AP Dhillon talks about being ‘in survival mode’ after moving to Canada, receiving offers from Hindi film industry

India-born Canadian artiste AP Dhillon, a rising global star in the hip-hop scene with songs such as Brown Munde, Excuses and Summer High, believes the brown community is finally getting the appreciation it deserves. The musician, whose journey from Punjab's Gurdaspur to Vancouver in Canada to finally tasting popularity is the subject of a new documentary series, AP Dhillon: First of A Kind, said he is proud that the world is taking note of the music created by Indians residing in Canada and the US. While there is no single track that drew him towards becoming a singer, AP Dhillon said he counts Punjabi icons Jitender Sartaj, Amar Singh Chamkila and Sidhu Moosewala as well as maestro A R Rahman and singer Arijit Singh among his inspirations. "I used to listen to artist tracks, I would listen to a lot of Punjabi artists like Jitender Sartaj, Garry Sandhu, Amar Singh Chamkila, they are legends, Gurdip Mann. Shinda Kahlon, AP Dhillon's label mate under their Canada-based Run-Up Records who also sat down for the interview, said he had an inkling about the growing popularity of Punjabi music.