AP Dhillon, born Amritpal Singh Dhillon (January 10, 1993, Gurdaspur, India) is a Punjabi-Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, and producer who rose to popularity with his hit single “Brown Munde” which has amassed over 300 million views on YouTube.

Growing up in rural Punjab, AP inculcated a love for music following his father’s example, who enjoyed Sufi music.

AP’s career unofficially began in 2015, when he was forced to move to Canada. He met Shinda Kahlon, Gminxr, Gurinder Gill and his managers, Herman and Kevin in Vancouver, where they founded Run-Up Records, their independent label. AP taught himself the basics of production, mixing, and composition from YouTube and began recording in his garage.

In 2020, he entered the UK Asian chart with “Deadly” and peaked at number 11. Within the same year, he released 2 singles that topped the charts, one of them being “Majhail.” However, it was “Brown Munde” that garnered AP mainstream radio play and success in India. The music video for “Brown Munde”, a love letter to his community of southeast Asian immigrants featured artists such as
Nav, Sidhu Moose Wala, Money Musik, and more.

Following “Brown Munde”, AP embarked on his widely successful Takeoff tour in India. The tour succeeded with his album Two Hearts Never Break The Same, which was released just in time for his Out Of This World North America tour. The album was met with praise and featured popular songs such as “Dil Nu” and “Final Thoughts”, which showcased AP’s versatility as an artist.

In 2023, Amazon Prime released an original series of AP’s rise to fame, titled AP Dhillon: First of a Kind, which was accompanied by an original soundtrack by AP of the same name. The soundtrack featured his massively popular song “With You.”