Naezy

Naezy is the stage name of Naved Shaikh, a rapper and songwriter born in 1993 in Kurla, Mumbai. His family comes from Amravati, and he was raised mainly by his mother while his father worked in Dubai. He grew up in a working-class chawl in Kurla.

He broke into mainstream rap with Mere Gully Mein, recorded with Divine, and his life loosely inspired the character Ranveer Singh played in Zoya Akhtar's 2019 film Gully Boy. His film debut came earlier, with Birju from the 2015 film Hey Bro, whose video featured Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Hrithik Roshan and Ajay Devgn. Wikipedia lists a series of albums and EPs that began in 2020 with Maghreb and 2014 on Big Bang Records. Independent releases followed, including Tarqeeb and 22 in 2022, Apocalypse in 2023 and Anti Fitna in 2024, and in 2025 he put out Alter, Hateli, Jaan and Fateh, the last on T-Series. In 2024 he finished as runner-up on Bigg Boss OTT Season 3.