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Infobox musical artist| name = Rishi Rich| background = non_performing_personnel| image =| image_size = 150| caption =| birth_name = Rishpal Singh Rekhi| alias = Rishi Rekhi, The Rishi Rich Project| origin = Croydon , London , England | genre = Bhangra (music)|Bhangra , Music of Punjab|Punjabi , Filmi , Hindi , hip hop , RnB , UK garage | years_active = 1992–present| label = Moviebox Records, Rishi Rich Productions Ltd. (RRP), 2Point9 Records 2point9 | website = http://www.rishirichproductions.com/ www.rishirichproductions.com Rishpal Singh Rekhi better known by his stage name Rishi Rich is a British Indian music producer born in Croydon , England and based in London . He began his career in the Asian Underground scene and later became internationally known for his Bhangra (music)|Bhangra tracks, his Hindi remix es, and as a pioneer of Music of India|Indian -R& B Fusion (music)|fusion music .
Through the Rishi Rich Project, he was responsible for launching British Asian talents who would later gain mainstream success, such as Jay Sean (internationally) and Juggy D .
He has also released his own solo albums, Simply Rich in 2002 with Ishq Records and The Project in 2006 with 2point9 Records and his produced songs have appeared in a number of Bollywood films. He now runs Rishi Rich Productions with contracts with a number of South Asian British artists including H-Dhami , Mumzy Stranger , Veronica Mehta , Tasha Tah and Abbas Hasan .
The Rishi Rich Project
Rishi rich worked in the UK with a number of Asian people|Asian artists co-produced a number of Asian music albums. In January 2003, he signed management contract with 2Point9 Records . Soon after, he formed the Rishi Rich Project, the objective of which was to showcase up-and-coming talent. The Rishi Rich releases quickly became famous in the Asian Underground scene, being pioneers of contemporary R& B - Bhangra (music)|Bhangra fusion. They subsequently found success in India and helped popularize Indian-R& B Fusion (music)|fusion sounds in both the Asian underground scene and in Indian pop music.YouTube|6ZG_y_UlrZg|Jay Sean- Interview part 1/3
" Dance with You (Nachna Tere Naal) ", released on 8 September 2003, was the debut single by the Rishi Rich Project produced by Richi Rich and featuring Jay Sean (singing in English language|English ) and Juggy D (in Punjabi language|Punjabi ). It was an Asian Underground song with the music video set at a block party in a London neighbourhood. The song peaked at #12 on the UK Singles Charts and #2 on the Dutch Top 40 . It also won "Best Single R& B" at the 2003 UK Asian Music Awards .cite web|title=BRITISH ASIAN MUSIC AWARDS 2004 LAUNCHED|url= http://www.redhotcurry.com/entertainment/music/brama_launch.htm|accessdate=24 August 2010|date=7 October 2004 It is considered Jay Sean's first successful single and was later included in his debut album, Me Against Myself (2004) produced by Rishi Rich himself, as well in Rich's album, Rishi Rich Project . The song was also included in the soundtrack for the 2003 Bollywood film Boom (2003 film)|Boom .IMDB name|id=1915047|name=Jay Sean
On 27 April 2007, Rishi announced that he was parting with his record company 2Point9 Records, http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/asiannetworkmusic/2007/04/new_project_for_rishi_rich.shtml BBC: New Project for Rishi Rich marking the end of the Rishi Rich Project. After their departures from the project, Jay Sean subsequently went on to become one of the most successful groundbreaking international Asian artists (prestigiously topping the US Hot 100 in 2009), http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/509/jay_sean__on_top_of_the_world/ Jay Sean interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' March 2010 while Juggy D became one of the most successful British artists in the mainstream Indian market.cite web|title=Juggy D, Rishi Rich back together|author=Nikhil Taneja|work= Hindustan Times |date=December 9, 2009|url= http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/music/Juggy-D-Rishi-Rich-back-together/Article1-484685.aspx|accessdate=2009-12-15
Solo career
Rishi Rich released his first solo album Simply Rich fuses urban music and bhangra. The album was a big success in the Asian pop charts that resulted in a number of singles like "Nahin Jeena" featuring Don D and Juggy D and "Nahin Tere Jeha Hor Disda" with the music video featuring cameo appearances by Bally Sagoo , Juggy D, Jay Sean and Veronica Mehta .
