#292 TURNing it up with Blitzkrieg

We trace Blitzkrieg’s journey from a Punjabi household in Mississauga to UK breakthroughs and two decades of work shaping South Asian Canadian hip hop. We also get real about surviving cancer and a motorcycle crash, then turning that urgency into music, live performance, and a culture-first business. • Growing up in Toronto between Punjabi media at home and hip hop outside • Discovering representation through Apache Indian and starting to rap early • Getting played by Punjabi MC and landing opportunities across the UK scene • Choosing education and marketing work to build stability alongside music • Being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma and letting go of fame chasing • Surviving a serious motorcycle crash and refusing to sit on unreleased ideas • Thinking about legacy and supporting the next generation of South Asian Canadian artists • Building Broken Rickshaw to bring South Asian inspiration into the liquor market • Favourite collaborations and the mindset behind experimenting across genres • Creating unplugged live Punjabi hip hop with a band plus rock and jazz roots Learn more about Blitzkrieg by following him on Instagram @blitzmusic1Tune in weekly on Mondays & Thursdays to TURN it up with Ravia on 97.9 FM or live-stream at www.theuniversalradio.comIG: @theuniversalradio