also did his schooling for a few years. Being exposed to Hip Hop music at an early age, Kaul started writing rap at the age of 14. Doing rap battles at school, he tried to blend in with the other children. In his song Dream, he talks about his life during this period.

Career
Kaul started recording and releasing songs on his MySpace page in 2006, by 2008 he had gained a small local fanbase in New Delhi and racked up features with artists in the U.S and Canada. His first shot of success came with the release of the music video for "Kaisa Mera Desh" in 2010, becoming the first Indian hip hop song on YouTube and earning a #2 ranking as one of the most watched music videos in India overnight following its release. He also released a song titled "Vijay" in collaboration with international NGO Save The Children in 2013.

After sporadic underground releases, Kaul switched from Prozpekt to his current stage name KR$NA after signing a record deal with Universal Music in 2013. In May 2014, he released his debut album Sellout, an all-English effort on Universal Music with its lead single "Last Night" peaking at #5 on the Vh1 Music Charts in India. Kaul became the first hip hop artist in India to do a five city album tour with a band. Following this, the music video for the title song "Sellout" was released but failed to make a large impact due to lackluster marketing and shrinking label budgets.

After a 2-year hiatus, Kaul made his return in 2016 with his Hindi release "Vyanjan". Following the success of song, he signed to the artist management agency DNH (now KALAMKAAR) Artists in 2017 and became the partner in 2018, whom he is represented by along with the likes of Raftaar and Ankit Khanna.

In the month of January, 2021, KR$NA was featured on American rapper Hi-Rez's song "Crossroads" with popular American rapper, Royce da 5'9''.

His single from the album "Still Here" named "Roll Up" with Badshah, crossed more than 10 millions views on YouTube in less than a month.

