At 30, Canadian vocalist AP Dhillon rose to prominence in the Punjabi music sphere in 2020. However, his journey was not without challenges. In an interview, AP shared a memory from his past when he migrated to Canada on a student visa and was denied accommodation for not having a credit card. “It was a long night. When I reached there, I just could not get a place and I could not find anybody to help me. I tried my best to get a room in a hotel and nobody gave me the room,” AP said.
He added, “I had two suitcases. I put them on the ground and tried to sleep on them. There was this brown girl, she came to me and said, ‘yo, you don’t look like a homeless person? Why are you sleeping like this?’ I told her the story. Then she went to her boyfriend or fiancé I don’t remember, and said, ‘yo, give this guy your credit card.’ And I remember that guy telling me, ‘Bro, please don’t steal anything, break anything’. There are good people out there. At the end of the episode, I thought if we don't bring each other up, then who will?
A new four-part docuseries, directed by Jay Ahmed, called ‘AP Dhillon: First of a Kind,’ is now streaming on Prime Video India. AP was in India for the premiere of the docuseries that took place recently in Mumbai. Celebrities like Salman Khan, Ranveer Singh and Badshah, among others, attended the premiere and extended support to the singer. The singer was seen arriving and partying with girlfriend Banita Sandhu at the premiere and the after party. The couple made their relationship official also.