May 12, 2026 — "Ground Zero: Kanwar Gill"
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Episode 530

ON TODAY'S SHOW
Sammy Chand's Tuesday show centers on a long-form conversation with Kanwar Gill. Sammy makes the case that the canonical history of Punjabi hip-hop is wrong — it skips a step, and that step lives in California, and his name is Kanwar Gill. The hour is a full Kanwar retrospective: his solo cut Aaj Kal Dhe Mundhey (which Sammy produced), his collaboration with Jazzy B on Rambo, his work with Fateh Doe on From The Bay, and a deep cut closer with Bunita Sawhney on Aashiqui. Sammy interviews Kanwar about how it all started — when he first heard hip-hop and decided to rap in Punjabi, what the recording infrastructure looked like in early-90s California, what audience he was making the music for, and what he thought when Bohemia broke out a decade later. Around the conversation, the hour also brings Mani Longia and Fateh Doe on Hot Boys, Sidhu Moosewala and The Kidd on Eyes On Me, Azaad 4 Life's Roses and Blood, Otaal's Saun Di Jhadi, Shubh's Baller, Jassi Gosal and Jagan Randhawa on Safeway, YoYo Honey Singh's Phurr, Karmacy's Blood Brothers (Sammy's own group, with Sammy on the track), and Divine's Jungli Sher with Sez On The Beat. Plus Neesh stops by from The Garage Mahal with a preview of his show, Dr. Roy on Word On The Avenue, and Doyeeta Das Gupta with the Artist Spotlight.

FEATURED MUSIC
Hot Boys — Mani Longia, Fateh Doe Eyes On Me — Sidhu Moosewala, The Kidd Roses and Blood — Azaad 4 Life Saun Di Jhadi — Otaal Baller — Shubh Aaj Kal Dhe Mundhey — Kanwar Gill, Sammy Chand Safeway — Jassi Gosal, Jagan Randhawa Rambo — Jazzy B, Kanwar Gill From The Bay — Kanwar Gill, Fateh Doe Phurr — YoYo Honey Singh Blood Brothers — Karmacy, Sammy Chand Jungli Sher — Divine, Sez On The Beat Aashiqui — Kanwar Gill, Bunita Sawhney 

FEATURED GUESTS & CONTRIBUTORS
Kanwar Gill 

FEATURE INTERVIEW
Punjabi hip-hop pioneer. Today: how he started rapping in Punjabi in California in the early 90s, building the lane before there was a lane, and his perspective on the genre 30 years later Dr. Roy — Word On The Avenue, daily Rukus Avenue Radio All-Stars segment Neesh — Previews his show, The Garage Mahal Doyeeta Das Gupta — Artist Spotlight, daily Rukus Avenue Radio All-Stars segment 

RUNDOWN
0:00 Sammy Opening
2:30 Hot Boys — Mani Longia, Fateh Doe
4:52 Sammy
5:18 Eyes On Me — Sidhu Moosewala, The Kidd
7:32 Sammy 7:50 Roses and Blood — Azaad 4 Life
10:10 Sammy
10:48 Dr Roy delivers The Word On The Avenue 
11:54 Sammy
12:08 Saun Di Jhadi — Otaal 
14:40 Sammy
15:10 Neesh previews his show The Garage Mahal
16:08 Sammy 16:18 Baller — Shubh
18:16 Sammy
18:40 Aaj Kal Dhe Mundhey — Kanwar Gill, Sammy Chand
20:38 Sammy
21:36 Safeway — Jassi Gosal, Jagan Randhawa 
24:46 Sammy
25:08 Rambo — Jazzy B, Kanwar Gill
28:24 Sammy Chand interviews Kanwar Gill
44:06 From The Bay — Kanwar Gill, Fateh Doe
45:52 Sammy 46:06 Doyeeta Das Gupta Artist Spotlight
47:10 Sammy 47:24 Phurr — YoYo Honey Singh
50:06 Sammy
50:46 Blood Brothers — Karmacy, Sammy Chand
54:14 Sammy
54:52 Jungli Sher — Divine, Sez On The Beat 
56:48 Sammy Chand Closing Remarks
58:44 Aashiqui — Kanwar Gill, Bunita Sawhney

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