Sunny Khan Durrani

rapper and musician

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Sunny Khan Durrani is a rapper and musician whose first album was Khabarnama. Log Kya Kahenge, a track on Khabarnama, was the first of his tracks to blow up, and he dates his breakout track to around 2017 or 2018. He attended school and college in Peshawar and completed a bachelor's degree in mass communication. He says music is his only source of income.

Early life and background

Durrani comes from a Pathan family, and both of his parents are Pathan. Both of his parents were teachers, and his father was a professor at a college. His father was very interested in Urdu literature. [1]

Durrani says the only connection he had to music was poetry. He wrote a book in seventh class but did not publish it because he had no money. He deleted the file of that book and says he regrets it. He has been interested in both photography and music since school. He says he wanted to do music, and his father gave him a choice between medicine and leaving home. [1]

Education

Durrani attended a local school in Peshawar and studied at a college in Peshawar. He studied FSC pre-medical. He applied through an entrance test for medical colleges and was selected for a medical college that he described as the best in the whole province. He completed a bachelor's degree in mass communication at a university. [1]

Career

Durrani says that when he came across rap, the question for him was how to express himself. He says rap felt like the place where he belonged. He got his first computer in ninth grade, around 2011, and started his YouTube channel around 2011. He took the music from a deleted scene and began writing over it. [1]

He says that during his college years he and others used to book photo shoots. He also did video production work. He says he could not afford to book a studio session for every song, as he was doing everything on his own. He says music is his only source of income. [1]

Durrani has a manager. He has done a few commercial brand songs that most people do not know about. He says that when a rap category was introduced for the first time, he was nominated. [1]

Albums and tracks

Durrani's first album was Khabarnama. He made Khabarnama because he wanted an album like it and saw no one else making one. Log Kya Kahenge is a track on Khabarnama. Another track on the album is about forced marriages. [1]

Log Kya Kahenge was the first of his tracks to blow up. He dates his breakout track to around 2017 or 2018. [1]

Durrani's second album has no rap songs. He says one album was supposed to be his first, but at that time he did not have enough tools or knowledge of music production. He says a track he wrote in the seventh or eighth standard appears on an album that he describes as a journey through the years. He calls one of his tracks very personal, about the heartbreaks and the bad things that happened in his life. He has an album planned and has been working on it for some time. [1]

Writing and working method

Durrani keeps notepads and his phone nearby so he can write when a line comes to him. He says he cannot work with an entirely different producer, because somewhere he would have to sacrifice, and he does not do that. He keeps a rule on the first page of his notebook: quit music the day he lies on the microphone. He says the power of a voice is in its rawness. [1]

Views on rap

Durrani says rap seemed to him the most shameless genre, because you can say whatever you want without sugar coating it. He says rap was once used as decoration in songs. He says interest in rap rose suddenly after Gully Boy. He worries rap could end up as rock did in Pakistan. He says commercialization of any scene brings problems. [1]

He says only the top few artists benefit, and after that the genre no longer exists. He says six to eight rap tracks now come out each week. [1]

He believes music can solve problems and says he has seen it happen. He says artists with a pen should speak about problems rather than wait for someone else to. He says he has to be the person who changes people's lives. He says he can see thousands of loopholes throughout his career. [1]

Durrani says he would rather read a poet writing about his own heartbreaks than older poets insulting one another. He says almost a decade went by without any new good music. He says he has long waited for lyrics that communicate ideas that did not exist before. [1]

Personal life

Durrani runs a gaming channel and says his close fans know about it. He says he prefers story-based games. [1]

Timeline

2011
Got his first computer in ninth grade and started his YouTube channel.[1]
2017 or 2018
Dates his breakout track to around this time.[1]

Appearances

DateTitleWhere
2021-03-24 How rap carries weight beyond diss culture Thought Behind Things

Frequently asked questions

Who is Sunny Khan Durrani?

Sunny Khan Durrani is a rapper and musician whose first album was Khabarnama. He says music is his only source of income. He attended school and college in Peshawar.[1]

Where did Sunny Khan Durrani study?

Sunny Khan Durrani attended a local school in Peshawar and studied at a college in Peshawar. He studied FSC pre-medical. He completed a bachelor's degree in mass communication at a university.[1]

What was Sunny Khan Durrani's first album?

Sunny Khan Durrani's first album was Khabarnama. He made it because he wanted an album like it and saw no one else making one. Log Kya Kahenge is a track on the album.[1]

What was Sunny Khan Durrani's breakout track?

