Bohemian rhapsody
As a kid, Punjabi rapper Roger David or Bohemia (as he is popularly known) was fascinated with Hollywood. Growing up in Pakistan in the early eighties, his passion was writing poetry. “I guess I had the knack and flair for writing poetry. Besides, music was something I always had in my soul,” says Bohemia, who recently performed at Lemp Brewpub in Gurgaon and promoted his fourth album Thousand Thoughts.
Bohemia moved to the US from Pakistan with his family when he was 14. “The Bay Area where we moved to was not like the America I saw in Hollywood movies, where I dreamt of reaching one day. It was different,” he says.
“It was not long after we reached the US that I lost my mom. Had it not been for music, I don’t know how I would have survived,” he says and adds that post this incident, he started working with a studio where he played music with a friend.
As fate would have it, the sudden death of his friend was another traumatic setback. “I felt a sudden urge for to quit the ordinary and create something of my own, something I could identify with. I started fusing my poetry with my music,” he says.
Bohemia is a firm believer that music can transcend borders. “We have the same language, same food, same customs, mannerisms and propensities. It’s just a line on the map that divides us. If only my music could bring the two countries closer, I would perform on and on,” he concludes on a note of hope.
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