| AR Paisley | |
| Background: | solo_singer |
| Birth Name: | Amarit Rehal |
| Birth Date: | 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
| Years Active: | 2010–present |
AR Paisley (born Amarit Rehal in 1997) is a Canadian rapper and songwriter.[1] Paisley began his career by releasing his debut album "Screwface" in 2017. His second album "Timeless" was released in 2019. He released his most recent album "AR Paisley Vs AR Money" in 2020. His musical influences include Ludacris and 50 Cent, as well as the late Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls.[2] The XXL Magazine dubbed him as "a lyrical student of Jay-Z and Ludacris"[3] while the Sidedoor Magazine included him in the list of top Canadian artists to look out for in 2021.[4] His song "23 Freestyle" was listed in the top 10 Canadian songs of January 2021 by the Complex Magazine[5] whilst his song "Still Grateful" was the HipHop Canada song of the day on December 5, 2020.[6] His claim to notability arrived when popular Toronto meme Instagram account @6ixbuzztv posted, asking its followers to name the city's most underrated rapper, and the comments were immediately flooded with mentions of AR Paisley.
Paisley was born in Mississauga, Ontario, on 1997 into an Indo-Canadian Punjabi Sikh family and has been described as making waves in the Toronto rap scene.[7]
He completed his schooling at Mississauga Secondary School. During this time of high schooling, Paisley started rapping but didn't take it too seriously. Eventually, his focus on music stepped up, as he started doing rap battles around town and on radios.[8] Paisley was "going through it" in high school and dropped out, so music became his main outlet.
Paisley has an interview with the BBC Asian Network.
Paisley is frequently found on Spotify's popular Northern Bars playlist.
Paisley states that to overcome writer's block, you must experience new things. This is because experiencing new things can trigger all sorts of inspiration.
Paisley enjoys listening to old music and rap. Specifically, he listens to all the songs that have previously won Grammys, because that is a big dream of his.
| Title | Year | Music | Peak chart position | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | IND | NZ hot | UK Asian | WW excl. US | ||||
| Trudeau | 2018 | |||||||
| Fuck Rap Part 2 | ||||||||
| Takeover | 2020 | Money Musik | 28[9] | Not By Chance | ||||
| Love Sick | 2022 | Mxrci | 39[10] | No Name | ||||
| Shot Collar | Manni Sandhu | Disturbing The Peace | ||||||
| Moose World (with Sunny Malton) | 2023 | |||||||
| Go To Sleep (with Sukha) | ProdGK | |||||||
| Some Of Us | JpBeatz | Far From Over | ||||||
| Immortal (with Wazir Patar) | Wazir Patar | Street Knowledge | ||||||
| What’s Beef (with Channi Nattan featuring Inderpal Moga) | Jay Trak | |||||||
| Drippy (with Sidhu Moose Wala) | 2024 | Mxrci | 9 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 152 | |