NAV

NAV is the stage name of Navraj Singh Goraya, a rapper and producer from Toronto, Ontario. He is raised in the city’s Rexdale neighbourhood and is of Punjabi descent. His parents are Sikhs from Punjab in India. His mother works in computer manufacturing and his father operates a forklift.

He first becomes interested in music after his mother buys him a boombox in third grade, and his uncle, a singer in Punjab, also takes him to a studio. In high school he starts making mash-ups and producing beats for local underground Toronto artists. He later gains attention through SoundCloud. His first production software is Sony’s ACID Pro.

NAV attends Thistletown Collegiate Institute for high school and spends an extra year to graduate. He also speaks about getting into many fights at school and being suspended frequently. His work is associated with hip-hop, rap and trap.