# Deep (rapper) > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Deep_(rapper) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Deep_(rapper).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_(rapper) > Source revision: 1294981265 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Deep**, also known as Deep Cold or Deep Da 1, was an [American](/source/United_States_of_America) [Southern rap](/source/Southern_rap) artist of [Indian](/source/India) [Punjabi](/source/Punjabis) origin from [Houston, Texas](/source/Houston,_Texas). Raised in the city, Deep attended the same high school as [Paul Wall](/source/Paul_Wall) and [Chamillionaire](/source/Chamillionaire). His first interest in music came at a young age when a tight family household income made him seek other avenues of making money.[1] ## Biography After a rough year in 2000, Deep Cold was forced to re-evaluate his position and decided to co-create Da 1 Records with his cousin. Deep Cold released his debut album *[In Trunks Now](/source/In_Trunks_Now)* in 2005 on his independent label. It featured big [Southern Rap](/source/Southern_Rap) names such as [Slim Thug](/source/Slim_Thug), [David Banner](/source/David_Banner), [Big Moe](/source/Big_Moe), [Big Pokey](/source/Big_Pokey) as well as [Too $hort](/source/Too_$hort). Since then he has personally signed new artists Lenny Lenn and Kamla Punjabi to the label and has played a major role in the financing of their album. His comment about his style of music. "I don't have a specific style of music that can be categorized. I make music that transcends hate, barriers and race. That's what music is intended to (do)." He co-hosted a [MTV Desi](/source/MTV_Desi) Show with Kamala Punjabi. Deep released 'Dekhlo Punjabi Munde' in 2007. The song quickly moved up the BBC charts and spread worldwide. In 2009, Deep and Kamla Punjabi released a collaboration album 'Nach Nach' which was produced by DJ Sanj/J-Nas. In 2010 'Dekhlo Punjabi Munde' was remixed by replacing Deep Cold and Kamla Punjabi's verses with the vocals of [Diljit Dosanjh](/source/Diljit_Dosanjh) and featured in the Punjabi movie [Mel Karade Rabba](/source/Mel_Karade_Rabba), albeit retaining the chorus of the original. Deep Cold has worked with [David Banner](/source/David_Banner), [Too $hort](/source/Too_$hort), Slim Thug, Big Moe, Lil KeKe, Billy Cook, C-Note (Botany Boyz), S.U.C. - Screwed Up Click, Master Saleem, [Sonu Nigam](/source/Sonu_Nigam), The Teflon Don, Sonny Brown, DJ Sanj/J-Nas, Diljit Singh, Jas Rai, Kamla Punjabi, Haji Springer and more. ## Death Deep died on March 5, 2014, during a visit to India, where he was working on an upcoming album. ## Discography ### Albums - 2002: *In Trunks Now* - 2009: *Nach Nach With Kamla Punjabi* - 2011: *The Drip* ### Featured on - 2004 Burning Hot - Feat Mr Riz (Produced by Harry Sona) - 2005 [Sona Family](/source/Sona_Family) - Glassy 2 (featuring Hard Kaur & Deep Cold) - (Produced by Harry Sona) - 2005: Suga Kane Records - West Coast Desi - 2006: Suga Kane Records - First Blood - 2006: Kal M, DJ Sanj & Lil Sach - America's Most Wanted 4 - 2007: Mr. Underground - Underground Road Trip (Mixtape) - 2007: J-Nas - Asian R&B - 2008: Sonny Brown - Please Come Again - 2008: DJ Sanj - Bollywood Punk - 2010: [Mel Karade Rabba](/source/Mel_Karade_Rabba) Soundtrack - 2010: Desi Hustle - 2010: Sammy Gill - Pegg (featuring Deep Cold) - Single - 2011: Arnie B - Hey Mama (featuring Deep Cold) - Single - 2011: Sam Sahotra - Lakh Tera Hiley (featuring Deep Cold) - Single (Produced by Dj Aman) - 2011: Sheetal Kayshap - Boliya (featuring Deep Cold) (Produced by DJ Precious) - 2011: SK1 - Saal Solvan Tap Gayi (featuring Deep Cold) (Produced by Jaspal Soos) - 2012: Mandeep Dhaliwal - Jagga (featuring Deep Cold) (Dirty South Mix) from the Motion Picture "[Pseudo: Blood of Our Own](/source/Pseudo:_Blood_of_Our_Own)" Soundtrack - 2012: DJ Sanj - Bad Boyz - 2013: DJ Sanj - Valeti Daru - 2014: IMM - The Album - 2014: Mika Singh - Shake That Booty (featuring Deep Cold) from the Bollywood Movie Soundtrack "[Balwinder Singh Famous Ho Gaya](/source/Balwinder_Singh_Famous_Ho_Gaya)". The video clip features former [pornographic actress](/source/Pornographic_actress) [Sunny Leone](/source/Sunny_Leone) - 2016: Thiêu Thân - Táo ft Cào from Deep ## See also - [Houston hip hop](/source/Houston_hip_hop) ## References 1. ["Punjabi Rapper Deep Cold sadly passes away"](http://simplybhangra.com/news/bhangra-news/7575-punjabi-rapper-deep-cold-sadly-passes-away) ## External links - [https://web.archive.org/web/20161021100313/https://deeprapper.com/](https://web.archive.org/web/20161021100313/https://deeprapper.com/) - [http://www.soundclick.com/deepda1](http://www.soundclick.com/deepda1) - [http://www.musesmuse.com/radiomuse-14.html](http://www.musesmuse.com/radiomuse-14.html) - [Deep Cold](https://www.facebook.com/deepcold) on Facebook - [https://archive.today/20130202210701/http://www.sosouth.com/detail.php?ID=6183&trackcount=All](https://archive.today/20130202210701/http://www.sosouth.com/detail.php?ID=6183&trackcount=All) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Deep (rapper)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_(rapper)) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_(rapper)?action=history)). 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