Rapper Badshah's latest set of Instagram stories reflect everything that's wrong with social media. On Tuesday, the rapper posted a tribute for singer KK, who died at the age of 53 in Kolkata. On his post for the legendary singer, Badshah received a hateful message from a troll, the screenshot of which he shared on his Instagram story. In the first story, he shared a screenshot of the message he received from a troll that read: "Tu kab marega (when will you die)" Badshah captioned it: "Just to give you an idea what sort of hate we face on an everyday basis." In his next Instagram story, the rapper wrote: "What you see is an illusion, what you hear is a lie, some dying to meet you, some pray for you to die."
Screenshot of Badhshah's Instagram story
Badshah, born Aaditya Singh, is a popular name in the Indian music circuit. His hit singles include Proper Patola, Wakhra Swag, DJ Waley Babu and Genda Phool. His Bollywood credits include recreating several classics, among them Kala Chashma and The Humma Song, to name a few.
Some of his other popular tracks include tracks like Jugnu, Mercy, Paagal, Paani Paani, Garmi, Kar Gayi Chull, Abhi Toh Party Shuru Hui Hai, Aao Kabhi Haveli Pe and Let's Naacho, among many others.
Badshah made his Bollywood debut as an actor with Khandaani Shafakhana, co-starring Sonakshi Sinha. He also featured as a judge on the reality show India's Got Talent, alongside Kirron Kher, Shilpa Shetty and Manoj Muntashir.