Log Kya Kahenge was the first of Sunny Khan Durrani's tracks to blow up. He dates his breakout track to around 2017 or 2018.[1]

What is Sunny Khan Durrani's family background?

Sunny Khan Durrani comes from a Pathan family, and both of his parents are Pathan. Both of his parents were teachers, and his father was a professor at a college. His father was very interested in Urdu literature.[1]

References

  1. How rap carries weight beyond diss culture . Thought Behind Things , 2021-03-24.
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  1. Sunny Khan Durrani comes from a Pathan family, and both of his parents are Pathan. I come from a Pathan family. My mother was Pathan, my father was Pathan.
  2. His father was very interested in Urdu literature. my father was very much into Urdu and Urdu adab jo tha
  3. Both of his parents were teachers. my parents were teachers
  4. His father was a professor at a college. My father was uh professor in Government College as well.
  5. He says the only connection he had to music was poetry. The only connection I had to music was poetry.
  6. He wrote a book in seventh class but did not publish it because he had no money. I wrote my first book in seventh class, which I never published. Because I didn't have the money.
  7. He deleted the file of that book and says he regrets it. I came back home and I deleted the file forever. So, I was like, okay, not going back, which I regret because it was a very interesting book.
  8. He says that when he came across rap, the question for him was how to express himself. Then I came across rap and I was like, okay, kyunke yahi tha ke express kaise karna hai?
  9. He says rap felt like the place where he belonged. dude, this is my place, like this is where I exist.
  10. He got his first computer in ninth grade, around 2011. Then I got my first computer in 9th grade. So, that was 2011, roughly.
  11. He started his YouTube channel around 2011. That was the time when I made my YouTube channel and all that.
  12. He took the music from a deleted scene and began writing over it. Toh maine woh deleted scene ka music liya aur uske upar I started writing wahin pe baith ke
  13. He attended a local school in Peshawar. it was a local school in Peshawar called Peshawar Model School.
  14. He studied at a college in Peshawar. college maine kiya tha Government College se, Government College of Peshawar
  15. He studied FSC pre-medical. wahan se maine kiya tha pre-medical. I was a student of, acha FSC. Haan, FSC pre-medical.
  16. He says he wanted to do music, and his father gave him a choice between medicine and leaving home. I said, I want to do music and uh He was like, okay, you have two choices, either do this or leave the house. So, I didn't do medical.
  17. He applied through an entrance test for medical colleges and was selected for a medical college that he described as the best in the whole province. I applied for ETEA, which is like uh medical test, medical colleges ke liye jo test hota hai, engineering colleges ke liye. And I got selected in the like the best college in whole KPK, it's called Khyber Medical College.
  18. He completed a bachelor's degree in mass communication at a university. So Virtual University se I did my my uh bachelors in masscom.
  19. He says that during his college years he and others used to book photo shoots. college time mein hum aate thay, college pe milte thay and then we used to book photo shoots
  20. He has been interested in both photography and music since school. mujhe school time se hota tha, mera photography mein bhi tha, music mein bhi tha
  21. He also did video production work. I used to do like video production as well
  22. He says he could not afford to book a studio session for every song, as he was doing everything on his own. So then I was like I cannot afford this ki main har gaane ke liye I do like a studio session and all that kyunke main apne own pe hi kar raha tha.
  23. He says music is his only source of income. It's purely like uh music is my only source of income
  24. He runs a gaming channel and says his close fans know about it. I have a gaming channel jahan pe mere bahut koi close fans hain, they know about it.
  25. He says he prefers story-based games. Uh, story-based. I love story-based games like um,
  26. He says rap seemed to him the most shameless genre, because you can say whatever you want without sugar coating it. rap sabse besharam laga tha mujhe. Sabse besharam kyunke you can say whatever you want to say and you don't have to sugar coat it with anything.
  27. His second album has no rap songs. I have like my second album Ehtesaz was it didn't have any rap song.
  28. He says one album was supposed to be his first, but at that time he did not have enough tools or knowledge of music production. Ehtesaz was supposed to be my first album but us time pe I didn't have enough tools or enough uh knowledge about music production.
  29. His first album was Khabarnama. my first album was called Khabarnama
  30. He made Khabarnama because he wanted an album like it and saw no one else making one. and because I wanted an album like that in the market and I was like no one else is making it. So I need to make it.
  31. Log Kya Kahenge is a track on Khabarnama. Then there's a track Log Kya Kahenge about society. That was from Khabarnama.
