Abhijay Negi is an Indian rapper known by his stage name ‘Encore ABJ’. He is best known for the hip-hop duet ‘Seedh Maut’ with his partner Siddhant Sharma (Shaant).
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Wiki/Biography
Abhijay Negi (Encore ABJ) was born on Saturday, 15 July 1995 (age 27 years; as in 2022). She did her schooling from St. Mary’s Senior Secondary School, Delhi. He later attended Delhi Technical Campus, Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
Abhijay Negi (Encore ABJ) (centre) during his school days
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 8″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
He has a sister named Apoorva Negi.
Abhijay Negi (Encore ABJ) with his family
Wife
He is unmarried.
livelihood
Abhijay Negi (Encore ABJ) started rapping while pursuing graduation. In 2014, he created his own YouTube channel and uploaded his first song ‘Teen Baat’. In 2015, he released his second song ‘Painting a Picture: Sheep or Wolf’. Some more songs on his YouTube channel include ‘Dilli Darshan’ (2015), ‘Hai Ram’ (2018), and ‘Ghar Pe Raho’ (2020). Through his song ‘Ghar Pe Raho’, which he composed during the coronavirus pandemic, he asked his listener to stay at home. In June 2016, he released the first song ‘Sunno’ from his mixtape ‘Rehearsal’.
‘Sunno’ song poster
In October 2017, his track ‘Drifting’ was released, a collaborative work with Yungsta and Frappe Ash.
Poster of the track ‘Drifting’
straight death
Delhi-based hip-hop stars Abhijay Negi (Encore) and Siddhant Sharma (Callum) formed their duo “Straight Death” in 2016. The pair touched upon issues in their field such as politics, Indian society, romance and the education system. Hop Track.
Abhijay Negi (Encore ABJ) with Siddhant Sharma (Shaant)
In September 2016, the duo created a YouTube channel and released their debut mixtape “2 Ka Pahada,” which consists of seven tracks including ‘Seedeh Maut Anthem,’ ‘Royalty,’ ‘Klassikh Maut,’ and ‘Hanging On.’
Album cover of ‘2 Ka Pahada’
After the release of their first mixtape, the duo signed with an independent record label, Azadi Records, in 2018, and released several hits such as ‘Kranti’ (2018), ‘101’ (2019), ‘Dum Pishach’ (2020) Released singles. ), and ‘Do Guna’ (2020).
‘101’ song poster
Straight Death released their debut album, “Baayan” produced by ‘Sez On The Beat’ (music producer) in 2018, which consists of twelve tracks, and the most notable of them include ‘Shaktimaan,’ ‘Meri Baggi,’ ‘Wings. ‘ Are included. ‘ and ‘Kin.’ This album was based on the life journey of the rappers.
Album cover of ‘Bayan’
In 2021, the duo released another album “Na”, which contained ten tracks including ‘Namstute’, ‘Namcheen’, ‘Naadan’ and ‘Natkhat’. In 2022, the crew released their album “Nayaab” in collaboration with ‘Says on the Beat’, which contained 17 tracks. Some of the most notable tracks from the album include ‘To Kya,’ ‘Anari,’ ‘Myna,’ ‘Godcode,’ ‘Batti,’ and ‘Teen Dost.’ According to the rappers, the album “Nayaab” is about their life after the release of their first album “Bayan”.
Album cover of ‘Nayaab’
The duo made guest appearances on the show “Hustle 2.0” on MTV India in 2022. He also hosted the show “Red Bull Spotlight” in the same year. In 2023, Straight Death was seen performing in a live concert with popular rappers MC Stan and Ikka on the show Bigg Boss 16.
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Facts/General Knowledge
- He used to participate in sports during his college days and also won various awards for his college.
Abhijay Negi (Encore ABJ) after winning a football match during his college days
- Her favorite songs from her first album, “Baayan” are ‘Pankh’ and ‘Q’.
- He met his partner Siddhant Sharma (Shaant) in an underground rap battle in Delhi.
- He loves watching anime and often mentions the names of various anime characters in his songs.
- In an interview, Encore ABJ revealed that he got inspiration for rapping from rappers like Eminem and Jay-Z. He said,
“Somehow we got into this genre of music because of rappers like Eminem and Jay-Z, who are primarily interested in lyrical hip-hop.”
- In an interview, he explained the meaning of his pair’s name ‘Straight Death’, which was a slang term used by his partner’s older brother to describe ‘rock it’ or ‘nail it’. Explaining the meaning of the slang and the reason behind using it as their duo’s name, Encore ABJ said,
no half measures. Whatever one thing you want to do in life, give it your all. This is what we stand for. That’s what the name Straight Death means, that’s our music.”
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