Discography
Albums
Sellout (2014)
Year Song Artist (s) Produced by
2014 The Glorious First Step KR$NA Bradley Dhawan
Faded KR$NA Bradley Dhawan
Sellout KR$NA Tony Fadd
Getting Away KR$NA Breathtaking Beats
Last Night KR$NA MetroGnome
Erryday ft. Sonny Brown KR$NA Tony Fadd
Tripping KR$NA Tony Fadd
Last Song KR$NA Bradley Dhawan
Still Here (2021)
Year Song Artist (s) Produced by Note
2021 Still Here (Intro) KR$NA Safin
What's My Name? KR$NA Raftaar
Roll Up KR$NA ft. Badshah Josh Petruccio
Villain KR$NA ft. Karma & IKKA Depo
Dream KR$NA Deep Kalsi
Fall Off (Interlude) KR$NA Kapellmaister
Saza-E-Maut KR$NA ft. Raftaar Rill Beats & Young Grape Beatz Raftaar pays homage to late American rapper Pop Smoke in his verse
Na Hai Time KR$NA J Caspersen
2020 Living Legend KR$NA ft. Rashmeet Kaur Didker
Singles and collaborations
Year Track Artist (s) Produced by Note (s)
2006 I Want it All Young Prozpekt
2006 B***h Please (Remix) Big T ft.Young Prozpekt Remix of Eminem's Bitch Please II
2007 I Go Go Young Prozpekt ft. Soldier Hard
2008 F$ck Wit Us Pacifik ft. Young Prozpekt
2009 Fancy Gill Rabbit Sack C, Young Prozpekt Rabbit Sack C
Thats me/ Shahzaade Rabbit Sack C, Bluntz, Young Prozpekt & NYCE Rabbit Sack C From the album 'BackLog'
Yellow Taxi Rabbit Sack C, Young Prozpekt, Big T & Slim Neil Rabbit Sack C
2010 Kaisa Mera Desh Prozpekt DJ Corbett First Indian hip hop song on YouTube
Khatarnaak Prozpekt ft. Sonny Brown
2011 Imran Khan - Amped Up (Amplifier Remix) Rabbit Sack C & Young Prozpekt Rabbit Sack C Remix of Imran Khan's Amplifier
DISCONNECT Su.1, Prozpekt & Ashish D'souza Su.1
Poocho na Yaar Kya Hua - Remix Rabbit Sack C & Young Prozpekt Remix of song Poocho Na Yaar Kya Hua from Zamane Ko Dikhana Hai
Lokpal Freestyle Prozpekt
2012 Peeche Na Dekh Rabbit Sack C ft. Prozpekt Rabbit Sack C
Put Ur Lighters Up Rabbit Sack C ft. Su.1, Prozpekt Rabbit Sack C
Vijay Prozpekt DJ Corbett
2013 Whatchya Know About It Rabbit Sack C, Young Prozpekt Rabbit Sack C From the album 'BackLog'
Cold Blooded Prozpekt ft.Twisted Insane MetroGnome
How You Like Me Now Lost Stories ft Krishna Kaul Lost Stories
2014 Bang Bang Rabbit Sack C, Young Prozpekt, Agrim Joshi & Nishit Bhatia Rabbit Sack C From the album 'BackLog'
2015 NO HASHTAG KR$NA & SU REAL SU REAL Released via SoundCloud
I'm Back KR$NA & FuzzCulture FuzzCulture
Patli Gali Pankaj Awasthi, KR$NA From the movie, '"Yahaan Sabki Lagi Hai'"
Beyond The Matrix Rabbit Sack C ft. Prozpekt Rabbit Sack C
Shots Fired MojoJojo, KR$NA MojoJojo
Jungle Raj MojoJojo, KR$NA MojoJojo
2016 Vyanjan KR$NA Insane
Desi Wrap Up KR$NA Insane
Keep It Real KRSNA Tony Fadd
2017 Meri Baari KIDSHOT ft. KR$NA REKOIL
Teri Bas Ki Na Hai KR$NA
Dekh Kaun Aaya Wapas KR$NA Breathtaking and LAD
Woofer Deep Kalsi and KR$NA Deep Kalsi
Mumbai Se Delhi Tak Emiway Bantai and KR$NA Insane
I’m Ready KR$NA ft. Raftaar Breathtaking and LAD
Alag KR$NA J.P
2018 Hip Hop Holi (MTV) KR$NA, Deep KalsI & HARJAS Deep Kalsi Released via Facebook
Aakhir Tumhe Aana Hai Suryaveer ft. KR$NA Boney John
Muqabla KR$NA KR$NA
2019 Voice of the Streets Ep.04 - KR$NA KR$NA Siddhant Shirodkar 'Voice of the Streets' is a capsule series from the movie Gully Boy.
Solo KR$NA Certi
Warm Up Deep Kalsi, KARMA, HARJAS, KIDSHOT & KR$NA Deep Kalsi
Janta Kyun KR$NA Deep Kalsi
No No Deep Kalsi, HARJAS & KR$NA Deep Kalsi
Farak Nahi Padta KR$NA JCaspersen
Aadat KR$NA JCaspersen
Freeverse Feast (Langar) KR$NA Raftaar A response to Mumbai-based rapper, Emiway Bantai's track, Freeverse Feast (Daawat).
Seedha Makeover KR$NA Call Me G A diss track aimed at Emiway Bantai. The name of the track, Seedha Makeover is a jab at Emiway's song, Seedha Takeover.
Dum Hai KR$NA Dannyetracks
2020 Untitled KR$NA Dansonn
Maharani KR$NA Dansonn A diss track made in 24 hours, against Delhi-based rapper, Muhfaad.
Sher Deep Kalsi ft. KR$NA, Karma & Harjas XPLICIT
Makasam KR$NA Deep Kalsi Deemed as one of the best diss track in Desi Hip-Hop, it was aimed at Muhfaad. The second and last diss track from KR$NA in their feud.
QUARANTINE Young Stunners, KR$NA Jokhay
Damn Raftaar ft. KR$NA Raftaar From Raftaar's album, Mr. Nair
Down Raftaar ft. KR$NA Raftaar From Raftaar's album, Mr. Nair
Tokyo Drift Freestyle KR$NA The Neptunes Features the beat of the popular track, Tokyo Drift by Teriyaki Boyz. Released via Instagram.
Window Shopper Freestyle KR$NA C Styles, Sire Features the beat of the 50 Cent song, Window Shopper.
Bag DIVINE ft. KR$NA NDS, Stunnah Beatz & Progression Music From DIVINE's EP , "SHUTDOWN"
Chaukanna (Hotstar Specials Hundred) Raftaar & KR$NA ft. Karan Wahi Raftaar Inspired from Hotstar Specials’ Hundred
Woofer 2 Deep Kalsi ft. KR$NA Deep Kalsi
Gallan Deep Kalsi, KR$NA, Fateh, Karma & Harjas Deep Kalsi
No Losses KR$NA Roclegion and Danny E.B
Say My Name (Hindi) KR$NA Call Me G First song in Desi Hip-Hop to be released in two different languages.
Say My Name (English) KR$NA Call Me G
Saath Ya Khilaf KR$NA & Raftaar Raftaar
The Key Freestyle KR$NA Deep Kalsi
Baap Se FOTTY SEVEN ft. KR$NA Frisk From Fotty Seven's "Asli independent" EP
Bohot Sahi J TRIX, KR$NA & SUBSPACE SUBSPACE From J TRIX's "Bohot Sahi" EP
2021 Crossroads Hi-Rez ft. Royce da 5'9'' & KR$NA Ryan Summer
Khauf Hai KR$NA Haji Springer