  32. A track on Khabarnama is about forced marriages. Then there's Pazeeb which is about forced marriages.
  33. Log Kya Kahenge was the first of his tracks to blow up. but yeh hai ki it was log kya kahenge. That was the first track which like blew up.
  34. He dates his breakout track to around 2017 or 2018. that was the first track that blew up and it was back in 2017 or 18. I think 18.
  35. He calls one of his tracks very personal, about the heartbreaks and the bad things that happened in his life. I've seen like even Lahasil. Chalo it's a very personal track and I'm just talking about all the heartbreaks and everything that happened bad in my life.
  36. He keeps notepads and his phone nearby so he can write when a line comes to him. That's why I have a lot of notepads around me. I always like keep my phone or something aur nahi hota to I keep someone around ki haan yaar main kuch aaye to woh chal na jaye.
  37. He says he cannot work with an entirely different producer, because somewhere he would have to sacrifice, and he does not do that. But I cannot work with an entirely like different producer because I know kahin na kahin aapko woh sacrifice karna padega aur mujhse woh hota nahi hai.
  38. He says six to eight rap tracks now come out each week. Ab hafte mein jo hai woh che che saat saat aath aath tracks aa rahe hain
  39. He says diss tracks reach a small audience and solve nothing. I think dissing usko bahut chote ratio tak bahut ek choti audience tak aur bahut like it's it's not solving anything
  40. He believes music can solve problems and says he has seen it happen. I don't know how many people believe in solving problems through music but I do and I have I've seen that happening.
  41. He describes certain rap beefs as genuine and as staying within the boundaries of art and rap. Those were genuine beefs in which they were talking about each other in like the boundaries of art, in boundaries of rap.
  42. He says many rap beefs are staged for clickbait. mostly rappers are using it for clickbait like honestly
  43. He says people follow beefs because negativity attracts them. because again humein humein negativity zara zyada attract karti hai
  44. He says he can see thousands of loopholes throughout his career. when I have thousands of loopholes that I can see throughout my career
  45. He says artists with a pen should speak about problems rather than wait for someone else to. But you cannot wait for like uh an artist to come and like speak about something when you know there's a problem and you have the pen in your hand.
  46. He says he would rather read a poet writing about his own heartbreaks than older poets insulting one another. I wouldn't have read something purane kisi shayar ne dusre shayar ke baare mein likha hota beizzati karte hue. But I would love to like read Ghalib talking about all his heartbreaks.
  47. He says almost a decade went by without any new good music. Almost a decade we went without any you know new good music
  48. He says he has long waited for lyrics that communicate ideas that did not exist before. I've been waiting for uh uh uh you know lyrics that can speak to a person and that can communicate an idea, an idea that doesn't exist before.
  49. He has an album planned and has been working on it for some time. So I have an album planned and I've been working on it for like some time now.
  50. He says he has to be the person who changes people's lives. I have to be the person who like who changes people's lives.
  51. He keeps a rule on the first page of his notebook: quit music the day he lies on the microphone. this one rule in my book written uh like the very first page of my like where I write everything down. It's written, please quit music the day you lie on the microphone.
  52. He has a manager. Aur Awais jo manage kar rahe hain mujhe
  53. He has done a few commercial brand songs that most people do not know about. I've done a few commercial uh like unke liye brands ke liye kiya hai but people don't know about it
  54. He says rap was once used as decoration in songs. rap ko almost ek uski cosmetic ke tor pe rakha jata tha
  55. He says interest in rap rose suddenly after Gully Boy. Post Gully Boy, everyone is interested in rap all of a sudden.
  56. He worries rap could end up as rock did in Pakistan. what if this ended up as rock did in Pakistan?
  57. He says commercialization of any scene brings problems. commercialization of any uh particular space brings that sort of uh problem
  58. He says only the top few artists benefit, and after that the genre no longer exists. wohi woh jo woh 1%, 2% of the genre hota hai, woh log enjoy kar lete hain. Uske baad genre exist hi nahi karta.
  59. He says the power of a voice is in its rawness. the power in the in the in the voice is when it's raw
  60. He says that when a rap category was introduced for the first time, he was nominated. they introduced rap category for the first time. And Faris was nominated, I was nominated, Young Stunners were nominated
  61. He says a track he wrote in the seventh or eighth standard appears on an album that he describes as a journey through the years. to uske andar there's a track called uh Okay I won't name the track. But there's a track which I wrote like in 8th standard or 7th standard aur woh to Ehtesaz was a journey through the years.