Hailing from the village of Harkhowal near Hoshiarpur, Punjab, the now Toronto-based thiarajxtt aka Dilmanjot Singh Thiara picked up mixing and producing music back in 2007 via computer gear left behind by his family visiting from Australia. He grew obsessed with it to the point that others would play sports or games, but thiarajxtt would spend hours on Virtual DJ.

After moving to Canada in 2019, a chance encounter with Shubh in Brampton led thiarajxtt to co-produce, record, mix and master the breakthrough melodic Punjabi hip-hop hit “We Rollin.”

thiarajxtt’s smooth blend of hip-hop, trap, and R&B permeates throughout “Kinni Kinni” hitmaker Diljit Dosanjh’s 2023 album Ghost as well as songs like “Spain” by Jassa Dhillon. After releasing an experimental EP Heartfelt in 2023, thiarajxtt now has his sights set on “producer empowerment,” as he calls it – prepping a project via Universal Music Canada that will lay the foundation for new and legendary Punjabi artists to be on the same project in an effort to break barriers.