His second solo release, The Project in 2006 included the single "Push It Up (Aaja Kuriye)" featuring Juggy D and Jay Sean http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=1qGM8fw5_g4 Music video for "Push It Up (Aaja Kuriye)" peaking at No 1 on the BBC Asian Network Chart.
Rishi Rich Productions
In 2007 Rishi Rich started Rishi Rich Productions (RRP), a joint partnership between himself and entertainment entrepreneur, Waleed Jahangir.Cite web |url= http://www.rishirichproductions.com/about.htm |title=About RRP - Rishi Rich Productions |work=rishirichproductions.com |accessdate=24 August 2010 The artists signed to the company are Rishi Rich himself,Cite web |url= http://www.rishirichproductions.com/artists.aspx |title=Artists |work=rishirichproductions.com |accessdate=24 August 2010 H-Dhami , Mumzy ,Veronica Mehta (aka Veronica), Tasha Tah,cite web|title=Tash Tah Interview with Besharam.co.uk|url= http://www.besharam.co.uk/tasha-tah-talks-music-life-bosomsJuggy D ,Citation needed|date=August 2010 and Abbas Hasan .Citation needed|date=August 2010 Rishi Rich won "Best Producer" at the UK Asian Music Awards in 2003 and also in 2009 for producing H-Dhami 's debut album Sadke Java .Cite web |url= http://www.desihits.com/news/view/uk-ama-award-winners-20090306 |title=2009 UK AMA Award Winners - on desihits.com |work=desihits.com |accessdate=24 August 2010 |date=March 6, 2009 At the 2009 event he also won a special "Commitment to the Scene" award.
Filmography
Rishi Rich expanded also into Indian film and many of his produced songs appeared in various Bollywood films:
Hum Tum : Rishi produced a track for the first ever release from the Yash Raj music label, which featured in the 2004 film Hum Tum .
Kyaa Kool Hai Hum : The track One Night , produced by Rishi and sung by Jay Sean , was taken from Jay Sean's album Me Against Myself and was included in the 2005 film Kyaa Kool Hai Hum . However, the version on this soundtrack was entitled Dil Mera (One Night) and included vocals by Veronica Mehta|Veronica as well as Jay Sean.
Boom (2003 film)|Boom : The track Eyes on You (Jay Sean song)|"Eyes On You" which was performed by Jay Sean was featured in Bollywood film Boom . The song hit the UK Top 10 in 2004 and was featured on Jay Sean's debut album 'Me Against Myself'. http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/269/jay_sean_prince_charming/ Jay Sean interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' April 2008
:"Lady, Let Me Hold You" :"Sexadelic" :"Tomorrow Never Comes" :"Body Beat" :"Crazy Girl" :"Freak Lady" :"Rewind" (featuring Mumzy)
Other co-productions and remixes
; With 2Kool albums:
Bollywood Fever
Warm It Up
2Kool Flavor
Klassic Kuts
Love 2 Love - Chapter 1
Love 2 Love - Chapter 2
Love 2 Love - Chapter 3
The Best of 2Kool
;With VR1 albums
The Next Stage
Love 2 Love - Chapter 4
Love 2 Love - Chapter 5
Voices
References
ReflistRecent releases 2011: Saturday Night by Pritharpal featuring Hard Kaur Menu Tere Jeha Featuring Rishi Rich by Miss Pooja Bollywood Star (video with Shilpa Shetty) by Romy Shay Tere Bina Nahin Jeena by Kiran Dhanoa
External links
http://www.rishirichproductions.com/ Rishi Rich Productions Official site
http://sl2uk.com/content/rishi.shtml Rishi Rich interview by Ashanti OMkar
http://www.ukhh.com/bhh/artists/rishi_rich-biog.htm Rishi Rich Bio on UK Hip Hop Website
http://www.mtvdesi.com/news/story.jhtml? id=1530232 MTV Desi's Website
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